In Paris, during the latest Fashion Week, the thermometer reached 28 degrees. In the streets people were still wearing T-shirts and shorts, while the shop windows displayed coats, heavy jackets and autumn-winter collections.
Category: Fashion
RALPH LAUREN REWARDS EXECUTIVES WHO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Ralph Lauren has introduced artificial intelligence among the criteria it uses to evaluate and reward its executives. The decision, reported by Reuters on October 15, emerges from documents filed with the US SEC.
BEPPE ANGIOLINI, THE PIONEER WHO ANTICIPATED THE FUTURE OF FASHION
2 MIN READ Beppe Angiolini was a pioneer of fashion. He had deep taste, an aesthetic sensibility and a rare intuition in recognizing new talents and spotting those moments when a brand reached its greatest […]
LUXURY LOSES 350 BILLION ON THE STOCK MARKET. BEHIND THE NUMBERS, A CRISIS THAT IS NOT ONLY CHINESE, IT IS SYSTEMIC
3 MIN READ The slowdown in consumption in China weighs on the balance sheets of the great maisons. But behind the difficulties of luxury, prices ever more distant from the value of the product emerge, […]
APRITIMODA 2026: WHERE ITALIAN FASHION TAKES SHAPE
2 MIN READ ApritiModa returns on October 24 and 25. For two days, over a hundred places of Italian production will open their doors to the public: ateliers, workshops, factories and archives that normally stay […]
SAINT LAURENT, ANTHONY VACCARELLO LEAVES CREATIVE DIRECTION AFTER TEN YEARS
2 MIN READ Saint Laurent and Anthony Vaccarello are parting ways. The announcement came on Friday, October 9, from Kering, the French group that owns the house. After ten years at the helm of the […]
LOUIS VUITTON SS27: LIGHTNESS, TRANSPARENCY AND GLOSSY SURFACES
2 MIN READ A few days before the show, Emmanuel Macron presented Nicolas Ghesquière with the Legion of Honour. At the Cour Carrée, Brigitte Macron was there too, a regular at Louis Vuitton shows. In […]
CHANEL SS27, MODELS AND DECONSTRUCTED TWEED: THE NEW MOVES FORWARD
2 MIN READ Tweed is perhaps the most recognizable element of Chanel, but also the one that, after decades of jackets, suits, buttons and constructions that have become iconic, risks looking the most overused. The […]
ZIMMERMANN AT PARIS FASHION WEEK: FASHION RETURNS TO SEDUCE
2 MIN READ At Paris Fashion Week there are those who chase provocation, those who run after the archive, those who build collections that need long explanations to find a reason. Then Zimmermann arrives and […]
VALENTINO SS27: ELEGANCE NO LONGER HAS A SINGLE CODE
Alessandro Michele brings Valentino to the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris and builds the Spring/Summer 2027 collection around a precise title: “Antibiblioteca”, the anti-library. The reference comes from the concept developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, inspired […]
MIU MIU, WHEN SPORTSWEAR BECOMES THE NEW CASUAL
Miuccia Prada starts from a simple fact: today sportswear has become the real contemporary casual, what people wear every day, mix and transform. Miu Miu observes this reality and starts from there, without erasing the […]
THE DESIGNER: WHAT ARE NAME AND REPUTATION WORTH AFTER SELLING THE BRAND?
Reflections on Antonio Mancinelli’s fine piece on Donatella Versace I read Antonio Mancinelli’s piece on Donatella Versace and her new venture with Revolve. I admire his lexical richness, his concision and the scenographic force with […]
TOM FORD SS27 AT PFW: THE STRENGTH OF ITS LANGUAGE
Tom Ford’s Spring Summer 2027 starts from one precise point: recognizability. Haider Ackermann does not try to erase the language of the House, nor to use it as a mere quotation. He takes it, moves […]
DIOR, JOIE DE VIVRE, LIGHTNESS AND FEMININITY AT PARIS FASHION WEEK SS27
Paris, September 29, 2026. In the Jardin des Tuileries, on a runway suspended over the water and veiled by a light mist, Jonathan Anderson presents Dior’s Spring Summer 2027. Trees, water and natural light accompany […]
AFTER MILAN, PARIS TAKES THE STAGE
Milan has just switched off the lights and Paris is already under way. The Fashion Week dedicated to Spring/Summer 2027 began on September 28 and runs until October 6, with 68 shows and 33 presentations. […]
SAINT LAURENT DRESSES PARIS IN GOLD
Paris, September 29, 2026. At the Fontaines du Trocadéro, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, Anthony Vaccarello celebrates his ten years at the helm of Saint Laurent, turning one of the most iconic places […]
MILAN FASHION WEEK, THE RUNWAYS GO DARK. WHAT REALLY REMAINS?
Today, September 28, Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2027 officially comes to a close. The major shows are over, and the final day leaves room above all for digital. After seven days and 203 appointments — […]
MILAN FASHION WEEK, BUYERS APPROVE. NOW ALL EYES TURN TO ORDERS
Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2027 closes with a positive sentiment. Buyers speak of more concrete, recognizable, product-focused collections, while attendance was particularly high. Carla Cereda of Biffi highlights how consistent the proposals were with their […]
DOLCE&GABBANA SS27, WHEN MADE IN ITALY BECOMES STORYTELLING
In a Milan Fashion Week marked by changes of creative direction, repositionings and new grammars, Dolce&Gabbana keeps doing something more difficult: remaining recognizable without standing still. The Spring/Summer 2027 collection starts again from a precise […]
