Friday June 17th, 2011
Monday March 14th, 2011
Best of Fall 2011 Fashion Month
Our favorite collections of Fall 2011, arranged in alphabetical order. Did your pick make the cut?
Monday March 7th, 2011
Trendspotting: Don’t Step on My Snakeskin Shoes
Tuesday March 1st, 2011
Fall 2011: Best Beauty From the London and Milan Shows
Beauty looks at Fashion Week should complement a designer’s vision and help cement an image and theme in your mind when you view a collection. We saw some spectacular looks in New York, and the next two cities didn’t disappoint either.
While New York Fashion Week feels like a marathon, London and Milan are more like whirlwind sprints. In case it went by too quickly for you, stop here and breathe for a second, before we head to Paris.
Click through for the best and most interesting beauty looks from London and Milan.
Best Dressed: Rainbow Bright Takes Over Milan Fashion Week
Monday February 28th, 2011
Milan Fashion Week Fall 2011: The Ten Best Collections
Milan Fashion Week is where editorial meets commercial in the most natural way. Click through to see our ten favorite collections of the week.
Trendspotting: Seeing Cruella’s Spots
Salvatore Ferragamo Fall 2011: Working Girl
MILAN–As much as former Fashionista editor Britt Aboutaleb wants the velvet trend to die, I want the pinstripe trend to succeed.
Apparently, so does Salvatore Ferragamo designer Massimiliano Giornetti. Nearly half the looks in yesterday’s collection were pinstripe, and when they weren’t, we saw dots, houndstooth, and check.
It was all very ’80s, and for a girl like me who loves power suiting, it was good. From the bow collars to the slicked back hair, it’s obvious that Giornetti’s woman is sentimental for Armani and could do without the current minimalist trend.
Versus Fall 2011: Kane Is More Than Able
MILAN–Young designers often find it difficult to balance two separate collections. Unlike the Karl Lagerfelds of the world, these emerging talents–Marios Schwab, Richard Nicoll, Jason Wu come to mind–don’t typically have massive teams to help them complete their workload. Sometimes, their talent allows them to overcome the challenge. Sometimes, it doesn’t.
For Christopher Kane, who designs both his namesake collection and Versace’s Versus, this hasn’t been a problem.
Sunday February 27th, 2011
Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2011: Bright Star
MILAN–I couldn’t help humming Boy George’s “Karma Chameleon” as I walked out of the Dolce & Gabbana show this afternoon. Playing up the late ’80s vibe they put out at the D&G show, Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce created a collection of old school contrasts: skinny girls (Arizona Muse, Abbey Lee) dressed up like boys in tuxedos and brogues; curvy girls (Isabeli Fontana, Candice Swanepoel) dressed up like starlets, literally covered in stars. It was fun, pretty, and, most of all, wearable beneath the bells and whistles.
Love is Blind. We are Not. Kiss and Make Up?
What EIC tried to make nice with a star backstage at Milan Fashion Week? S/he really irked this performer last year with a negative cover story.
Marni Fall 2011: She’s a Lady
MILAN–Consuelo Castiglioni designs wearable clothes for a woman who likes things a bit off kilter. If there’s a plaid, it’s hand-drawn. Earrings? Oversize buttons. Fur? Pink and green, please.
This season, Castiglioni brought quite a ladylike element to her wares, using fur gloves, peter pan collars, and a few of those molded, mid-century couture shapes that we’ve seen so often this season. Her shoes–mostly platform Mary Janes–looked fresh yet familiar. And that’s what makes Marni so special. Castiglioni’s pieces are so retro yet so quirky that they don’t really ever date.
