You can’t talk about handbags for Spring 2013 without mentioning Karl’s enormous hula-hoop creation that stole the show at Chanel. Clearly, that one takes the cake as the most dramatic accessories moment of the season. (And comes with an instructions on how to use it from the Kaiser himself.)
Bad hair day? Wrap it up!
Fashion looks east for inspiration.
The intrepid fashion flock moves ever onwards. As the shows begin in Paris, flash back with Report Card to see what restrained (mostly!) acts of creativity had critics buzzing each day in Milan.
Three down, one more to go: Yep, another fashion week has come and gone. Here are our 10 favorite collections from Milan fashion week.
Psst… Roberto! Yes, you of the leopard spots–want to know the silver lining of showing the last day? In a Milan season where minimalism is king, when you show opposite the Caten twins’ homage to O.P.U.L.E.N.C.E., critics will consider your white leather lace trousers positively restrained thereby boosting your fashion week GPA. Here’s what they had to say.
Following her fairly recent gender reassignment surgery, the fashion world’s most prominent (and gorgeous) transgender model Lea T.’s career is still going strong. She popped up on the last day of Milan Fashion Week yesterday, opening and closing Philipp Plein.
The Clothes: When you walk into a Missoni show you’re usually expecting to be blown away by knits in kaleidescopic colors–so it was a little surprising when Angela Missoni opened her Spring 2013 with a series of all-white looks. The runway eventually eased into color, with white looks tinged with pink and orangey ombre, as Read more →
The Clothes: You really know we’re looking at a season with a ‘less is more’ philosophy when Roberto Cavalli, the king of opulence and animal prints, pares it down. Cavalli opened his show with a series of all-white looks that were surprisingly sedate, save for the intricate eyelet. Eventually the runway did give way to Read more →
The Clothes: For his spring 2013 collection, Giorgio Armani went to new heights–in fact he went all the way to outer space, which seemed to serve as inspiration for the collection. The show opened with a series of looks in various shades of grey that were so silky and shiny–bringing to mind metal or liquid Read more →
Come si dice “incredible style?”
Since taking helm of Ferragamo in 2010, creative director Massimiliano Giornetti has already succeeded in creating a signature aesthetic for the once-fusty brand–and it’s one that we imagine is as much a hit in the stores as it is with the critics.
