The 3 Most Buzzed About Shows from Day 1 of Milan Fashion Week
When "sexy" is a key term in the critical discourse, you know Report Card must be in Italy. On the first day of Milan Fashion Week,
Alberta Ferretti Designer: Alberta Ferretti
- "Alberta Ferretti creates pretty folkloric looks for next summer with ribbons, embroidery and applique flowers." [
Gucci Designer: Frida Giannini
- "Gucci kicked off Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday with models who looked like denizens of a luxurious opium den, with billowing see-through tops and Art Nouveau-style floral patterns." [
No. 21 Designer: Alessandro Dell'Acqua
- "'The mood this season is exotic bourgeoisie,' said designer Alessandro Dell’Acqua in a perfect sound bite/twitter length description of his spring/summer 2014 show. But what this collection really boiled down to was Dell’Acqua taking his touchstone design ingredients, lingerie elements and a mix of masculine and feminine dress (both in fabric choices, and staple garments), and placing them in a new environment to see if they could thrive." [NOWFASHION]
- "Mr. dell Aqua married California surfer motif's prints of waves, parrots and flowers with intricate embroideries. Under his nuanced hand, it was fanciful and gorgeous. And wearable." [Speakeasy/
- "Alessandro Dell'Acqua has sent his gal packing for Spring." [Style.com]
- "Alessandro Dell'Acqua has that masculine-feminine dressing thing down to a fine art for No 21. He knows it’s in the nuances and he knows how to add his own finesse when mixing them up." [Vogue.com UK]
- "The tension between masculine and feminine has always been a hallmark of Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s aesthetic, but the Italian designer tackled the concept with renewed verve in his spring collection for No. 21." [WWD]
- "Gucci kicked off Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday with models who looked like denizens of a luxurious opium den, with billowing see-through tops and Art Nouveau-style floral patterns." [