Marco Zanini

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Has Schiaparelli Finally Found a Designer?

The Schiaparelli relaunch has sort of become the Great Gatsby of the fashion industry--we've been hearing about it forever, but nothing's really happened. It was said that a creative director would be named last September, and yet, nothing, until now.

Style

Rochas Spring 2013

Rochas designer Marco Zanini cooked up something at once sporty and '60s prom dress-y for spring 2013. Tennis whites morphed into couture shapes on retro evening wear.

Fashion Week

Rochas Fall 2011: For the Ladies Who Lunch

PARIS--For fall, Rochas' Marco Zanini presented a collection full of super luxe staples that looked tailor made for the closet of any Upper East Side old lady who lunches. There were perfect cashmere coats that hung just-so to reveal the collarbone, simple suiting and a-line skirts in gray-blue shantung paired with crew neck cashmere sweaters which were striped, printed, and raglan in deep plums and navy. A tight swirly floral print that you might find wallpapering your grandmother's salon (if you had a grandmother who would have a salon) showed up on on pants, jackets, and cocktail dresses. But while Rochas' lady is mature and refined, she's also got a sense of humor, exhibited by her choice in millinery: funny little fur hats perched atop her head, or a crocheted bonnet.

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Rochas Spring 2011: Marco Zanini Makes Editors Happy

PARIS--This is Marco Zanini's fourth season designing for Rochas. Yet his short-lived tenure at Halston, as well Olivier Theysken's time at Rochas, is still very fresh in our minds. The good news: with every season, the Versace-schooled designer moves further and further away from those sticky associations, making Rochas his very own. For Spring 2011, Zanini sent out a solid collection of floral satin tops and bottoms and plain satin slip dresses. All with handkerchief-wrapped hair that first reminded us of babushkas, then of 1930s and '40s working mothers. It was as if Zanini had taken working class clothes and tinted them with wealth. But there were some straight-up princess pieces, too, including an off-white ball gown with the tiniest Swiss dots and a milkmaid frock printed with a distinctly Scandinavian textile. Zanini's certainly got a few fans in the American section. T's Sally Singer out-n-out cheered when the designer took his bow, and we could see Grace Coddington crack a smile. Wintour was there, too, but it's difficult to tell her expression behind those glasses. We're betting she was pleased. Click through for more looks.