Bottega Veneta’s Modern Refinement
 

Chicissimo! Is that a word? Well, it is now, because how else to describe the refined yet vibrant beauty on display at Bottega Veneta? Tomas Maier created a collection that was both …

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Tod’s Stitched Up Style
 

Before the latest Tods womenswear collection could get underway, the fashion pack had to file past a tableau vivant created by the Italian artist Vanessa Beecroft…

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Giamba’s Youthful Rebel
 

Sugar and spice and everything nice, that was what Giambattista Valli offered fashion with his latest Giamba collection. A lineup that gave the designer’s own spin on the 80s revival currently inundating Milan Fashion Week.

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Versace’s Female Empowerment
 

The gang was all there. Gigi, Kendall, Karlie, Mariacarla, Jourdan and Natasha all walked the Versace catwalk on Friday night. And that was just the tip of the supermodel iceberg. There is …

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Marco de Vincenzo’s Fake Fashion
 

It had been a long time coming but on Friday afternoon, after fifteen years working at Fendi, designer Marco de Vincenzo finally presented his first signature handbags to the world.

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Iceberg’s Graphic Offering
 

For his sophomore show at Iceberg Arthur Arbesser turned to the dramatic work created by a group of architects that first made its mark in the 1960s, called Superstudio. Their claim to fame is an imaginative use of …

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London Calls to Etro
 

Anyone who went to a university in the early to mid 90s got what Veronica Etro was trying to say with her latest collection. Those unforgettable college years where self-exploration had as much to do…

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Emporio Armani’s Electric Dream
 

In a surprise move Giorgio Armani produced an Emporio collection that was full of color, bold geometry and eye-catching textural match-ups. Remember Armani is a man who hasn’t met a …

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Fendi Rides a Fashion Wave
 

At Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld was having a fashion brainwave. His entire collection rode on the crest of undulating waves that stood out like three-dimensional sartorial sentinels on almost every garment …

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Max Mara’s Bauhaus Beauties
 

The Max Mara design team name-checked Constructivism, Modernism and Dadaism in the first line of its fall/winter 2016 show notes and also suggested that an energetic uprising of genre-defying women from the 1930s were at …

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Pucci’s Mountain Peak
 

What a difference six months can make. Just like his predecessor Peter Dundas with his new gig at Roberto Cavalli the day before, designer Massimo Giorgetti made a concerted effort this season to return to …

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Prada’s Woman in Every Port
 

For those who saw Miuccia Prada’s menswear show in January, the womenswear collection she presented on Thursday night felt like a return to the same port she had already visited last month. This is understandable seeing as she …

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Moschino is a Fire Starter
 

Jeremy Scott was on fire this Thursday night with a show that was smoking hot. And this being Moschino, it meant the designer’s evening gowns were quite literally puffing out plumes of smoke as the models took their turns on the catwalk.

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Costume National’s Easy New Attitude
 

Designer Ennio Capasa was full of surprises on Thursday afternoon. His Costume National show took his brand in a pleasing new direction that reenergized the house with color, new proportions and …

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Roberto Cavalli’s Roots
 

After last season’s debut, which was met with a lukewarm reception at best, designer Peter Dundas went back to Roberto Cavalli’s roots with a collection that oozed rock and roll glamour and after-dark allure.

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Fausto Puglisi Tries to Connect
 

Fausto Puglisi was feeling nostalgic this season. The Italian designer decided it was time to bring together all the things he loves into one collection. Or as he said after his show on Wednesday night, « it’s all about …

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Ferretti’s Flight of Fancy
 

The video backdrop to Alberta Ferretti’s show on the first day of Milan Fashion Week showed the barren winter trees in New York’s Central Park. Nature surrounded by a concrete city, its beauty that much more precious…

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N21 Goes Grunge
 

Over the years Alessando Dell’Acqua has built his signature brand on his ability to rework season after season a mix of classic masculine and feminine sartorial staples, twisting their underlying constructs so that his creations…

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Gucci’s Veiled Viewpoint
 

During the Gucci menswear show in January, designer Alessandro Michele obscured the catwalk with a smoky haze. Today for his womenswear presentation, he placed a gossamer screen between …

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Calvin Klein- Fashion Rocks
 

Francisco Costa continues to be one of the few fashion designers showing at New York Fashion Week that continually evolves the DNA of the brand he represents. From one season to the next …

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Ralph Lauren’s Luxe Ladies
 

There were two sides to Ralph Lauren’s sartorial story on the final day of New York Fashion Week. The first was all about chic, comfy and discrete daywear in non-threatening shades of taupe …

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DKNY Pumps up the Volume
 

If last season, designers Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne paid homage to New York with their cityscape designs, with their sophomore show they decided it was time to really represent its inhabitants …

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The Instaglam of Michael Kors
 

Michael Kors’ stream of consciousness show notes ended with the words « Instaglam…fall 2016 » and that pretty much captured what this collection was all about, clothing that was ready for its social media …

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Hugo Boss’s Chic Curves
 

Designer Jason Wu is really starting to come into his own at Hugo Boss. His latest collection was an elegant and architectural ode to the beauty of the undulating line. It made for a stunningly beautiful endorsement …

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Narciso Rodriguez’s New Attitude
 

When Narciso Rodriguez opens his show with a roomy pleated wool wrap coat that engulfs the model’s body it is instantly understandable that something major is going on. This is a man who is famous for …

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Coach’s Cheery Clothing
 

It was a full court press at Coach where designer Stuart Vevers created a sartorial love letter to all things American on Tuesday afternoon. He got his guests, including Chloe Grace Moretz, Emma Roberts and Ciara …

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Rodarte’s Summer of Love
 

The Summer of Love anthem « San Francisco » where singer Scott McKenzie suggests that you « be sure to wear some flowers in your hair » flickered in the mind while watching the latest Rodarte show unfold on …

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Tory Burch’s Equestrian Allure
 

Designer Tory Burch drew inspiration for her latest collection from Eric Rohmer’s classic film « L’amour l’après-midi » and blended it with chic equestrian staples. This melange of upper crust 70s sportswear …

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Vera Wang’s Lithe Longings
 

The long and lean aesthetic of two 20th century artists gave Vera Wang a strong new direction this season. She turned to the haunting elongated faces in the paintings of Amedeo Modigliani and the stick figure …

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The Row’s Long and Lean Luxe
 

Twin designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen invited the fashion set to their New York headquarters bright and early on Monday morning for a friendly get together to present their latest ultra-minimalistic über-luxe collection …

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