Milan Menswear SS16: Salvatore Ferragamo

Livia Feltham
News
In Milan this season Salvatore Ferragamo built their latest menswear collection around strong graphic motifs and rendered this choice superbly thanks to the fine leather-based craftsmanship they are known far a...

Milan Menswear SS16: Ermenegildo Zegna

Livia Feltham
News
As one of leading menswear houses in Europe, Ermenegildo Zegna’s aura of cool is usually untouchable from season to season. For SS16, that is no understatement. Thanks to the smart luxury eye of Stefano Pilati ...
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Mindfulness

Runa Mathiesen
Culture, Feature, Glass Design
MINDCRAFT15 was the Danish Arts Foundation’s design exhibition at Milan Design Week, and this year it was awarded a Special Mention, an appreciation received for its combination of outstanding works and spe...

MFW AW15: Elisabetta Franchi

Xenia Founta
News
The undeniable charm of the East met contemporary, hyper-femininity at Elisabetta Franchi’s AW15 show in Milan. An absolute, bold collection inspired by the Rising Sun and resting upon rigorous contrasts. Th...

MFW AW15: Dolce & Gabbana

Livia Feltham
News
Doting on their romanticised vision of the good life, Dolce and Gabbana nurtured a collection that, aside from remaining endlessly chic, took the majority of its cues from pregnancy Italian style. Youthful desi...

MFW AW15: Giorgio Armani

Livia Feltham
News
Armani has stayed resolute in his intention to keep elegance moving forward. Retaining its more fabulous features, the designer swayed more towards the cooler ender of the spectrum in overall temperament and so...

MFW AW 2015: Jil Sander

Louise Lui
News
Finding order amidst disorder was Rodolfo Paglialunga’s mission for this season. Long, lean silhouettes contrasted with blocky prints, and a smart palette of navy and black was paired with graphic pops of hunte...

MFW AW15: Marni

Elisabeth Krohn
News
After the sleek triumph of the SS15 ten-year anniversary collection, Marni’s Consuelo Castiglioni faced the challenge of surpassing her own stroke of pared-back brilliance. Although some elements prevailed – th...

MFW AW15: Prada

Elisabeth Krohn
News
Artificially saccharine, Prada’s debutante for AW15 was ironically sweet and permanently challenging. Cut from silky neoprene, petite double-breasted blazers, knee-length coats and A-line shifts gave of the air...

MFW AW15: Emilio Pucci

Elisabeth Krohn
News
Peter Dundas’ references were, quite literally, stellar. Accumulating to tangible trend now, the space references are popping up everywhere on the runways. This renewed fascination for the final frontier, perha...

MFW AW15: Bottega Veneta

Livia Feltham
News
When Tomas Maier does the trends of the very day for Bottega Veneta, those trends move beyond what we’ve seen before everywhere and become something entirely new and signature unto themselves.  Tremendously chi...

MFW AW15: Roberto Cavalli

Livia Feltham
News
If there’s one thing that can be said for AW15 at Cavalli it’s that less is never more but a more lessened approach to cramming a myriad of motifs into one collection is the more steady route. Following SS’s fe...

MFW AW15: Fendi

Anna Coughlan
News
Fendi is a brand that has been in existent since 1925, one of the names that’s survived the 20th century and continued to build on its heritage and expand. Now the house has released their collection for MFW AW...
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Milan Menswear AW15: Roberto Cavalli

Livia Feltham
News
AW is a tricky season for menswear at Roberto Cavalli. On the one hand Cavalli is given carte blanche to go wild with gorgeous furs and skin-tight leather, so win-win there, but on the other, he must try to cur...

Milan Menswear AW15: Etro

Livia Feltham
News
The earth staked it’s claim on Etro’s AW15 offering, with Kean Etro building up an ethnic-chic repertoire in the space of 56 looks. Rendering this theme in the most sumptuous cuts of velvet, suede and grain cor...

Milan Menswear AW15: Fendi

Livia Feltham
News
Fendi have worked hard once again this season to completely obscure any glimmers of egotistical peacocking while maintain an aura of luxury at the same time. Keeping the fur wafer-thin and washed out in damp sh...

Milan Menswear AW15: Gucci

Emma Walsh
News
Playing on the theme of androgyny, Gucci showcased their latest collection for menswear AW15 using a mix of feminine and masculine ideals. There was a sense of romanticism, especially with the juxtaposition of ...

Milan Menswear AW15: Dsquared2

Livia Feltham
News
Twenty years of Dsquared2? It can’t be, but then again, time flies when you are having fun and that’s exactly what the Caten twins have been doing since they copyrighted their go hard or go home menswear label ...

Milan Menswear AW15: Ermenegildo Zegna

Livia Feltham
News
As a designer of quietly discerning taste, Stefano Pilati fits in well at Zegna. Taking most of his cues from the tweedy mastery of classic tailoring and mixing it up a little with chic uber-modern twists Pilat...