September 2016 - Page 2 of 10

We will be seeing several designer debuts at this Paris Fashion Week, which kicked off yesterday and goes through Oct. 5.

Anthony Vaccarello, creative director of Saint Laurent is known for his provocative, slit-up-to-there gowns, showed his first collection at open show space and had a mirrored ceiling.

Aalto

Anrealage

Jacquemus

Style icon Paloma Picasso, youngest daughter of the artist Pablo Picasso opened the collection followed by classic codes of the house of YSL through flamboyant ‘80s single puff sleeve lace blouses and bustiers, worn with black trousers or rolled up jeans. Le smoking tuxedo looks were also represented, of course, but without the slim line tailoring and sculpted shoulders, the clothes were nearly all black, leather and lace, sleeves exaggerated, skirts short and shorter.

Liselore Frowijn

Nehera

Olivier Theyskens

Paskal

Saint Laurent

Y Project

Lucio Vanotti

Mila SchÖN

Piccione.Piccione

Ricostru

San Andres Milano

The spirit of the Cruise 2017 ready-to-wear campaign, this season’s corresponding men’s tailoring campaign presents a series of sophisticated portraits of actor Tom Hiddleston shot by Glen Luchford in an historic mansion owned by the late artist Tony Duquette.

Set in an ornate room surrounded by heirlooms, paintings and curiosities from Duquette’s personal collection, Hiddleston is captured in luxurious portraits accompanied by Afghan hounds, capturing the mood of eccentricity and grandeur throughout the rich imagery.

Location: Tony Duquette’s Dawnridge Estate, Los Angeles, July 2016
Art Director: Christopher Simmonds
Photographer: Glen Luchford
Stylist: Joe McKenna
Hair: Paul Hanlon
Make-up: Yadim Carranza
Talent: Tom Hiddleston

Gucci and Chime for Change highlighted CHIME FOR CHANGE and Global Citizen’s commitment to gender equality and their campaigning efforts in partnership with Equality Now to end honor killings in Pakistan. After an introduction from Global Citizen co-founder and CEO, Hugh Evans, Bizzarri and Hayek Pinault debuted a short film by Obaid-Chinoy and narrated by Madonna, featuring the recent case of Qandeel Baloch, the Pakistani model, actress, activist and social media celebrity who was murdered by her brother on July 15, 2016 for bringing so-called dishonor to her family.

“Over the past twelve months, we have focused our efforts to level the law against gender discrimination. And thanks to the actions taken by all of you Global Citizens, we have seen incredible progress already,” said Bizzarri.

Speaking about the need for legislation to hold perpetrators of honor killings accountable, Obaid-Chinoy addressed the crowd saying, “All of us must speak out as there is no honor in killing a woman…The world that we want to leave our girls and our daughters must be much safer than the world we inherited.”

The Great Lawn in Central Park in New York City that harnesses “online actions” from millions of Global Citizens around the world witnessed a crowd of more than 60,000 people leading up to the closing performance by Rihanna, Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri, CHIME FOR CHANGE Co-Founder Salma Hayek Pinault, Academy Award-winning filmmaker and CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, and actor and advocate Jada Pinkett Smith.

WHITE Milano, Italian fashion tradeshow is rapidly expanding internationally, and is ready to debut in the Chinese market thanks to its strategy involving, a local presence thus maximizing the pace of development and knowledge of the Chinese network has resulted in the birth of the brand WHITEAST, which is articulated in a first chapter called WHITEAST INTRODUCING CHINA: the initiative is starting in Milan to land in Shanghai with a focus on Chinese and Italian contemporary fashion during Shanghai Fashion Week.

During the ongoing trade show, WHITEAST INTRODUCING CHINA presented at WHITE Milano an area fully dedicated to the Chinese designers selected by WHITE, who are offered the chance to get in touch with the western press and buyers. 15 among the edgiest Chinese designers in the contemporary panorama showcased, with the brand JINNNN being the show’s special guest along with LUISAVIAROMA, Partner of WHITEAST INTRODUCING CHINA.

The second part of the project will involve the production of a WHITE event in Shanghai on 15th October 2016, during the fashion week, where some Made in Italy designers and brands will be presented. The brands, belonging to the WHITE “stable”, represent a practical example of the Italian Contemporary, which is much sought-after among Chinese consumers, although not yet locally available.

Ventures, a leading manufacturing house from Kolkata has made India proud by winning Grand Jury Award at Premier Vision, Paris 2016 -17. Première Vision Paris is one of the trade shows held around the world in which professionals from across 120 countries exhibit their products divided into six categories—yarns, fabrics, leather, design, accessories and manufacturing.

The award winning fabric presented by Ventures is a creation of hand-painted pearls that are coated and then stitched on to a base, while maintaining the free movement of each individual Pearl giving it a unique free flowing movement.

Ventures is a manufacturing export house established in 1994 based out of Kolkata, West Bengal with close to 3000 employees. The company is engaged in export of high value added textile products and garments, specialised embroidery & weaves for some of the top luxury brands in the world. “This is the first time an Indian company has won a prize for innovation and not manufacturing, which ties in the concept of “Make In India/Skill India” so perfectly, said Mr Ayush Murarka, CEO at Ventures.

Speaking about the fabric, Mr Oliver Gabet, Director of The Museum of Decorative Arts at the iconic Louvre museum, who was also heading the grand jury said “The grand jury prize for fabrics is a kind of netting by Ventures, with plays on beautiful beads, embroidered to each other while each remains independent and moves at its own rhythm. Its magic, and totally subtle. I still don’t know how it works. You can imagine it in a range of colours, in various combinations, and maybe even figurative motifs.”

Crocs, first runway collaboration with British designer Christopher Kane at London Fashion Week 2016, was bespoke, limited edition Crocs shoes debuted on the catwalk at designers SS’17 London Fashion Week show.

Christopher Kane’s signature of constant innovation and rebellious femininity perfectly complements the iconic Crocs Classic Clogs in a special marble print (in green, blue, orange and brown), as well as high shine plain colours in rich earthy tones, and embellished with beautiful natural gemstone Jibbitz(shoe charms), especially created by the brand for this collaboration.

“When Christopher Kane approached us about this opportunity, we were delighted and excited to work together with such an iconic force in the fashion world,” said Michelle Poole, Senior Vice President of Global Product and Merchandising for Crocs. “Working with Christopher reinforces our belief that our iconic clog is incredibly relevant in today’s style arena. This partnership becomes a terrific vehicle for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary, and elevating the everyday into desirable luxury, two of Christopher’s key design philosophies. This collaboration has legs way beyond London Fashion Week, and we’re excited to share more details in the near future.”

Christopher Kane, said of the partnership: “I always work with unexpected items and combinations, transforming the everyday into desirable luxury. I wanted to bring my own stamp and DNA to Crocs’ classic clog and achieve something really special. The marble print feels very earthy and I often think of Crocs shoes in a very grounded way, worn with either an evening dress or with jeans, and adding the rock crystals brings a bit of luxury to this everyday style. Crocs are arguably the most comfortable shoe, and I love that they are slightly awkward and might be perceived by some as ‘ugly’. They have a very naïve and childlike shape which I especially like when they look extra clunky on the foot.”

The weekend at Milan Fashion Week had some power packed shows starting from Marni, Missoni, Salvatore Ferragamo, Trussardi, DSquared2 and Dolce & Gabbana.

As for Marni there was Shirtdresses with pockets on the front, sleeves and even cuffs, cargo pants and boiler suits had oversized pockets strategically located on the thighs.

D&G started the fiesta with street dancing and their signature looks followed by Logo T-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, pool slides and slip-ons accessorized with heels, bags and blinking LED lights.

Alberto Zambelli

Arthur Arbesser

dsquared2

Laura Biagiotti

Marni

Missoni

Msgm

Rich

Salvatore Ferragamo

Stella Jean

Trussardi

Dolce & Gabbana

With Milan Fashion Week’s end on the verge, but before you take respite from Milan , starts Paris this Tuesday and not many would know that India’s biggest fashion week too is round the corner, the final leg.

Day 4 of Milan had Tomas Maier’s Bottega Veneta, Jil Sander, Antonio Marras offering cross cultural collection. While the day began with Blumarine and leitmotiv showcased the day’s finale.

Antonio Marras