T Magazine : The Top 10 Moments From Spring/Summer 2015 Milan Fashion Week

September 25, 2014 by The CoF

Article original from T MAGAZINE by MALINA JOSEPH GILCHRIST T’s senior market editor rounds up the most memorable happenings both on and off the runways. Photo CreditAntonio Calanni/Associated Press It’s a Barbie world Jeremy Scott set the shock-value bar high in February when he sent SpongeBob SquarePants and Ronald McDonald down Moschino’s fall/winter 2014 runway. So the Barbies he created for spring/summer 2015 were anything but startling. With attention-seeking street-style stars already donning the pink leather Moto jacket and skirt and […]

Categories: Fashion, Lifestyle, Magazines • Tags: Milan, T magazine

Louis Vuitton at Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2014

April 9, 2014 by The CoF

During the Salone del Mobile in Milan that started today ,8 April 2014, Louis Vuitton will share with Cassina  their passion for Charlotte Perriand and presents “Charlotte Perriand une icône de la modernité”(Charlotte Perriand an icon of modernity), an installation dedicated to one of the most vanguard architect of the twentieth century. Louis Vuitton has chosen the unconventional style of Charlotte Perriand as inspiration for its Icons Collections Spring / Summer 2014 and Fall / Winter 2014-2015. This project emerged from several […]

Categories: Design • Tags: Cassina, Charlotte Perriand, Louis Vuitton, Milan

The presentation of Sergio Rossi Fall 2014 Collection

February 24, 2014 by The CoF

Un ex-church in the heart of Milan hosted the presentation of the Sergio Rossi Fall 2014 Collection on February 21 during Milan Fashion Week. “We have created an emotional garden, like a secret garden in Venice,” Brand Director Angelo Ruggeri told Now Fashion. The inspirations for the collection were Butterfly, Mermaid and Venetian Carnival resulting in a reach and colorful collection : ‘ collection was embellished with luxe detailing like graded sequins embroidered on tulle like the scales of a fish, gold […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Angelo Ruggeri, Fall 2014, Milan, Sergio Rossi

Street Style at Milan Fashion Week Fall 2014 (part 1)

February 20, 2014 by The CoF

Yesterday started the Milan Fashion Week fall 2014. Today we offer you a colorful street style-report from the first day of the event. After the rain the wet Milanese streets shined thanks to the bright outfits of the guest at Milan Fashion Week Fall 2014. The stylist Anya Ziourova in her canary-yellow coat and Elisa Nalin with a tomboy look in a soft purple suit. And because it is Milan home of the most loved character by the street photographers, we couldn’t […]

Categories: Fashion, Street Style • Tags: Fall 2014, Milan, Milan Fashion Week

Galeries Lafayette to open in Milan in 2017

February 10, 2014 by The CoF

The historic french department store Galeries Lafayette could celebrate its presence in Milan,Italy in 2017 Galeries Lafayette appear once again intending to expand its business in Italy. Last October the prestigious French department store had entered into negotiations with the Benetton family’s holding company for the commercial management of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, historic palazzo in Venice overlooking the Grand Canal that at the end passed into the hands of the luxury giant LVMH. Canceled the Venetian debut, the department store owned […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Galeries Lafayette, Milan

Street Style at Milan’s Men Fashion Week F/W 2014

January 15, 2014 by The CoF

Yesterday ended the last show of the men fashion week Fall/Winter 2014 in Milan. And like always during fashion week fashionably dressed men and women were seen around the city. Here are the 25 most interesting female guests photographed on the street of Italy’s fashion capital. Take a look while waiting for the Parisian fashionistas to steal the limelight during the Men Fashion Week F/W 2014 in Paris.

Categories: Fashion, Fashion Week, Street Style • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, fall/winter 2014, men fashion week, Milan

It is already Christmas at yoox.com

November 15, 2013 by The CoF

The Christmas table the online retailer, Yoox, is already ready and will stay so until mid-December. They say there is room for everyone . And most importantly, gifts for everyone . With the project A dinner party in Milan Yoox starts the Christmas holidays at YOOX by staging a  (im)perfect family, among the guests at the table models, actors , designers, all ready to bring under the tree gifts. Everything revolves around the interactive video where you can discover objects in limited edition , […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Christmas, Davide Oldani, Holiday 2013, Milan, Shopping, Yoox

Best shoes from Milan Fashion Week Spring/Sumer 2014 collections

September 25, 2013 by The CoF

Monday ,September 23, completed the shows at Milan Fashion Week.Italians ,among others, are known as world’s best manufacturers of shoes and here you can enjoy the best of the best from Milan’s spring/summer 2014 collections.     Related articles Street Style At Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014 (part2) (thecitizensoffashion.com) Street Style at Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2014 collections (thecitizensoffashion.com) The Amfar’s Milan Fashion Week Gala (thecitizensoffashion.com)

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Accessories, collections, designers, Footwear, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, shoes, spring/summer 2014

Meissen Couture presents its first couture collection and accessories

September 24, 2013 by The CoF

After 300 years at the top of the luxury sector, the House of Meissen renews itself: the craft manufacture that is specializes in high jewelery, porcelain and interior design is launching a couture collection made ​​in Italy under the creative direction of Frida Weyer( Berlin-based designer). At the presentation, held yesterday in the courtyard of the historic Villa Meissen in Via Montenapoleone in Milan, were presented 17 outfits inspired by the shapes and decorations from the historical archive of Meissen, which was established […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Accessories, Franca Sozzani, Italy, Meissen, Meissen Couture, Milan, Nadja Auermann, Suzy Menkes, Via Montenapoleone

Best Street Style Looks at Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014

September 23, 2013 by The CoF

Another fashion week ended and soon the whole fashion week season (there are stiil the shows in Paris). Milan fashion week will end today after lasted for six whole bright and warm days(there are now as many as 26 degrees). With the help of an amazing weather fashion fans in the Italian fashion capital felt lucky to show their street style looks .We’ve seen many short skirts, sleeveless t-hirts and dresses ,and beautiful sandals. After carefully “studying” the shows on the streets of Milan […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Milan, Milan Fashion Week, Photography, spring/summer 2014, street style

Front Row at Dolce & Gabbana spring/summer 2014 collection

September 23, 2013 by The CoF

Once again the inspiration for the spring/summer 2014 collection of the Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana, were the rich culture of Sicily and Rome. In the front row were seen the muse of the brand the Italian model Bianca Balti along with six-year-old daughter Matilda,both dressed in Dolce & Gabbana ,Miroslava Duma, Anna Dello Russo and many others lovers of the brand . Related articles Front Row at Gucci spring/summer 2014 collection (thecitizensoffashion.com) Piave37 by Dolce&Gabbana, a new home […]

Categories: Fashion, Fashion Week • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, bianca balti, Dolce & Gabbana, Giovanna Battaglia, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, miroslava duma, spring/summer 2014

The Amfar’s Milan Fashion Week Gala

September 22, 2013 by The CoF

On September 21 as part of Milan fashion week was hold the charity event of American Foundation for AIDS Research – amfAR. With the support of the Italian fashion community the foundation arranged a gala evening to raise funds for researches to combat the disease. At the prestigious Milan’s cultural center La Permanente many celebrities from the worlds of fashion , film , music, business and the art : Roberto Cavalli , Karolina Kurkova , Dean and Dan Caten , Peter Dundas , Jessica Hart […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: AmfAR The Foundation for AIDS Research, Dean and Dan Caten, Franca Sozzani, Jessica Hart, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, Roberto Cavalli, September 2013

Street Style At Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014 (part2)

September 21, 2013 by The CoF

Street Style At Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014 / Photography By NAM     Related articles Street Style at Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2014 collections (thecitizensoffashion.com)

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Fashion week, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, NAM, Photography, spring/summer 2014, street style

Cinema and Shopping : Fendi is making dreams come true

September 21, 2013 by The CoF

  On the ground floor is the Amphitheatre zone, where visitors can watch the film created especially for the exhibition, shot at Cinecittà Studios   For the opening of a new flagship boutique in Milan(designed by Gwenaël Nicolas) Fendi timed another significant event – an exhibition dedicated to the long and passionate relationship of the brand with cinema which is impossible not to be proud of. A two-storey boutique, designed in golden tones and eclectic style has opened its doors on Via Montenapoleone,too. […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion • Tags: Cara Delevigne, Catherine Deneuve, Cinema, Event, Fendi, Making Dreams: Fendi and the Cinema, Milan, Via Montenapoleone

The reopening of the Salvatore Ferragamo’s boutique in Milan

September 21, 2013 by The CoF

The night before, as part of the Milan Fashion Week, in addition to the new store Piave37 created by Dolce & Gabbana for young designers, on the iconic street via Montenapoleone was hosted a cocktail in honor of the opening of the renovated boutique Salvatore Ferragamo. At the event appeared actress Freida Pinto and model Karolina Kurkova – the girls are known for their friendship with the brand’s creative director Massimiliano Giornetti and try not to miss a single event in […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Freida Pinto, karolina kurkova, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, Salvatore Ferragamo, Shopping

Piave37 by Dolce&Gabbana, a new home for young designers

September 21, 2013 by The CoF

The search for young talented designers is very important for the fashion industry. In Milan, which is called as the capital of the European fashion, this is particularly understand. A few days ago at the Palazzo Morando, with the support of Italian Vogue, took place the exhibition of clothing and accessories created by the finalists of the contest “Who is on Next?”,as well as designers, selected as part of Vogue Talents. This trend was continued by Domenico Dolce and Stefano […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Bianca Bandolini D'Adda, Dolce & Gabbana, Fashion week, Milan, Shopping

Four Season Milan celebrates fashion week with “Chic”olate Room

September 20, 2013 by The CoF

Opened in 1993, as a second property in Europe, the Four Seasons Hotel Milano celebrated its first twenty years on September 12. In the historic cloister of Via Gesu  for the occasion magnificently staged by Vincenzo Dascanio playing on the theme of the four seasons, in honor of the name of the brand, the general manager Finizzola Vincent and the hotel manager Carlo Stragiotto, with all the staff of the hotel , welcomed guests, friends and many familiar faces, including […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion, Fashion Week • Tags: Chocolate Room, food, Four season, Hotel, Italy, Milan, Patricia Urquiola, Travel

The opening of the Stuart Weitzman’s boutique in Milan designed by Zaha Hadid

September 20, 2013 by The CoF

In the afternoon in Milan designers present their new collections at Fashion Week, and in the evening the city never ceases to boil life. So last night American shoe brand Stuart Weitzman has arranged a cocktail in honor of the new flagship store on the street Via Sant’Andrea. The new boutique is remarkable that architect designer Stuart Weitzman invited the brilliant Zaha Hadid, known for her futuristic projects. “This is a major new initiative that will help achieve the next phase of […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Fashion week, Kate Moss, Milan, Olivia Palermo, Stuart Weitzman, Via Sant'Andrea, Zaha Hadid

Casadei’s spring/summer 2014 presentation

September 20, 2013 by The CoF

All the gold from the African nations gathered in the spring/summer 2014 collection of shoemaker Cesare Casadei for Casadei. At the presentation of the brand as part of Milan fashion week shining shoes and sandals were looking like precious decoration of Moroccan palaces. Related articles Street Style at Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2014 collections (thecitizensoffashion.com) SPOTTED: Ciara Wearing Casadei for Prabal Gurung To 2014 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (shoefessional.com) Prabal Gurung’s Third Collaboration With Casadei Is Finally Here (shefinds.com)

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Casadei, cesare casadei, Footwear, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, Sandal, shoes, spring/summer 2014

Front Row at Gucci spring/summer 2014 collection

September 19, 2013 by The CoF

On the first day of the Milan fashion week,Frida Giannini the creative director of Gucci  presented the spring/summer 2014 collection . In the front row of fashion shows could be seen Blake Lively ( face of the Gucci Première fragrance) , Anna Wintour ,Anna Dello Russo, and the owner of Kering (previously PPR group ), Francois Henri Pinault. Many of the guests appeared on the show in the clothing brand, for example, actress Blake Lively chose a dress, sandals, clutches […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Anna Wintour, Blake Lively, Fashion week, Frida Giannini, Gucci, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, spring/summer 2014

Models Off The Runway at Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014

September 19, 2013 by The CoF

Models Off The Runway at Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014 : Related articles Street Style at Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2014 collections (thecitizensoffashion.com) Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2014 blog (fashion.telegraph.co.uk) Milan Fashion Week gets off to energetic start (news.yahoo.com) Milan Spring 2014: Gucci, DSquared (fashionweekdaily.com)  

Categories: Contact, Fashion • Tags: Milan, Milan Fashion Week, Models, Photography, spring/summer 2014, street style

Street Style at Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2014 collections

September 19, 2013 by The CoF

Yesterday in Milan kicked off the fashion week for the season of spring/summer 2014 collections, and unlike London or New York, where the first day does not pass the high-profile shows, yesterday already presented their collections Gucci, Dsquared ² and Alberta Ferretti. Here we admire the show from the streets of italian fashion capital,Milan. Related articles Milan Fashion Week gets off to energetic start (news.yahoo.com) Street style at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid spring/summer 2014 (thecitizensoffashion.com) Alberta Ferretti Spring / […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Fashion week, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, Photography, spring/summer 2014, street style

Special edition of watches for the new Fendi Boutique in Milan

September 19, 2013 by The CoF

A light installation by Nucleo in homage to the cobblestones of Rome, the screening of a video inspired by the Dolce Vita signed Patrick Jean, carpets of the American artist  Haynes Robinson. These are some of the elements of the new concept of the Fendi boutique, housed in Palazzo Carcassola-Grandi, which will open today, September 19 on Via Montenapoleone 3. The niches carved into the travertine, material witness of the Roman roots of the Maison, will also host the collections […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Boutique, Fendi, Jewelry, Milan, shop, Shopping, Watches

Beauty in Wonderland by Vogue Italy and P & G Prestige

September 17, 2013 by The CoF

What’s this? A trip polinsensoriale, including colors, scents, flowers, materials and lights. All in the magnificent setting of a fifteenth-century residence. Do not miss it if it happens to be in Milan! “The aromas are memories of personal experiences. So I have the perfume which used my mother when I was little, my brother uses it too … That makes me feel close to the people I love “, Blake Lively said during a conversation about beauty . Certainly, few […]

Categories: Beauty • Tags: Art, Event, Fashion week, Fragrances, Franca Sozzani, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, September 2013

30 years of Moschino

September 14, 2013 by The CoF

The fashion house is celebrating a milestone birthday with a capsule ad hoc. Founded in 1983 Maison Moschino is celebrating its first 30 years. And it does so with a capsule that takes the stylistic features of the house and reinterprets them. All garments and accessories from the mini collection created by Rossella Jardini, creative director, tell a story, embody an iconic concept. Triumph the colors dear to the house: white, black, red. And the symbols associated with it, such […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: LONDON, Milan, Moschino, moschinoboutique.com, New York, Paris, Rome, Rossella Jardini

Tod’s debut with its first prêt-à-porter collection designed by Alessandra Facchinetti

September 2, 2013 by The CoF

Tod’s debut in Milan with his first show of prêt-à-porter. The collection, which will be showed on September 20 at the  Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, in full calendar of Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2014,it is designed by Alessandra Facchinetti,the new creative director of the brand. Alessandra Facchinetti is a young Italian designer with significant experience in the fashion industry.She was the creative director of Gucci(without much successes) before Frida Giannini, Valentino and Moncler Gamme Rouge. Now we have to wait until […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Alessandra Facchinetti, Creative director, Designer, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, spring/summer 2014, Tod's

10 years of CoSTUME NATIONAL

July 8, 2013 by The CoF

Ennio Capasa is the fashion artist that represented a generation of change in the 90’s, creating a brand that it was against everything that  fashion designer held dear in the 80’s. Ennio is the stylist and art-director for CoSTUME NATIONAL, CoSTUME NATIONAL HOMME, and C’N’C CoSTUME NATIONAL – the line’s brand for young people. At the 1986 Milan fashion shows Capasa launched his first CoSTUME NATIONAL collection of women’s ready-to-wear.Ten years later,in 1996, The New York Times said about him :“His style has influenced heavyweight labels like Calvin Klein and Gucci. […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Costume National, designers, ennio capasa, History, Milan, Photography

Street Style At Milan Menswear June 2013

June 28, 2013 by The CoF

Street Style At Milan Menswear June 2013 Photos by Stefano Coletti   source vogue.it Related articles 25 Architectural Menswear Looks – From Outlandish Sci-Fi Menswear to Structured Menswear Spreads (TrendHunter.com) (trendhunter.com)  

Categories: Fashion, Fashion Week • Tags: June 2013, Menswear, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, Stefano Coletti, street style

Fashion Brands At Salone Dei Mobili Milano

April 15, 2013 by The CoF

Just how relevant home collections have become for fashion brands was shown by the fact that more of them than ever showed at the fairgrounds during Salone del Mobile in Milan, which closed Sunday, while those designers showing outside the fair continued to expand their collections. All the lines mirrored the labels’ most luxurious — and extreme — runway looks. There were strips of electric blue fur for pillows at Fendi; emerald green velvet chairs from Versace; patchwork ponyskin carpets […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Marni, Milan, Milan Design Week, Missoni, Roberto Cavalli, Salone del Mobile, Versace

Milan Fall 2013 Accessories Presentations

February 27, 2013 by The CoF

Based on a custom-made pair of boots made for Beyoncé, Cesare Casadei created a whole range of embellished styles for fall.   Brian Atwood’s intricate laser-cut and fused suede over-the-knee boots gave a sexy slant to gypsy chic.   With hardware that resembles a tube of lipstick, Bulgari’s lipstick bag comes bejeweled with semiprecious stones such as rhodonite and purple jade. Jimmy Choo’s blue mink herringbone clutch and sexy blue suede pumps added a touch of va-va-voom for fall. Photo […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Brian Atwood, Bulgari, cesare casadei, Giuseppe Zanotti, Jimmy Choo, Milan, Sergio Rossi, Shopping

Alfa Castaldi : Curious,Complete. A Real Artist.

February 18, 2013 by The CoF

One can not describe (and perhaps love) and caught the chaotic collages of Anna Piaggi if you do not know the work of the photographer Alfa Castaldi. Partners in life and singers of the many facets of fashion, through a language of images, unique, love, Dadaist in the result and accurate in content as an encyclopedia. The factor α. AsPiaggi,herself,writes in the same collection dedicated to his DOUBLE PAGES of Italian Vogue: “The initial idea of ​​the photographic Double Pages […]

Categories: Contact • Tags: Alfa Castaldi, Anna Piaggi, Art, Karl Lagerfeld, Linhof, Milan, Photography, Vogue Italia

Anna Piaggi’s Personal Wardrobe Exhibition

February 6, 2013 by The CoF

During Milan Fashion Week Anna Piaggi’s personal wardrobe will go on public display at an exibition housed in Fabrica Del Vapore in Milan,a spaced used for cultural activities Milan’s culture councillor, Stefano Boeri, said that the display marks a move towards the creation of a new fashion museum.”It’s really fundamental to keep the collection in Milan and exalt it, because it represents a real gem of Italian cultural heritage,” said Boeri. Photo By Rex Features source vogue.co.uk  

Categories: Contact, Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Piaggi, Fashion, Milan, Stefano Boeri, Vogue, Vogue Italia

Dolce & Gabbana’s Second Couture Collection : Alta Moda

January 31, 2013 by The CoF

The top-heavy presence of innumerable headset-wearing security guards was an unexpected add-on to proceedings at last week’s Dolce & Gabbana’s “Alta Moda” show in Milan. But the surprise didn’t last for long. For the 80-strong audience included Arabian princesses (one in a strikingly short ostrich feather dress), African heiresses, Italian contessas, Russian oligarchs’ wives and Chinese millionairesses. Along with Monica Bellucci and five Vogue editors (including Alexandra Shulman from London and Anna Wintour from New York), they had flown in from the […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Alexandra Shulman, Alta Moda, Anna Wintour, Dolce & Gabbana, Milan, Monica Bellucci, New York

Anna Dello Russo Like We’ve Never Seen Her Before!

January 24, 2013 by The CoF

                  Anna Dello Russo out and about in Milan, Italy, on Jan 23 Photo: REX Casual clothes? For the last few seasons the Italian editor-at-large of Vogue Japan, blogger and style phenomenon has not been seen in anything less than a full, head-to-toe runway look. Never ever knowingly underdressed – unless you’re talking in terms of nakedness because she does like to flash a bit of yoga-toned leg – she is pictured here in chilly […]

Categories: People • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, clothing, Editor-at-Large, Fashion, January, Japan, Milan, Vogue

The Best International Fashion Weeks You Haven’t Heard Of

January 16, 2013 by The CoF

Anyone who has an interest in the industry knows that luxury fashion never sleeps. For example, it’s the dead of winter and we’re still bundled up in our warmest knits, meanwhile the Fall/Winter 2013 fashion shows kick off in global locations next week. And while New York, Milan, London and Paris host the most renowned Fashion Weeks known to man, there are so many other worldwide cities that set a week aside twice a year to celebrate the industry and its top […]

Categories: Fashion, Fashion Week • Tags: Deepak Perwani, Eastern Europe, Fashion week, Kamiar Rokni, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, Pakistan, Tel Aviv

Valentino’s First Menswear Store To Open In Paris

January 16, 2013 by The CoF

The famous Italian fashion house, Valentino as a part of its business expansion, announces its plan of launching new boutiques solely dedicated to menswear line with the first store due to open in Paris later this year. Valentino- a creation of the designer Valentino Garavani unveils its autumn/winter 2013-2014 menswear collection on the 16th January 2013 in Paris. The menswear new line collection will be available in the first boutique in Paris to be inaugurated later this year, followed by stores in […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Christian Louboutin, David Chipperfield, LONDON, Milan, Paris, Place Vendôme, Valentino, Valentino Garavani

Street Style : Milan Men’s Fashion Week

January 16, 2013 by The CoF

Photos by Kuba Dabrowski source models.com

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, collection, Milan, street style, style

ANNA DELLO RUSSO – EDITOR-AT-LARGE,CREATIVE CONSULTANT, VOGUE JAPAN

January 7, 2013 by The CoF

Packing for fashion week is no easy feat… especially when all eyes and lenses are on you. When everyone is expecting you to wear something more outrageous than the last time, it can be difficult trying to top an outfit complete with a cherry on top. But nobody does it quite like Anna Dello Russo. We caught up with the streetstyle legend to see how she keeps the photographers on the street always on the edge of their seat. Vogue Japan’s […]

Categories: Beauty, Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Editor-at-Large, Fashion, Fashion week, Helmut Newton, Milan, New York, Paris

A Little Sun For Christmas At La Rinascente Milano

December 11, 2012 by The CoF

By Cynthia Martens A view of La Rinascente’s holiday windows, featuring Little Sun solar-powered lamps with posters and videos showing the countries where people are using them.Photo By Courtesy of La Rinascente  Temperatures have dropped here in Milan, but warmth and light remain at La Rinascente, which has decked out its Christmas windows with dozens of small, solar-powered lamps from the company Little Sun, and massive posters and videos showing the countries where people are now using them. Danish-Icelandic artist […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Christmas, Department store, Duomo, La Rinascente, Milan, Olafur Eliasson, Sun, Tate Modern

Tribute To Gianni Versace

December 2, 2012 by The CoF

Gianni Versace’s clothes are known for their striking colours, materials and cuts: sexy to the point of vulgarity. Like all good Italian boys, Gianni Versace learnt from his mother, who taught him first to cut and then make clothes, as she ran a small tailor-shop to support the family. Gianni loved designing the clothes himself and soon he was selling them out of his mother’s shop. He moved on, furthering his understanding of the rag trade by working as a […]

Categories: Contact, People • Tags: Complice, Contact, Donatella, Donatella Versace, Gianni, Gianni Versace, Lifestyle, Miami, Milan, People, Versace

Armani Hotel Milano:Elegant Domain

November 25, 2012 by The CoF

Text by Alexandra Marshall Of the heavyweight Italian fashion houses, none have locked up Milan, the industry’s capital, like Giorgio Armani. The designer’s mega-ads for Emporio Armani and Armani Jeans have plastered the busy intersection of vias Broletto and dell’Orso since 1980; he co-owns the city’s basketball team—called, naturally, EA7 Emporio Armani; and it is also here, on Via Manzoni, that he has his flagship, a veritable department store featuring capsule lines of Armani chocolates, flowers, and books. Now comes Armani […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Armani, Broletto, Burj Khalifa, Design, Dubai, Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani, Lifestyle, Milan, Travel, Via Manzoni

Citizens Of Fashion:Uma Wang

November 22, 2012 by The CoF

  She’s a designer; actually, without a doubt she is one of the most successful Chinese designers. She studied at the China Textile University of Shanghai and at London’s Central Saint Martins. Before launching her eponymous line Uma Wang, she worked as an assistant for a Chinese brand. Besides designing the shapes, she also creates the threads and fabrics on her own. “As a child, in northern China, I would spend hours watching my father prepare medicines by using different ingredients, almost like […]

Categories: People • Tags: Anna Wintour, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, China, Fashion, LONDON, Milan, New York, People, Shanghai, style, Taoism