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Gucci Stept Back Into the '50s
Lots of glitter and excitement too far to the west as Milan fashion week continues. Tuesday, fashion house Marni showed its Summer 2008 Menswear collection. Unlike many other collections shown this week, Marni steered away from bright colors, opting instead for minimal, simple designs that played with the usual silhouettes. Luxury fashion label, Gucci also [...]
Notes From Milan Fashion Week
Valentino and Giorgio Armani are accustomed to seeing the world’s highest profile men step out in their beautifully tailored suits. But the pair were showcasing a rather different approach to the wardrobe staple during their collections for spring/summer 2008 Milan Fashion Week. Valentino added a colonial flavour to his show which, with its sports jackets [...]
Previews of Summer 2008 Menswear
After several seasons when it seemed that Italian style was always on vacation, designers have put their men back into city “civvies” for the Summer 2008. Shorts and bathing trunks are relegated to a few pool side moments, with trousers and jackets the favorite warm weather garb. Suits complete with white shirt and silk tie [...]
Fendi to hold fashion show on Great Wall
Italian luxury group Fendi will hold a fashion show on the Great Wall in China in October as parent company, LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton, seeks to double its sales by 2008. “It’s true,” said a spokeswoman for LVMH, confirming a report in France‘s Les Echos newspaper. LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault has said repeatedly he sees [...]
Missoni Launches a New Perfume for Women
Missoni recently entered the fragrance market. With an experience of over 50 years in the fashion and luxury industry, moving into the perfume market makes perfect sense and will most likely be a terrific success. For now, they only have a perfume collection for women. From the articles I read so far, I understand they [...]
Italian Designer Gianfranco Ferre Passed Away
Gianfranco Ferre, the Italian designer known as the «architect of fashion» for his structured, sculpted shapes and for his groundbreaking tenure at Christian Dior, died Sunday, a hospital said. He was 62. Ferre was taken to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Friday after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage. The hospital, in a statement [...]
Giorgio Armani Beauty Wins Two Fragrance Foundation Awards
Giorgio Armani Beauty, a division of L’Oreal USA, won two FiFi’s at the 35th Annual American FiFi Awards. The FiFi Awards are designed to honor the extraordinary creativity of the international fragrance industry in America. Armani/Prive Cuir Amethyste, the newest addition to Giorgio Armani’s private collection of fragrances, won Best Packaging of the Year, Men’s [...]
