The Prada winter fashion show was pure entertainment from the real live actors modeling the clothes, to the huge red-carpeted runway set in the ballroom of an invented palazzo, to the eccentric and at times dramatic outfits.
The first day of the Milan menswear shows for next summer was a mixed bag of old favorites and new entries. The biggest news Saturday was the return of Jil Sander to her eponymous label after an eight year absence. She marked her comeback with a prim and precise collection dotted with color and trendy styles, showing she is willing to update her minimalist trademark.
These are happy boys. Happy that it's summer. Happy to be Sicilian. A live band in traditional costume, complete with mandolins and tambourines, accompanied the 73 men and boys who walked down the runway of the Dolce&Gabbana venue in downtown Milan, wearing yesteryear combinations of black and white, a reference by the designing duo to their Sicilian roots.
US star Janet Jackson's front row appearance at the Roberto Cavalli show at Milan fashion week on Saturday threw photographers into such a frenzy that they had to be physically hauled off the catwalk.
North invades south in the designing duo Dolce&Gabbana's menswear collection for next winter. The cold weather looks previewed on the first day of Milan Fashion Week on Saturday took their cue from Medieval courts after the Norman conquest of Sicily, the designers' eternal muse. Fabrics and yarns were warm and wooly, colors dark and royal.
It's no time to be shy about color, men.
A beloved sweater left on a deck chair washes away in a storm, only to be returned much later with the tides, alongside driftwood and smoothed pieces of glass. Reclaimed, it is like a wish fulfilled.
The line, long under-rated as one of geometry's most basic form, is getting a lot of exposure on the Milan menswear runway.
Itâs no secret that todayâs digital age has given much access to the global fashion industry, allowing new ideas and transforming what were once industry-exclusive fashion shows into circus-like spectacles come fashion week season.
MILAN (AP) â And in a flash, it was over. The Milan Fashion Week devoted to fall and winter menswear...
