Le passarelle maschili di Parigi impongono il vestire classico, per riuscire di nuovo ad appropriarsi della perfetta espressione di classe, sobrietà e sharpness. Il formalwear è un codice fatto di regole e precetti, che non ammettono deroghe, ma è anche un modo rassicurante di pensiero, perché prevede per chi lo indossa che tutto sia sotto controllo e che o[...]

Sembrano rimasti in pochi, si contano sulle dita di una mano, i maestri artigiani che, di questi tempi, hanno come unico scopo quell’ormai antico piacere di confezionare abiti per il semplice gusto estetico di fare alta sartoria, e ambientandola, come in questo caso, in un Grand Tour Italiano, senza clamori né iperboli. Domenico Dolce e Stefano Gabbana oltr[...]

Chi è stato bambino negli anni Settanta, è cresciuto con il mito dei giardini botanici e di quella cultura paesaggistica anglosassone, mai realizzata nell’aerea mediterranea della costiera amalfitana tra il 600’ e il 1900’. Spesso nelle camminate tra lo splendore del giardino botanico si riacquistava il quel senso di cultura romantica, che ci conduceva a ri[...]

The accumulation. The metaphor. The unusual pairing of objects and materials and heterogeneous shapes, and a sort of obsession with the black-and-white graphic universe. These are the recurring themes of the bustling atmosphere of the Rue Cambon Atelier where needles, thimbles, scissors, safety pins and spools can become the creation studio of Haute Horloger[...]

“Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future, and time future contained in time past.” Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) The Art Biennial opened in Venice just a few weeks ago, and there is talk of a sizeable presence of fashion insiders at this year's edition, as the relationship between the two worlds has always been solid, both in [...]

All designers have always traveled into the future. Starting from their school days when, through shapes and lines, they tried to invent something that did not exist. Afterwards they did it as adults, living every day as if it were tomorrow and not today. Innovation is their prime driver. Described as visionaries, they are the ones who lead us by the hand t[...]

I admit it, fashion is my passion. I follow it, I know it, I have understood it ever since I was a student in school. I know how important it is for the distinctive ethnos of our country and our economy. But please forgive me for this preamble and appreciate it for the sincerity of what I want to write in this column. There is a woman in the world of fashio[...]

"I've been working with diaphanous fabrics for a long time. The important thing is to maintain their nature." Yves Saint Laurent. A tale of passion, in fact a story about purity. About the provocative purity of the female body as an exercise of the opposite, reminding us that the visible is simply a projection of the invisible. "Nothing is more beautiful[...]

Contemplating the Tom Ford Winter 2024 collection designed by Peter Hawkings with the perfect tailoring, the glossy sheen of the fabric, and the depth of the color, is like leafing through a book on the history of contemporary clothing. Then, as you pause to examine each individual item of clothing, including the accessories, this perception is confirmed by[...]

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were not even 30 years old when they established a design consultancy, followed later by a fashion studio, with the debut of their first collection entitled "Real Women" in 1985, which eventually led to the eponymous partnership that would make them famous throughout the world’s contemporary arts scene. Success did not com[...]