Raw elegance and banal emotion: Prada’s ‘Real Fantasies’

Prada reveals its ‘Real Fantasies’ To view Prada pieces that are currently hitting the brand’s boutiques, the luxury Italian house unveiled a new video lookbook, the latest clip in its ‘Real Fantasies’ series. Art-directed by creative team AMO, the two-minute film titled “Real Fantasies FW2013” reveals a “distorted graphic universe” as a backdrop for the … Read more

Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw and Ezra Miller for Prada fall-winter 2014

Prada Fall-Winter 2013 Menswear Campaign. ‘The Ideal House’ conceived by OMA for the Prada Fall/Winter 2013 fashion show was populated for the new Prada Menswear Fall/Winter 2013 Campaign with imaginary cinematic scenes involving actors Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw and Ezra Miller. Renowned photographer David Sims was inspired by the irreverent world of 60s New Wave … Read more

Armani’s Milan theatre opened to emerging Italian designers

Two weeks after Giorgio Armani announced his decision not to join the Italian National Chamber of Fashion, Giorgio Armani announced its support for the Italy’s emerging designers. Each season Armani/Teatro in Milan will be opened for a young designer. The first talent to use Armani show space on Via Bergognone 59 is Andrea Pompilio, a … Read more

Using digital to drive in-store luxury purchases: Multichannel Retail study

In an attempt to find growth, the companies are, again, turning to multichannel, believing that when channels coordinate, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Although e-commerce continues to register double-digital growth year-over-year, online sales have not matched the hype and vision evangelized over the last 15 years. In the same vein, … Read more

Elizabeth Taylor celebrated at Carine Roitfeld’s “Cinema Against AIDS” in Cannes

The Ultimate Gold Collection Fashion Show Live from Cannes Top international models, fresh new faces and a parade of celebrities will be on the catwalk at Carine Roitfeld’s Ultimate Gold Collection Fashion Show at the 20th edition of amfAR’s world-renowned Cinema Against AIDS live auction, held on May 23, 2013, during the Cannes International Film … Read more

Diesel to restore Venice’s 400-year-old Rialto Bridge

Ponte di Rialto in jeans Greatly in need of repairs, Venice’s 48-metre (157 foot) long Ponte di Rialto, one of the most beautiful bridges in the world and a true reflection of Venetian style, will be restored by “OTB”, a Company from Breganze (Vicenza, Italy) owned by Renzo Rosso (Diesel clothing company), popularly known as Italy’s … Read more