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The Nama: Chloe’s lower impact sneaker

December 24, 2021December 13, 2021 by Editorial Team

All materials selected for the Chloe Nama’s design have a lower impact on the environment, including 40% of recycled materials. Chloé unveils the Nama – a new sneaker design that reflects the luxury Maison’s commitment to reducing its impact on the environment. Rooted in the Maison’s commitment to sustainability, the eco-designed Nama sneaker is … Read more

Spring/Summer 2022 Fashion Week : Disco-age glamour with a spotlight on the powerful femininity

October 4, 2021 by Editorial Team

LVMH Fashion Maisons – Fendi, Emilio Pucci, Christian Dior, Patou, Loewe, Givenchy and Louis Vuitton – showcased their women’s collections for the coming season during Spring/Summer 2022 Fashion Week in Milan and Paris.

FENDI Spring/Summer 2022 Fashion Week

For his second show at Fendi, Kim Jones explored the joyful irreverence that has always defined the Maison, alongside his vision for its future. The result is a modern perspective on disco-age glamour with a spotlight on the powerful femininity synonymous with the Fendi name. For this new collection, Kim Jones drew inspiration from creations by fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez. His brushstrokes appear in elegant abstraction across cream kaftans and silken shirting, while his figurative drawings are translated into intarsia leathers, intricate lace and shimmering jacquards. Lilies become enamel hair accessories and the Fendi First bag embodies bold attitude. The wardrobe created by Kim Jones celebrates a free and empowered woman.

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Dior Spring/Summer 2022

For the latest collection, Maria Grazia Chiuri delves into the history of Dior and explores the heritage and aesthetic of Marc Bohan, long Creative Director of the Maison. In a tribute to early 1960s looks, the silhouettes reveal cuts and graphic effects transposed in yellow, green, red, navy, orange and raspberry. The colors also symbolize the spatial geometries at the heart of games dreamt up by artist Anna Paparatti to question the rules of art and life. Reflecting her works, the show’s scenography expresses the spirit of “an absurdist game”. The designs are combined in multiple ways with materials such as scuba and nylon that reinterpret volumes, revolutionizing the look of the woman who wears them. Silhouettes are conceived to shine on the dancefloor, evoking the legendary Roman nightclub the Piper Club, an emblem of freedom.

Patou Spring/Summer 2022

For the Spring/Summer 2022 collection, Patou Creative Director Guillaume Henry imagined “La Pantaisie”, a bold and fantastistical universe. With joyful refinement, the wardrobe sparks extraordinary daydreams. In creating the collection, the Parisian Maison’s designer found inspiration in the works of illustrator Gustave Doré to propose a subtle mélange of modernity and history. Colorful silhouettes play with volumes and materials, more classic suits are set off by myriad motifs. The clothes and accessories are crafted like canvasses that mirror the creativity and freedom of the woman who wears them.

Universal Passport: Burberry SS2022 looks brim with youthful experimentation

July 1, 2021 by Editorial Team

For the Burberry Spring/Summer 2022 menswear presentation, Burberry Creative Director Riccardo Tisci melds the feelings of freedom and togetherness in an exploration of the forces that connect and inspire us – those which make us feel alive.

Burberry collection’s name ‘Universal Passport’ can be seen emblazoned across sleeveless mesh T-shirts and cotton shirts, affirming the presentation’s message of connectivity and exploration.

‘This presentation is all about the power and the beauty of self-expression and about escaping and coming together as one to celebrate our creativity.” – Riccardo Tisci

Outerwear staples are pushed to the fore in new sleeveless non-conforming silhouettes. The iconic Burberry trench coat is re-cut with raglan and panelled capped sleeves as well as with a stand collar. Cotton twill car coats forego collars and add buttoned shoulders, transforming the design into a boat-neck style. Sleeveless leather bomber jackets return with accentuated rib-knit trims and press-stud straps.

An experimental sense of freedom is conveyed throughout Burberry Spring Summer 2021 collection, seen through black leather halterneck vests, coats, trousers and briefs.

Cotton vests and hoodies are refashioned with organic-shaped leather panels and cut-out details for a rebellious take on staples. The playful chest plate motif printed across T-shirts and trench coats. The collection title, ‘Universal Passport’, featured on sleeveless mesh T-shirts and cotton shirts, affirming a message of connectivity and exploration.

“I have always been inspired by music and by its ability to transport your mind – how it can connect you with times, places and people beyond boundaries. Music has played a big role in my life, like a running soundtrack and energy throughout my youth. So many of my memories forged through music take me back to an incredible time when I was discovering myself – my voice, my identity, my creativity – sharing my experiences with friends and sometimes even strangers along the way. It was like being on a universal journey, brought together by a collective sense of openness, acceptance and opportunity.” – added Tisci.

Burberry’s ode to the escapism of the outdoors continues.

Sleeveless shirts, shorts and trousers with proliferated strap details, contrasting topstitched bib-front trousers and exaggerated adornments on hoods. Symmetrical rows of cargo straps fixed to the front of coats. A sleeveless leather funnel-neck dress and skirts crafted for movement. Abstract curved prints on sheer T-shirts, mesh vests and cotton shirts evoke the flowing forms of camouflage. Tailoring challenges the conventional. Coats and English-fit blazers with button-embellished lapels, worn with tailored trousers. Reconstructed shirts with layered turtlenecks, or bib-front button-down shirts.

In womenswear, a continuation of metallic finishes fused with the season’s sheer fabrics. Abstract motifs adorn a lamé slip dress layered under a printed sheer top. The trench in sequinned sheer fabric with zebra-print trims. Mirrored square sequins applied to bikinis with a wrap-around strap detail, worn under cargo trousers and a gilet quilted with a globe graphic motif.

In the bag category, Burberry is introducing new quilted check leather bags, including a backpack and crossbody, both embellished with the Thomas Burberry Monogram. The simply proportioned leather messenger bags with whipstitch straps in beige or monochrome are stamped with the ‘Universal Passport’ print.

“I wanted the collection to capture that free spirit of youth and its honest and daring attitude, that sense of experimentation and fluidity. There is a strong feeling of unity but also of individuality – encouraging and uplifting each other to express ourselves freely. It’s a very raw energy that’s infectious, exciting and full of life. Like an awakening.’ – concluded Burberry Chief Creative Officer.

Back to where it started: Giorgio Armani Men’s SS22 explored clothing that frees instead of constricting

July 6, 2021June 22, 2021 by Editorial Team

Mr Armani and Mr Pantaleo Dell’Orco Head of the Men’s Style Office for all collections, Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and Armani Exchange pose together with the models after the Giorgio Armani Men’s SS22 fashion show. @Armani

Giorgio Armani Men’s SS22 fashion show celebrated the return of the live runway show.

Giorgio Armani Men’s Spring Summer 2022 collection is imbued with a particular sense of lightness: weightless materials, shapes that fluidly caress the body, a calm and nonchalant attitude.

On Via Borgonuovo, Milano, the place where it all began, Giorgio Armani explored once again the idea of clothing that frees instead of constricting, of carefree thoughts instead of carelessness, of classic as proof of progress. He does so by observing the times in which we live, the shared sense of style that is increasingly moving away from formality and decisively embracing the informality of sportswear. However, Giorgio Armani never gives up his sense of pertinence, which is an idea of dignity, of disdain for any excess — even when he reaches the height of nonchalance, even in the liberating gesture of legs uncovered by Bermuda shorts.

The suit is revamped in its shapes, proposing the idea of coordinated top and bottom: an evening shirt with a stand-up collar or a denim jacket-like cut combined with trousers with darts made in the same pinstripe wool, or a gilet-jacket with Bermuda shorts.

A sporty way of dressing—dynamic, comfortable and bold—made up of instinctive and essential choices and colours that span from blue to sandy hues and chalk white, with pops of red and green that recall the world of nature — always in harmony, of course. Here are some of the key looks from the Giorgio Armani SS22 Men’s Collection which showed in the historic headquarters in Via Borgonuovo 21, Milano, Italy.