D&G Catwalk Fashion Show ss2010
Cowboys and rodeo were the theme of the D&Gshow. The catwalk was sunbaked, country&western was on the soundtrack and the designers got all the way and further. Jeans got studded, there was a lot of leather and tailoring was razorsharp. There was also a little Fiorucci-moment. Next summer D&G will come with a re-edition of the brand’s T-shirts and they showed them down the catwalk in front of Elio Fiorucci himself.
DSquared Catwalk Fashion Show ss2010
We should have known after we received the floppy hat as an invitation for the DSquaredshow. It’s camping-time. And the Caten-twins thought about everything, even the ants in their pants. They stuck glittery little insects all over a Speedo. The collection was much of the same: denim, short shorts, perfect outerwear and of course beautiful hunks.
John Varvatos Catwalk Fashion Show ss2010
Normally everything John Varvatos designs breathes rock ‘n roll. Not this time. He opened his show in Milan with narrow shorts and waistcoats. Besides a lot of white and grey there were some shots of color in parkas like pale yellow and coppery red . The collection was sophisticated with smart details, ande gave us finally a perfect view on what Varvatos is capable of. We’ll leave the rock ‘n roll for other times.
Prada’s moviescene
The setting of the Prada-menswearshow looked like a large Alice in Wonderland box with shiny walls and shiny black & white floor. The quotes that dressed the set came from old black and white movies that highlighted the discussed masculinity. The effect was dazzling and somehow disturbing.
Prada Catwalk Fashion Show ss2010
Miuccia Prada’s collection looked like an old Fifties movie, a little odd, vintage futuristic and yet very modern. She focused on grey suits, but thanks to modern fabrics like mesh, new loose wovens and graphic patterns the models looked like they came from another planet. Suits were pared to their barest bones, perforated, stripped of sleeves and any traditional detail. Instead of shirts there were raw hemmed, silky V-necks. It was sexy, sensitive and even vulnerable. But also young.
Thom Browne for Moncler
Thom Brownes own shows are a carefully staged performance where little is left to coincidence. So it didn’t came as a surprise the Moncler collection he showed in the old swimmingpool at Milans Viale Tunisia was of the same kind. We think Leni Riefenstahl would have loved it. Maybe Browne got inspired by history of the building, founded in the thirties under Mussolini.
Back to the future: CKFree
Outside the venue of Calvin Klein in Milan we spotted a group of gorgeous looking guys in a black Mustang convertible. The picture took us back to the future. Actually the car stars in CK’s new adcampaign for the men’s fragrance CKFree. It’s one of those young, fresh, upbeat fragrances we know so well of Calvin Klein.
Calvin Klein Catwalk Fashion Show ss2010
Transparency was the keyword of Calvin Klein’s menswearcollection, designed by Italo Zucchelli. It’s a trend we saw with more labels. Zucchelli pushed the idea into another, futuristic world. Using America’s archetypal sportswear he shows a vision of the way men might ideally dress in a parallel universe. Seethrough fabrics, mesh cardigans and jackets, transparent parka’s and shiny surfaces in silver grey, black and stone. Plus a serie in orange and turquoise, because color is the new black.
Dutch fashiontouch in Milan
We’re not the only Dutch fashionpro’s sweating our way around in Milan. John de Greef from Elsevier (at the backround) never misses a show and nearly any presentation, Michou Basu of De Telegraaf (right) always stays until the end and Bas van Schaik (middle) is there were the action is!
Always look at the bright side
The invitation of Etro, flower power glasses, made us smile. Being at their show is always a special treat, with good food and drinks. Did you know that all aspects of this fashionbrand are still family-owned and operated? Veronica Etro designs womenswear and Kean Etro handles menswear – and he’s still happy with that we noticed backstage.
