Milan Fashion Week ss2010 Impressions #2

Milan Fashion Week ss2010 Impressions #1

Prada Catwalk Fashion Show ss2010

The Prada ss2010 collection was one of those collections with a deeper message, but I could not figure it out immediately. Something old, something new, a bit of vintage fifties Miami and clean, modern shapes, artificial meets today’s reality. There was a hint of sportswear with the bikershorts, wide (halter) tops and transparant bags and shoes. Prints were stunning: projections of beachlife, chandeliers and flowerprints in black and white, greytones and pastels. It was more about the message and concept, than wearability.

D&G Catwalk Fashion Show ss2010

Yiepieyaheeee! D&G ss2010 collection was all about prairie-girls and saloon-ladies. Good old John Wayne would have been jealous at the dirty jeans, western-shirts and pretty neat suits and he would have loved to see his girlfriend Jane in a lace-shirt, fringed boots and ultra-short leather skirt. This was a very commercial collection, but – he- whats wrong with that? It will probably sell as hell and put copycats in the overdrive. Soon in a shop near you…

Giorgio Armani Catwalk Fashion Show ss2010

It look like Giorgio Armani (75) recovered well from his illness. The Italian designer suffered from hepatitis last year and had to take some time of. The collection was well balanced with strong items like softshiny Armani-jackets at loose pants and short dresses and happy skirts with structured tops. Colors were both bold and sober, with a focus at black, blue and green and flashes of pink and red.

Nighttime at Antonio Marras

Team Peter Stigter is ready for Milan

Thanks Michael!

Say what you want about Michael Jackson (50) during the last years of his life, but he left us more fashiontrends than we realize. During the Eighties and Nineties Jackson – who died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles june 25th 2009 – was not only a trendsetter in music but also in fashion. Remember his red motorcycle jacket in Beat It, his white ankle socks and black loafers (we saw plenty of those in Milan last week), the too-short trousers (big trend for ss2010), the military-style jacket (Balmain!) and aviator-sunglasses he wore during the Thriller-tour, the white V-neck T-shirts, the Fedora-hat, the smoking, and off course that glitter glove. Jackson was the first to wear a robot inspired outfit before Nicolas Ghesquiere introduced it at Balenciaga. And his dandy-style also inspired menswear-designers over the years. He will be a recognized as a style-icon next to Elvis Presley, Jim Morrisson and  Frank Sinatra. Or like Andy Warhol said: ‘You have to die  first to become an icon’.

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.

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