Posts with tag milan

While other women may dress as a slutty nurse, a slutty witch, or a slutty George Washington for Halloween, a true fashionista knows there are other (better) options out there. Stylelist has a few couture costume ideas so you can have a truly fierce Halloween this year!

Fashion may have "gone ugly," according to the headlines over at Fashion Indie. But, we have to admit we kind of like it. Gone are the days when women dressed solely to impress men. We're now dressing to impress each other and man, that's a tough audience.

He's back, people! After causing a scene at the Agatha Ruiz de La Prada show in Milan a couple of weeks ago, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's alter ego -- gay Austrian fashion journalist Bruno -- popped up at the Stella McCartney show in Paris to create a bit of mayhem for the cameras.

Vogue UK reports: "With his red thong clearly visible above his jeans, the comedian - who was virtually unrecognisable in a flamboyant leather gilet, with his slicked-down hair dyed blonde and brown - sucked Tampax, clapped along to the music and generally disgruntled the front row by continually pushing aside those sitting in front of him for a better look at the models."

It's worth noting, though, Bruno's attempt to snatch the limelight away from the girls in Stella's show didn't work that well, considering the lush designs they were donning were much more fierce than Bruno's runway stomp.

Fringe -- designers love it and so do we. This Fall the runways in Milan were filled with fringed accessories and clothes. We were crazy about it all!

Shoes, shoes and more glorious shoes! The best part about fashion week for us isn't the glamorous clothes or the celebritiy sightings -- it's the footwear.

Those who have a ton of discreationary dollars to blow on expensive duds this month, listen up:

Alexander McQueen, the British designer who presents his lush collections in Paris every year, will be showing a runway presentation over at net-a-porter.com that secretly took place in Milan earlier this year.

In addition to the McQueen viral video that will be streaming on the e-commerce site starting today, the designer will begin selling eight looks straight off the runway in the video exclusively to Net-a-Porter.

The mini collection will include "a fitted skirt suit with pagoda structured shoulders, a tailored crepe all-in-one and a selection of body-conscious day and evening dresses."

[via Fabsugar]

Daughter of a Russian "orange juice mogul," (yes, that's straight from the mouth of Wikipedia), Kira Plastinina didn't take long to build her own empire -- in the fashion world. Her showing at Milan Fashion Week this year just further cements the fact that she really does belong with the big dogs.

Sky high wooden platforms, wedges that are more artwork than they are shoes, bold colored purses in the shape of lunchboxes, big bauble necklaces in bright blue and pink -- the Just Cavalli show in Milan Fashion Week truly had some amazing clothes, but the little details stole the limelight.

Contrary to belief and that damn cult film known as The Devil Wears Prada, not everyone in the fashion industry is cold, ruthless, and only out for themselves. OK. There may be a few personality types that are like this, but the majority actually like each other.

Case in point: Allessandro Dell' Acqua, Edward Enniful, and Grace Coddington.

The latter two helped Allessandro style his first collection for the brand, Malo. Just in case you're not familiar with their fashion pedigrees, Coddington is the editor behind Natalia Vodianova's epic Alice in Wonderland spread and Enniful has been the style director of the very directional style mag, i-D.

Suffice it to say, skimming Style.com to check out the new vision of Malo had us in a tiny bit of suspense. And as expected, everything was ultra feminine and beautiful. Hopefully, this will translate into more sales for the brand when all of those demanding socialites flock to high end stores next spring.

[via Fashion Week Daily]

At some point this summer, there will be a family reunion, wedding or christening. If the good news is that kids are invited, but the bad news is the idea of an itchy, stiff dress turning your little princess into a monster, then check out Lucy Sykes New York, and all the pretty sundresses.

Beautiful prints, lightweight cotton, and, for a special party dress, fairly reasonable prices -- certainly under $100. It's not Target, but it's also not Dior. The dresses have a classic shape, with twirly skirts and enough ruffles to be festive without looking like a square dancing costume. They are also refreshingly free of glitter or other Bratz-like flair.

Sykes and her doubtlessly beautiful family -- including sons Titus and Heathcliff -- spend weekends in the Hamptons and jet around the world to Paris, Milan and London. Lucy tries to infuse her dresses with the spirit of these places. We're not sure if she succeeds, but we can definitely imagine them on some little girls we know, playing tag while the grown ups sip celebratory cocktails. Now that's a summer party.

We deeply respect an individual's right to wear whatever kind of swimsuit they want -- or even their right not to wear one -- but we totally did a double-take when we saw Alexander McQueen's creepy neck-binding men's swimsuit. In fact, we kind of did that thing where you vomit a little in the back of your throat. Some have compared it to Borat's famous over-the-shoulder thong, but honestly -- we think this one is much worse.

The thing about swimsuits is that they are meant to cover only what is deem inappropriate in public. For men, that's usually below the waist (unless they've got an outrageously hairy back). This suit looks more like some kind of kinky dominatrix outfit than something a person would choose to wear. Plus, it seems like it might pose a strangulation hazard if you wore it out on the water. What do you say -- is it really as hideous as we think it is?

Could it be that this suit was designed for women vacationing in Southern France? Maybe this guy was handed it by mistake.

[via HauteConcept]

If you've ever thought to yourself "Man that Obama... he is one foxy guy," then you and Donatella Versace are on the same page.

Italian names may rule the fashion industry, but that doesn't mean that the average joe is some kind of fashion dynamo. According to Giorgio Armani -- he's a shirtless slob. At least, that's what he told the Telegraph about the rampant casualness going on in the Italian fashion centers these days.

The 73 year old Global Fashion Leader thinks that Italy's hold on fashion elegance is slipping as a result of its increasingly lax attitude towards personal appearance. From the article:

"It is time to straighten ourselves out, we are too slovenly... Everything seems to be allowed, even eating and drinking in a church square while stripped to the waist."