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Roberto Cavalli
Published on 29 Sep, 2010 at 8:16 in Fashion&Celebrity | | No Comments
He may have no time for minimalism, but Roberto Cavalli is a great fan of the barely there—and a grand master of the power of suggestion. You always feel like you’ve seen a lot more naked supermodel than you actually did. (It’s a neat trick if you can pull it off—remember the way Bob Mackie seemingly denuded Cher…
Giorgio Armani
Published on 29 Sep, 2010 at 7:11 in Fashion&Celebrity | | No Comments
Giorgio Armani’s secret weapon is focus. He’ll take one idea and elaborate on it over the course of a collection. Today’s focal point was the night sky over the Sahara: warm, velvety blue, scattered with stars. It’s also the sky he’d be familiar with from his second home on the island of Pantelleria, halfway to North Africa. That…
Gucci
Published on 29 Sep, 2010 at 6:08 in Fashion&Celebrity | | No Comments
Anybody who expected a quiet, classic collection of neutrals in the vein of Frida Giannini’s Fall show got a jolt when the first model walked out in an orange blazer, violet tube top, green pants, and gold python belt, her hair slicked and her lips a glossy red. Glamour is back at Gucci, and it looked right at home….
Roberto Cavalli
Published on 2 Mar, 2010 at 9:03 in Fashion&Celebrity | | No Comments
Forty years of Roberto Cavalli—it scarcely seems credible. How many in the enormous audience for his Fall presentation were even born when he first set needle to appliqué to denim in his little shop in Saint-Tropez? But he’s never forgotten the wealthy, glamorous boho set who were his first customers, and who, like him, are now knocking on…
Dolce & Gabbana
Published on 1 Mar, 2010 at 11:40 in Fashion&Celebrity | | No Comments
When you strip away the facade and the fandango of fashion, what’s left that matters? In many ways, those soul-searching questions are the subtext of the season, as the industry strives to re-anchor itself in fundamental values after a decade spent sucking up to celebrities and, increasingly, pumping out overpriced pseudo luxury made in China. In Milan, Dolce &…
