As Jeanne Moreau’s ‘Each Man Kills the Things He Loves’ drifted in and out of Bauhaus’ haunting, ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’, for Spring 2011, Miuccia Prada transports you to the achromatic halls of an institution. Infusing bold strikes of color into simple contemporary pieces, the jury may still be out on whether or not the almost [...]

Amidst a grassy runway, quite the trend of the season, Kean Etro continues to prove to be a considerably nature-friendly designer. Moving along from last season’s showing that featured models embellished with miniature birds, walking to the sound of of hooting owls, Etro now turns to the idea of “the tree of life”. A message [...]

Assembling collections that can each season be best summed up by the term, ‘soft structure’, for Spring 2011, Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi now focus on creating a sense of fluidity and modern ease for the Gianfranco Ferré man. Maximizing comfort with the use of silks and linens, in pastels shades and muted summer hues [...]

The beautiful coastlines of the Cinque Terre and the Côte d’Azur were the birth places of Massimiliano Giornetti’s inspiration for his Spring 2011 show at Salvatore Ferragamo. The collection was perfect for the man spending his summer days in the Mediterranean. It was chock full of breezy separates including luxurious cardigans in creamy tones and [...]

Italian designers Dominico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana certainly know how to take us on a journey, from last season’s trip to Aspen they moved on to the Eastern Seaboard as inspiration for their Spring 2011 showing for D&G. The Americana influences could be traced as early as the first look, a look that included a [...]