Friday, 29 June 2012
The Boglioli showroom wraps up our trip to Italy this season. Always a refreshing occasion to learn more about the turns and tricks of high end jacket making. Boglioli is anticipating some strong looking pieces for SS13, all much like the double breasted blazers seen below.
Paris is next. Ciao!
Friday, 29 June 2012
At Barena, going through some interesting variations on their Burchiello sweats, classic chinos and Carlino linen blazers for SS13.
Friday, 29 June 2012
Full speed ahead no breaks to deliver what’s ahead from the Paul Smith footwear range, together with a couple accessories to the mix.
The brand’s showing a pretty comprehensive output, ranging from creeper influenced shapes to color welted brogues and laced boat shoes, along with more classic styles and some new running inspired sneakers.
Friday, 29 June 2012
Moving on in our list of places to be while still in Milan, here’s Paul Smith showroom. Time to check the designer’s bold color offerings for SS13. Clothes first, but keep those laptops in sleep mode, shoes and accessories will follow shortly.
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Our visit to the Breramode showroom in Milan, were we had the chance to check Green George’s footwear, a new brand we will be introducing already this AW12, Épice’s scarf collection along with other engaging offerings from the brands they showcase.
Thursday, 28 June 2012
With such a strong background connection to the world of cycling, it’s no wonder that Sir Paul Smith often incorporates elements and draws inspiration from that particular universe onto his collections. For SS12, the British designer delivers his own take on the “Go to Hell” theme, based around an embroidered cyclist motif. Available both in khaki shorts and navy chinos, these colorful additions are a welcome variation on traditional Summer classics, turning them into outstanding statement pieces. Just remember to keep it simple on the top…
Shop for it here
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Band of Outsiders is once again displaying its highly imaginative backbone by hosting the longest fashion show event ever, having a model literally living inside a card board and wood planks scenario, built on the window of an anonymous Paris gallery. Taking place over 60 hours, the show begins on June 27th at 9:30 and will end on June 29 at 21:30. Throughout the duration of this event, every 90 minutes, the model will be photographed and change clothes, to present the next look from the SS13 collection.
A live feed of the event is available at the brand’s website.
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Boglioli made its SS13 presentation in an old, dim lighted factory space in Milan while evoking the history of classic Italian fashion.
An illustrious list of participants, which included Luciano Barbera, Beppe Angiolini, a lively 82 year old Nino Cerruti and GQ Japan Editor in Chief Masafumi Suzuki, competed in preparing or helping to prepare Italian cuisine specialities and drinks.
Boglioli’s new offerings included variations on the brand’s signature unstructured tinto in capo jackets, randomly displayed around the venue alongside pants, shirts and other key garments. All under the attentive eye of ts(s) designer Takuji Suzuki.
We’ll let the following batch of images do the rest of the talking…
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
A quick stop at Property Of… which were showing for the first time at Pitti. Time to check the brand’s new products that featured some lightweight technical fabrics and supple leathers for the backpacks and duffles together with an increasing range of small leather goods.
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Next on our list our brands to stop over at Pitti was Levi’s Made and Crafted. A colorful assortment as always, with lots of motifs, patterns and tie dyes. Our favorite piece of clothing though, was the red short sleeve shirt with horse print, definitely on our list for SS13.
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Unless you’ve been hibernating during the last couple of months, you might’ve noticed this season is all about wild prints splattered on every possible garment. As one who likes to keep up, if not dictate possible trends, Acne brings us its interpretation of the oldest print in the book: florals. Available in two colorways, blue and green, the Vector swim shorts are a revamped version sitting at the thigh, with four pockets and an adjustable drawstring at the waistband. Perfect for the upcoming lazy days at the beach…
Monday, 25 June 2012
Another brand bringing it on full thrust at Pitti was Our Legacy. The guys, or should we say Jockum and Richardos had already left but we could still check the brand’s novelties for the SS13 season, which included smiley sweats and some cool looking footwear.
We’ll look deeper into the collection further ahead…
Monday, 25 June 2012
Apart from the food theme, Pitti Uomo was massive this season, with several brands really pushing it forward in terms of what they are bringing new to the table. Let’s start with Buttero, where Maurizio presented us some floral embroidering for the brand’s signature sneakers along with a bold color edging on some of their new models. We also had another look at the bags and small leather goods range which are looking quite promising.
