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Louis Vuitton to take the runway in Italy
The Lvmh group’s flagship maison told exclusively to MFF it will bring a show in Italy for the first time. The brand led by Pietro Beccari will unveil the cruise 2024 Collection designed by Nicolas Ghesquière on May 24 on lake Maggiore’s Isola bella, which has never before hosted a fashion show
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Miu miu’s working girls
«This collection explores the idea of looking, the concept that garments can be transformed in pattern and how they are worn», Miuccia Prada explained, who collaborated with artist Geumhyung Jeong to bring career women on the runway, between pencil skirts and a seductive intellectuality in the form of panties studded with maxi beads
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Future classics by Vuitton
Designer Nicolas Ghesquière parades through the halls of the Musée d’Orsay and makes a reflection on French style with Lvmh’s flagship maison creating a clash between the past and the future, urban world and avant-garde details
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Loewe’s utopia castle
«Fashion can bring into focus what seems blurry», creative director Jonathan Anderson explained, who shows LVMH’s brand at the Château de Vincennes, playing with silhouettes, feathers and volumes amid confetti sculptures and a star-studded front row from Jamie Dornan to Naomi Campbell
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Schiaparelli’s factor
Diego Della Valle’s brand debuts in ready-to-wear with a show focused on only 34 looks. «It was a necessary step, which we strengthen with new accessories», designer Daniel Roseberry explained. After Harrods, upcoming openings from Los Angeles to Tokyo
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Histoire d’YSL
Anthony Vaccarello recovers a concept of elegance, recalling Monsieur Yves’ historic fashion shows at the Intercontinental hotel, building the silhouette of a few strong elements: tailleur-jupes, jackets with oversized shoulders, stoles and maxi bows that becomes trains
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Miss Dior
Maria Grazia Chiuri is inspired by Catherine Dior, the founder’s sister and historic muse, to take a journey back to the 1950s and imagine an existentialist haute couture evoking the icons Édith Piaf and Juliette Gréco with industrial and hyper-technological solutions
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Milan conquers buyers
The Fashion Week was a great success according to buyers interviewed by MFF. Prada, Bottega Veneta, Dolce&Gabbana, Gucci, Fendi, and Jil Sander were among the best shows. Etro and Ferragamo were also excellent. Armarium, Des Phemmes, Del Core, Andreadamo, and Rambaldi stood out among young people
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Gucci’s sex reaction
References to Tom Ford’s erotic glamour and Alessandro Michele’s work in the collection designed by the Kering fashion house’s creative studio. Touches from the 1990s and provocative PJ Harvey-style rock that plays with extremes. Nude or overdressed. Mannish or femme fatale
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The Prada cure
Masculine tailoring and candid flowers. Army references, sculpted outfits and wedding gowns details. Designing clothes with a clinical chic attitude, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons create a conceptual atelier, transforming uniforms from symbols of take care to emblems of beauty
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Fendi’s light games
«I started from the look Delfina Delettrez wore the day I walked into the Rome headquarters», designer Kim Jones explained about the show set in a light cone, quoting two archival shows by Karl Lagerfeld. Between elements of lingerie, leather touches and a reloaded version of punk
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Moncler passes the baton to Milan’s Fashion Week
The maxi show of Remo Ruffini’s brand closes the catwalks in London, ideally opening the Milanese Fashion Week. «In five days, we will have 175 appointments,» Carlo Capasa of CNMI explained. «After recording +18% in 2022, the first months of 2023 are off to a good start, but we are cautious»
