Gennaio 2008 posts

Spring is around the corner and the new collections will arrive soon. It’s quite a while since we saw 2008 spring summer fashion shows, so it can be helpful to start revising the trends that are in store for the new season.

The first issue is colours which grew in number in the hot weather enriching the wardrobe of nuances going from  pastel shades to gaudy tone. Sometimes, some unexpected combination can even happen. However, the best of springtime is just the possibility to play with colours. Why then don’t start with the colour of the sun?

Yellow appeared on nearly all Milan S/S catwalks for 2008, from the plain-coloured Versace dresses to the Fendi’s and Emilio Pucci’s prints. It also is one of the most seen colour of the Valentino’s palette. D&G and Gucci dresses are full of yellow details as well.

A blaze of emotions, elegance, fashion, celebrities (such as Liucy Liu, Uma Thurman and Claudia Chiffer) and for the finale a blaze of red. All that can describe the Valentino’s Haute Couture fashion show of, with which the famous designer said goodbye to fashion.

The 74 dresses that was shown on the catwalk celebrated, each one, the life and the story of the maison and his founder from the Sixties up to the present. The show ended with a marvellous parade of one red gown shown by several models.

We are sure that Alessandra Facchinetti, who has shown her talent during the experience at Gucci, will do a grate job. We also know that certainly we will miss a lot his predecessor, Valentino, who had been holding the reins of the maison for 45 years.

Let’s continue our review of the new 2008 spring summer ad campaigns that, since January have started filling the pages of fashion magazines all over the world. Christian Dior maison has chosen Jessica Stam and Coco Rocha, photographed by Craig McDean, for its campaign. The whole ad is pervaded with thirties fashion while the first thing that attracts attention is the predominance of black and white.

Alessia Marcuzzi, the presenter of the 8^th edition of the Italian “Big Brother”, has chosen the elegance of the designer Alberta Ferretti. She has already worn a dress from the Alberta Ferretti’s 2008 s/s collection and a coat from the f/w one in occasion of the press conference. For the whole edition of the TV show she will wear exclusively dresses and accessories of the new spring-summer collection by Alberta Ferretti.

Let’s continue talking about ‘08/’09 fall-winter collections for men. Today we look at Monday’s catwalks that have seen the collections of Roberto Cavalli, John Richmond and Gucci.
 

The first thing we notice about Roberto Cavalli’s fashion show is a return to a more masculine look. This time extreme trends make a room for elegance, still keeping some transgressions. The favourite materials are velvet, for tuxedos, cashmere and leather, for the jackets. The soundtrack of the fashion show was a rock composition played by the Italian band, “Le Vibrazioni”.

The rock style shows itself on the Gucci’s catwalk too, but this time it does with the clothes and in a perfect mix of contemporaneity and tradition. Folk clothes find their inspiration in the tradition of east country, like Russia, and alternate with extremely modern element in the middle of the hussar style and the disco one.

The Gucci men are real rock stars getting their style from different worlds and sceneries to create their unique wardrobe. It’s a distinctive style that goes from the ‘70s and rock, with tight suits and undershirts, to Russia and the gipsy world, with hussar style decorations, precious fabrics like silk, cashmere and fur.

John Richmond gives free play to his evident rock inspiration. His entire ‘08/’09 fall winter collection seems to be originated from the notes of a rock music.

For the next fall-winter John Richmond men will wear deep red, blue and purple velvet suits, inspired by the Rolling Stones’ wardrobe and enrich it with dandy details like pashmina, London style hats, accessories and ankle boots.

Giorgio Armani dedicates his Emporio Armani collection to the respect for the human being and his beauty, to the pure passions, the return to values and to the real elegance. Warm and roomy garments are the protagonist of the 2008/2009 fall winter men’s collection, for the city as for the mountain. The main piece is blazer, to be worn with full trousers  in jogging-style. Accessories are protagonist in this collection as they literally cover man from head to foot.

January, 13: second day of catwalks in Milan. Lars Nilsson begins as the new Ferrè fashion house’s art director with the 2008/2009 fall-winter collection for men. The Swedish designer has chosen to turn the usual catwalk into an apartment that would be ideal for a cultivated, modern-day man like the one the collection is created for. It’s a first calm and at the same time definite, attempt for Nilsson.