The 32nd Edition of Hyères Festival of Fashion and Photography has just ended. Here’s a summary of the winners of the contest. The 29-year-old Swiss designer Vanessa Schindler’s technique performance was rewarded with the grand prix du jury Première Vision. The designer has succeeded in integrating the fabric into a soft plastic, by inventing a new vocabulary of textile.
This summer, we think pink. The Pantone institute chose the colours for summer 2017: these are the two shades of pink that dictate the style for this summer, the Pale Dogwood and the Pink Yarrow. The first one is a pale pink tending to nude, similar to blush, that represents an innocent, delicate, romantic and feminine woman. The second one, instead, is a darker pink, similar to raspberry pink and to the fuchsia,
From April the 14th through October the 1st, the former Convitto Ragusa of the Sicilian city Noto hosts the exhibition « Marc Chagall, Ottavio Missoni. Sogno e colore ». The two masters, one of painting, the other one of fashion, offer to us their vision of the colour through their works: the Chagall paintings compared to Missoni tapestries and tissues, the « king of the mesh ».
Yesterday evening, April 11th, the luxury house Louis Vuitton has set up a dinner at the Louvre Museum to celebrate its new collaboration with the artist Jeff Koons: a suggestion of bags inspired by five famous painters’ masterpieces, whose Leonardo da Vinci and “La Gioconda”. Koons has revisited iconic models of the brand such as the Speedy and the Neverfull through his technique “Gazing Ball”,
The day after Rodolfo Paglialunga left, the luxury company Jil Sander, at the head of the Japanese group Onward Luxury, has just named Lucie and Luke Meier new Artistic Directors. Mr and Mrs Meier, partners for work but also in their private life, have excellent references: Lucie, former head designer of women collection at Dior, with past experiences at Louis Vuitton under the management of the A.D. Marc Jacobs and at Balenciaga with Nicolas Ghesquière
With the wedding season approaching, a lot of brides-to-be think about the perfect pair of shoes for the D-day. After all, the bride is still the star of this unforgettable day…and the shoes, too often reduced to a marginal role in the outfit, will regain all their value and should be worn more and more.
The Florence store Atelier Via Maggio, located in the eponymous street, welcomes from Friday the 7th through Sunday the 9th of April, the Capri craftsmen for the creation of the made-to-measure shoes. The customization of the shoes will take place directly in the window of the store to allow the audience to admire this savoir-faire like a real show.