Both during Florence’s Pitti and Milan’s Fashion Week, Brunello Cucinelli maintains a much-appreciated habit of combining his collection presentations with masterful demonstrations of exquisite catering. Speaking at Pitti the morning after a belt-busting al fresco supper for several hundred, Cucinelli paid tribute to the cooks—who also feed his 1,000 strong workforce in Solomeo with regional … Read more
Now that founder Samuel Ross has exited A-Cold-Wall to design his next chapter, longtime colleagues William Slocombe (design director) and Liam Hassimi (brand director) are overseeing the line. The first thing you saw when walking into their Milan presentation this morning was a series of screens which displayed a constantly cutting lo-res montage of lookbook … Read more
Missoni presented its men’s spring collection at Pitti Uomo, marking a change of direction for the brand. While Filippo Grazioli continues in his role as womenswear creative director, menswear was designed by an in-house team. Ottavio Missoni’s charisma was once again the inspiration underpinning the collection, which drew on his talent for experimenting with the … Read more
“This is all live. I’m scared stiff!” So said Paul Smith as he presented his mainline collection at Pitti Uomo for the first time in 31 years this afternoon. We were in the golden renaissance-revival splendor of Villa Favard, part of the Polimoda fashion school. Smith presented the collection in a semi-trunk show, semi-lecture format. … Read more
“We have been asked to do menswear by our customers or by our friends for years,” said Ladislav Zdút, announcing that at long last the brand has yielded to those entreaties. Like the women’s resort 2025 collection, the starting point was Nehera’s hometown of Bratislava; particularly its Brutalist architecture. Zdút explained that built into the … Read more
