It’s mid December and I can almost materially feel your desperate need to find a Christmas present for your boyfriend/girlfriend/parents/friends/<insert another category>. And I got you angel faces. I got you. Right in the pulsing fashionable heart of Milan – Corso Como – lays a (not so) hidden gem, a magical place that can make all of you dreams come true. I’m talking about Cargo Hi Tech AKA “that place where you WILL find all of your Christmas present this year”. You name it they have it! Home decor, indie clothes, perfumes, eventually everything you can desire for cooking, books, incredible furniture for your living room/bathroom/kitchen, traveling necessities, hi tech devices I could…
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Psy{chic} ⎯ Michael Metric
If there is one event in Milan that you can not miss it is WOMADE ⎯ a creative network, an incubator that nurtures and enhances relationships, putting creativity at the center of everything. What a delightful surprise to discover Michael Metric there ! The Italian couple based in Berlin ⎯ Emanuela Amato and Michael Saba ⎯ assume that there is no longer a dichotomy between genders. Born in 2014, the aesthetic of Michael Metric offers a modern interpretation of the meeting point between masculinity and femininity thanks to an accurate vision of shapes, volume and space. Nowadays, men and women are more and more inclined to share their wardrobe. “This is about what a garment…
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Fashion and Finance: the double Fs of luxury
In which way does the financial world and the luxury one, apparently far apart, actually continue to go at the same speed? In the current age, it’s important to underline how the international finance is more and more present in the fashion industry through the so-called M&A, mergers and acquisitions operations in order to help different fashion enterprises in developing and improving their own financial and management growth. For this reason, financial advisory and asset management firms play a significant role in forming a global network of relationships between international leaders. Important shifts are happening from West to East so that emerging markets are now the focus of economic transformations the…
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It’s Time for A Pink Carpet and Angels’ Show
On the 2nd of December, one of the world’s most famous and most expensive fashion shows took place in London. Pink carpet, most beautiful models, costumes of angels? I don’t think that I have to ask if you know what I am talking about. YES, it’s THE Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2014! The show was broadcasted to people all over the world not only to see the dessert for our eyes, VS new collection, but also to be entertained by Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, Hozier and second time, Karlie Kloss BF Taylor Swift. And our beloved guests of this years VS fashion show were: Sunnery James, Lily Donaldson, Devon Windsor, Ed Westwick,…
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Masterpiece ⎯ Label2
She is from Bosnia and Herzegovina, he is native of Serbia. Andrea Popovic and Alen Pinku met each other in Milan at the Accademy of Fine Arts of Brera. From this friendship Label2 was born, a concept that erases the boundaries between Art and Fashion. This is the metamorphosis of the human body into a work of art. Neoprene ⎯ the secret ingredient of the duo ⎯ gives unexpected shapes and emphasizes the minimalistic aesthetic of the silhouette. Contemporary muse, the Label2 woman is statuesque and determined. When was the brand born? Alen : We started to work together 4 years ago, but things got serious in 2012. Do you have a…
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Black Friday: Next Stop Milan?
It never fails, every Friday after Thanksgiving, storms of people full of turkey flock to department stores all over the United States in efforts to find the best bargains Due to the economic downturn in the US economy, Black Friday sales have been declining, although due to slumping oil prices and larger discount incentives sales should have improved. Last weeks sales analysis stated the opposite. Reasons? The new “Grey Thursday” (Pre-Black Friday teaser sales) and the race to offer the largest and earliest deep discount has given customers the ability to shop earlier. There has been a power shift in the complicated B2C relationship, customers now have the power. They…
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Artisan Wonderland is in town with “L’Artigiano in Fiera”
If you’re looking for a place for early Christmas shopping without feeling ashamed about it, you’re in luck my friends. This weekend “L’Artigiano in Fiera” debuts in Rho-Fiera and it will stay open from 29th November up to 8th December everyday from 10.00 am to 22.30 pm with no need to pay the ticket for the entrance. This is the very favourite place for real Milan people to satisfy their forbidden need for handcrafted goodies from all around the world. Looking for artisanal beer? They have it – from 50 different countries. Scarves from Malaysia? No problem. About getting a fancy nail art from some of the emerging talents in Milan?…
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Love for fashion from the early days- Juozas Statkevicius
You become what you wish to be. And this belief brings us to… Lithuania, country in the Eastern Europe. So small and where such a big person was born. Juozas Statkevicius knows what it means to go for your goal and to reach it. It is not only about success and “right people you meet”, it is also about hard work, sleepless nights and big dreams. Juozas Statkevicius (or Josef Statkus how he is called abroad) was born in the city of Lithuania which is known because of people wear work-out outfits even when they go out on dates or wear heels and sports bag for job meetings, Kaunas. And…
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Beyond the Black ⎯ Klekko
Initially graduated in architecture Julia Los and Joana Krawczyk ⎯ a Polish duo ⎯ redefine the garment’s structure through the dark theorem of Klekko. Based in Berlin and launched last year, the brand is the mathematical equation of deconstruction through the lines. The silhouette is strong, the style is sporty, the cut is avant-garde. Klekko is for Fashion what Pierre Soulages is for Painting: the light comes through the black. For a full immersion into the dark paradise of Klekko, Lust in Fashion suggests you to listen Fresh & Low – New Life source of inspiration during the creation process of the new collection “Bolder Line”. Julia Los & Joana Krawczyk How does architecture help you in your work? Julia:…
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Milan Fashion Global Summit
Milan Fashion Global Summit is one of the most important events of the year. Organized by Class Publishing Group, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, The Wall Street Journal Europe and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. Where international personalities of the fashion world, manufacturing and finance meet in one location, to deal with different topics whose goal is always to use brainstorming to generate new ideas. During the 2014 edition, that took place on November 11 in Testori Auditorium, the topic at hand was “Fashion is food, food is fashion”, regarding the relationship between the three Fs, Fashion, Food and Finance. I interviewed Francesco Ladisa, the previous PR manager at Krizia and now owner of his…
