Google “Recession 2015”, and one is bo mbarded with headlines about the economy going from bad to worse. Falling oil prices, the devaluing rouble, whispers about a Chinese credit crisis, and the possibility that Germany will fall into recession along with the rest of the Europe, paint a bleak new year. Consumer confidence is in its all time low and people are spending lesser. In the midst of this a new wave of trends emerged: 1. Style a la recession Prada’s S/S Uomo 2015 Drab dresses, sloppier silhouettes and conservative colours dominated the runways. Minimalist is the key. Excess is out, austerity is in. The rise of the “recession chic” style came as a response of…
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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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Workshops: The Trend Researcher
To every season there is a trend. In fashion, this is an inevitable fact. Be it a colour, a fabric or a shape — from the window displays of luxury shopping streets to cheap fast-fashion retailers; the teeny bopper to the sophisticated male — trends are omnipresent. How do trends come and go? How do trends repeat and evolve? Gianni Fontana and Fiorenza Spezzapria from Milan Style Academy solved this question during the BS4F Trends Workshop. First, a trend (or “directions”) is a combination of past events that will have an impact on future events and it will determine the aesthetic. A trend can be defined as a research evolutive path, then supporting both creative and…
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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…
