Stella McCartney’s stock-in-trade is offering up pieces that strike the right balance between being effortless to wear, but actually additive to one’s wardrobe. There’s often a tomboyish influence that makes her women’s line always seem just a bit cooler than the rest on the fashion block. It wasn’t a total surprise that she announced this summer that she was working on a menswear collection. The first sneak peek of McCartney’s new line was seen at the Spring/Summer 2017 fashion show in Paris last month, when her husband Alasdhair Willis wore a four-button double-breasted jacket and matching trousers. The first impression conveyed the mood of her menswear: streamlined, uncomplicated, and…
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Reinventing 2.0: Dark Side.
Working on the article about superheroes’ influence on fashion, I defined that a number of world-famous designers literally got inspired by various imaginary heroes from comics. And then I realized I was missing something that the couturiers didn’t miss. When we open a comics book, do we only worship superheroes? When we turn on «The Dark Knight», is it only Batman who interests us? Actually no. I only focused on one part before, but without another one there is no «whole». No Batman without Joker, no X-men without Mistique, no good without evil. And «evil» is sometimes not bad, at least not in terms of style. Today on lustinfashion we will…
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“Oshadi” = the Essence of Nature
I meet Matteo Capetti at 18.30 in Corso Como. We both come from a long and stressful day at work. As two interns trying to find a balance between work and social life we agree to have a drink at a bar nearby and chat about his capsule show – displaying from the 4th to the 6th of March at Tapis Rouge, Paris. xWe order some fancy alcohol and I apologies because I’m starving and I basically devour the chips that come with our cocktails. I explain him how a mutual friend talked me into meeting him and assured me that this story is worth listening to and writing about, and so…
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J’Adore
It has been while since you’ve been waiting to go. Now you are going to Paris! A city map in one hand and French dictionary in the other, you just have to pray for no strike and in two hours you will finally be in the city of lights. Café de Flore, Musée du Louvre, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Tour Eiffel, Beaubourg, Palais de Tokyo, Montmartre…There are so many places to go and you do not know where to begin. You are on holiday and there is no need to hurry. Enjoy your croissant, step into your Stan Smiths and let the weekend begins, but do not forget to go shopping!…
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Walking in a Winter Wonderland
This is the most wonderful time of the year… to look at shop windows! Whether you are in Milan… In London… In Paris… Or in New York!
