The Milan Fashion Week has just passed. Runways have been the stage for so many new fashion trends. With every season bringing in something new trends to the fashion industry one cannot help but wonder: Where do these trends come from? As any fashion lover knows, fashion is not only about brand labels and dressing up pretty; fashion is a reflection of global flows around us including cultural, technological, political happenings. The industry tries to reflect these on the runways. This is what “zeitgeist” is; this word literally means the spirit of time. Trends are all about capturing zeitgeist. Courtesy of The Cut A fashion show today reflects the issues…
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The Ultimate Discussion of Fashion: Fur
On October 12th, the fashion world woke up to huge news: Gucci announced they are going fur-free. The chief executive’s own words were “It’s not modern, it’s a little outdated”. So how did Gucci take this huge U-turn and decided to leave their infamous fur-lined loafers behind? The fur discussion in the fashion world has been present for years. Gucci is not the first to sign up to Fur Free Alliance; Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Armani are all fur free brands. However there is no doubt that Gucci’s surprising action will have some effects on their sales regarding the fact that their best selling models all contain fur. The topic…
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Asian Takeover in High Fashion
Have you realised that Fendi’s Instagram page mentions Asian influencers and models more than ever these days? Even though the increasing diversity makes us happy to see, there’s more to that. Millennial social media influencer’s have a bigger impact on the fashion world more than any year, especially in Asia. Chinese being in the lead, Asian millennials are one of the biggest spending groups in the world. Designer items (17%) and jewellery (17%) are the categories they spend most money on after high-end tech (25%). Most of the Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese and Korean millennials prefer Western brands to local ones. When they have such a big impact in Chinese economy,…
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Be Fashionable, Be Green
Over the years, the fashion industry has become more and more sensitive about themes involving the environment. Eco fashion, also known as “sustainable fashion”, is a philosophy embraced by fashion to create items that unite environmental awareness and creativity. Statistics show fashion industry to be the second most pollutant industry and numerous maisons are now trying to reduce their environmental footprint and show more care towards our planet. Stella McCartney was one of the first designers in the fashion business to embrace a sustainable attitude. In 2014, the brand has pledged to ensure that all its cellulose fibers meet “strict sustainability standards” by 2017. This project started from production stages and has now transferred…
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MyTheresa launches exclusive collection with Off-White
After the collaboration with Miu Miu, MyTheresa will be launching another capsule collection on Wednesday, the 17th of May. This time, the luxury online shop will make it happen with Milanese based brand Off-White, currently one of the most hyped streetwear labels out there. Founder and creative director of the it-label, Virgil Abloh, has designed an eight-piece collection exclusively for MyTheresa. Virgil Abloh has been equipping the fashion industry with his signature logo-hoodies – there is hardly a street-style gallery that does not comprise at least one Off-White-Look. The collection for MyTheresa.com exhibits the typical tailoring of Off-White. It features feminine pieces like flowing silk blouses as well as items…
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The Italian Summer: Ripa & Ripa
This summer season a new, unique brand took its place on the infamous shelves of La Rinascente: The male swimwear brand Ripa & Ripa. Two friends Anna and Oliviero who graduated from Bocconi 3 years ago created the brand. They did not create it far away, “You can say that we discussed the idea by these benches by Leoni,” says Anna. Where did the idea to create an authentic male swim shorts come from? If you ever went shopping for stylish male swim shorts you know the struggle to find a decent one. Anna and Oliviero thought so and decided to create their own brand of swim shorts. Ripa &…
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Decades of Fashion: the Thirties
Here we are with our third appointment of “Decades of Fashion”: today we will take a look at the 30s. After the flourishing growth that occurred in the States during the 20s, in 1929 the country had to face the Stock Market crash and the following crisis known as the Great Depression. At the beginning of the new decade, almost 15 million Americans were unemployed and the situation remained critical until 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president. He came up with the New Deal, a set of programs that allowed the government to provide jobs for the unemployed therefore helping the development of a stable economy. In the…
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World of Fashion Welcomes the Hijab
After 19 year old model Halima Aden dazzled the runway wearing a hijab at Yeezy Season 5 during New York Fashion Week 2017 people had various reactions. Some fashion people praised the casting team for including a model of diversity, while some voices declared a negative feedback for promoting the idea of oppression that is associated with hijab. But what does this bold act actually mean? Aden, is not the only one bringing hijab in to the fashion world. Just a month later from the Muslim-ban crisis in USA, the American brand Nike launched their first product directed to Muslim women: Nike Pro Hijab. The headpiece is created from mesh…
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E-commerce: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
A constructive moment of discussion. This is what the event held on Wednesday, 23th November at Bocconi University, hosting Andrea Panconesi – CEO of Luisa Via Roma – and Paolo Mascio – President Online Flagship Stores of Yoox Net-A-Porter Group -, chaired by Emanuela Prandelli – LVMH Associate Professor at Bocconi University – and organised by Bocconi Students for Fashion, represented. It was a moment of discussion between the guests, between them and the students, and also between two fields that, as Professor Prandelli claimed, are traditionally considered to be very apart one from the other: luxury fashion and digitalization. Moreover, it was held at Bocconi University, a place where,…
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Stella McCartney & her first Menswear Collection
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…
