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Gianfranco Ferre - Ready To Wear - Fall Winter 2013 - Milan

25 Feb 2013
Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2013 Milan

Showing at the Palazzo della Permanente for the first time having moved out of its Via Pontaccio headquarters last September marked a fresh start for the house, according to its show notes, as an elegant new backdrop for displaying the “architectonic” compositions of its collection.


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Giorgio Armani - Ready To Wear - Fall Winter 2013 - Milan

25 Feb 2013
Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2013 Milan

Giorgio Armani must be feeling pretty good right about now. Last night’s Oscars was a slam dunk for the designer who dressed some of the top name “gets” on the red carpet. He garnered globally positive reviews for a copper geometric column dress that matched nominee Jessica Chastain’s hair perfectly, and the asymmetrical cut-out on the top of the gun metal gray dress nominee Naomi Watts wore was rather audacious for the Oscars. And let’s not forget the custom made dress the designer created for the ultimate Hollywood ingénue Quvenzhane Wallis who was nominated as best actress.

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Maurizio Pecoraro - Ready To Wear - Fall Winter 2013 - Milan

24 Feb 2013
Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2013 Milan

With the fashion world gone gaga for men’s wear tailoring influences, a refreshingly feminine retro elegance pervaded this balanced collection.


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Salvatore Ferragamo - Ready To Wear - Fall Winter 2013 - Milan

24 Feb 2013
Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2013 Milan

This was a smooth evolution on the house’s spring collection, carrying over leitmotifs like asymmetric double-layer skirts and lapel experimentation as a neck feature on jackets and outerwear, and strong men’s wear influences. Even the footwear looked similar, with spring’s sandals (sporting glossy black leather shin guards and corset-style lace up backs) resurfacing, only this time with a closed pointy toe.


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Marco de Vincenzo - Ready To Wear - Fall Winter 2013 - Milan

24 Feb 2013
Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2013 Milan

Designer Marco de Vincenzo was positively gleeful backstage before his show. “Can you tell?” said de Vincenzo with an ear-to-ear grin as he showed off one inventive and intriguing outfit after the other.


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Missoni - Ready To Wear - Fall Winter 2013 - Milan

24 Feb 2013
Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2013 Milan

It’s understandable that, with the recent family tragedy, designer Angela Missoni would want to create a collection that was all about comfort. This stay at home, preferably under the covers, show was filled with easy, languid designs created to soothe the fashion soul.


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Genny - Ready To Wear - Fall Winter 2013 - Milan

24 Feb 2013
Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2013 Milan

Out to revive this sleepy Italian label, which once boasted Gianni Versace at its creative helm, Gabriele Colangelo, after some false starts in his past three seasons at the house, seized on a heritage Genny trademark here: strong tailoring.


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Dolce & Gabbana - Ready To Wear - Fall Winter 2013 - Milan

24 Feb 2013
Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2013 Milan

The Dolce & Gabbana show was fit for a queen - a Byzantine empress that is. The designers stayed true to the Sicilian inspiration that has guided their collections for the past few seasons, this time turning to the golden mosaic artworks that adorn the region’s breathtaking Cathedral of Monreale as the genesis of their fall/winter 2013 collection.


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Bally - Ready To Wear - Fall Winter 2013 - Milan

24 Feb 2013
Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2013 Milan

Models in Bally furs cuddling baby huskies greeted visitors to the house's Milan Fashion Week presentation, held in a faux igloo at The Bally Hotel. It was a fitting environment for the Swiss brand's latest collection as part of its year-long celebration of the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay who wore a pair of Bally Reindeer Himalaya boots for the climb.


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Emporio Armani - Ready To Wear - Fall Winter 2013 - Milan

24 Feb 2013
Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2013 Milan

Giorgio Armani wanted to make his message clear from the get go of the Emporio Armani show. He did this in the most straightforward of ways; he plastered the word Kajal across the backdrop of his catwalk and lit it up with a spotlight so that the sugar sweet color of each individual letter could be fully appreciated.


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