Ever more an international hub welcoming new buyers from far afield, Milan Fashion Week is catching up with the times.Atsushi Nakashima Fall/Winter 2019 show in Milan. Photo by Gio Staiano for NOWFASHION.As Italy’s top designers retire and/or their brands speak to an increasingly older demographic, Italy’s Chamber of Fashion has been hard-pressed to render the ready-to-wear shows (which has...

The atmosphere as Paris Fashion Week kicked off on Monday afternoon was a chill one. The fashion pack has come to appreciate this first day, in which only three young designer shows take place, allowing industry insiders to unwind for a minute after Milan and properly take in Parisian life before heading to the p.m. events.rokh Fall/Winter 2019 show in Paris. Photo by Regis Colin Berthelier for...

The Dolce & Gabbana show virtually closed the Milano Fashion Week, even if the last show is technically scheduled for Monday the 25th at 10.30 with Portuguese designer Alexandra Moura, along with the night event to celebrate the young talents and to look to the future of Italian fashion. The duo showed a long collection that showcased all their classics of timeless elegance. It was a kind of...

These fashion week days are marking more and more that women are taking back a power that, for a long time, they didn’t feel they had anymore. It seems like they are saying: “ok, the world is messed up; let us take the helm of it because you men wiped everything out.” This makes sense and seems to indicate that it will be the ladies, mothers, and householders par excellence who...

Daniel Lee’s debut at Bottega Veneta was one of the most awaited events of this season. The need to regain another authoritative voice in the Milanese fashion week is stronger than ever, and this show reassured the Italian institutions. Bottega Veneta Fall/Winter 2019 show in Milan. Photo by Gio Staiano for NOWFASHION.The creative director of the house from Vicenza perfectly did his job for two...

To see the models crying on the Fendi catwalk was really touching. It seems also that the soundtrack of the show was the same one used during the shooting of the last advertising campaign, and this added feelings to feelings. As the whole world knows, Karl Lagerfeld passed away two days ago, and so this show was the most awaited also because of the common sentiment that when an iconic person...

With a collection that unfolded among the dusty manuscripts of Milan’s Biblioteca Braidense, Giada’s Fall/Winter 2019/20 collection was an ode to the fluid choreography of painter and dancer Caroline Denervaud.  Giada Fall/Winter 2019 show in Milan. Photo by Regis Colin Berthelier for NOWFASHION.Giada's creative director Gabriele Colangelo unfurled sophisticate, polished ensembles crafted with...

When Gianfranco Ferré and his architected, tailored flair left the fashion scene for good, his passing left a void. Today, the last two designers to work for the brand – Stefano Citron and Federico Piaggi – are picking up the torch with Albagia, a sleek prêt-a-porter brand they founded with CEO Angela Stanzione. Albagia Fall/Winter 2019. Photos: Courtesy of PR.Like Ferré, both Citron and Piaggi...

Milano day one has shown the multiple personalities of the different players. Gucci has been today’s big thing. The starting point of the trip was the play of visible and invisible. In the era of social media, where the appearance went over the real substance of things, this concept reached the point with perfect timing. Hide and seek. Tell and not tell. Fully dressed and naked. The acting life...

Symonds PearmainSymonds Pearmain Fall/Winter 2019 show in London. Photo by Guillaume Roujas for NOWFASHION.The brainchild of designer Anthony Symonds and stylist Max Pearmain, Symonds Pearmain began life at London Fashion Week showcasing with Fashion East. This season marked its first standalone show, an intimate situation at the Matchesfashion.com Townhouse over at Carlos Place. Rugby shirts...

As a nation, Italy may have ushered in 2019 with its third recession in a decade, but for now, the fashion industry is on an uptick – both in terms of revenue and as new brands.Arthur Arbesser Fall/Winter 2019 show in Milan. Photo by Guillaume Roujas for NOWFASHION.According to Confindustria Moda, the business lobby that includes nearly 70,000 fashion and textiles companies, the sector’s...

“In uncertain times, this is a sure thing,” read a line written across the Matty Bovan invitation, in what would become a prescient sentiment across the five days of shows at London Fashion Week. Because, this season, a lot of designers played it safe. Something which can be seen as either a positive or a negative depending on your outlook. Matty Bovan Fall/Winter 2019 show in London. Photo by...

‘I don’t want a sound to pretend that it’s a bucket, or that it’s a president, or that it’s in love with another sound. I just want it to be a sound.’ Roksanda Fall/Winter 2019 show in London. Photo by Regis Colin Berthelier for NOWFASHION.Those words – spoken by American composer John Cage as part of the soundtrack to Roksanda Ilinčić’s latest show – felt like a reprimand to an audience often...

Pictures of Karl Lagerfeld during his legendary runway shows from 2002 to 2019. Photos by Valerio Mezzanotti for NOWFASHION. As reported earlier today, legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85 after more than three decades at the helm of the iconic fashion and luxury houses Chanel and Fendi, and his very own namesake brand.“The world has lost an icon," states Pier...

“I have one tight concept, and I stay with it,” Karl Lagerfeld said of his success during one of his last televised interviews.  Karl Lagerfeld at the Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2010 show in Paris. Photo by Valerio Mezzanotti for NOWFASHION.On Tuesday, the House of Chanel said the designer died, just a few days before the Fendi Fall ready-to-wear collection was expected to unfold in...