Institutions, devices, and mechanisms of subjugation are the instruments that the “biopolitics” (quoting the French philosopher Michel Foucault) use to impose conducts and paths that keep us under invisible surveillance and classification. It’s a kind of subtle control on our lives that silently push us in a direction that we thought we freely decided, but actually we did not. On a lower scale,...

The Iconic Shox by Nike is legendary – not just for the innovative materials it is crafted with, but also for the bright colors and its peculiar circular pistons. The model first hit the shelves in 2003 and its quirky elements and urban street allure rendered the model a great success.  Today, the latest version of the Shox, the Shox TL, combines breathable mesh into the upper portion of the...

MILAN—Ensuring that there is a future for our children was a key message at the Green Carpet Fashion Awards. Now in its third edition, there is no stopping the sustainable fashion renaissance.  Adorned with Leonardo Da Vinci-era grape vines to honor the late artist’s 500th death anniversary, Milan’s La Scala opera house hosted pillars of the community like Stella McCartney and Valentino...

The earth collection of Giorgio Armani is strongly linked with our planet. The browns of the earth with touches of blue in different shades, greys, and light pink composed the palette for a collection that wanted to celebrate the beauty of our planet. “This is my way to remember all the natural elements and their importance,” explained Armani backstage before the show. “We just have only one...

Gucci’s 1955 Horesbit Bag, which was relaunched in a multitude of colors at its 2020 Cruise collection, has sold out, in what marks one of the fastest sell-outs in the brand’s history. The Horsebit bag, inspired by equestrian code, features a double ring and bar and is modelled with the same shoulder strap it featured over six decades ago. Since its relaunch, it has been worn by Sienna Miller,...

With JLo’s stride down the Versace Spring/Summer 2020 runway in the scandalously sexy, legendary jungle dress, she dropped the mic on any other fashion show here. With skin to die for and a booty that has not lost any of its bodaciousness, the singer, dancer, actress, mother of twins, just closed a global concert tour celebrating her 50th birthday and the Versace appearance was another crowning...

Stick with the best you can do, and it will become timeless. Trends are ephemeral and, if not rooted in a solid ground, they have no future. Tod’s, part of the Della Valle Group, perfectly exemplifies this strategy: season by season it evolved in order to reach the maximum level of luxury. Forget fashion gimmicks when Mister Diego Della Valle is part of the game. Attracting flamboyant audiences...

We caught up with beauty scion and lifestyle maven Aerin Lauder at the presentation of AerinXBlazéMilano, a Spring/Summer 2020 capsule of the urban chic iconic blazers Blazé is known for, fused with Lauder's effortless aesthetic flair. In an intimate, floral-filled salon, on the edge of Milan’s Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli, the businesswoman (clad in a tan travel blazer) chatted with us...

Fashion month is in full swing, and armies of professional makeup artists are backstage at fashion shows in the world’s epicenters of style, New York, Milan, Paris, and London. In that regard, nothing about the Spring/Summer 2020 shows is very different than the last 60 years or so. What is different, though, is the impact those artists and their artistry have on the beauty industry. It’s...

The speed of our world often makes us forget our past, our roots. Brands and designers chase things that aren’t worth it or that aren’t what they really need to focus on, in order to make the right move. But a company must be very structured to go through these difficult years. “In this Emporio Armani collection, I simply went back to my past and reworked it in order to make it contemporary,”...

MILAN--This summer, Zara’s parent company Inditex unveiled its ambitious plans to produce 100 percent of all of its clothing with sustainable fabrics before 2025.  If Inditex does keep its promises, it could revolutionize the textile and clothing industry for good, rendering sustainable materials and components more affordable, especially in countries like Portugal, one of its major suppliers....

With a collection that unfolded among the dusty manuscripts of Milan’s Biblioteca Braidense, Giada’s Spring/Summer 2020 collection saluted the cosmopolitan jet-set – just months after it opened its first US monobrand stores. 
Giada feted the Boston store, situated on the edge of the Boston Common and next to the city’s Four Season’s Hotel, in April. Since Boston is not a fashion mecca, Giada...

Fashion has always been, in no small part, about the rich. The industry first sprang to life in the 19th century, to indulge the whims of royalty and aristocrats; decades later, the great houses of Paris couture’s golden age were sustained by a tiny, fiercely loyal (and high-spending) clientele. London, though, has always been more democratic; it’s the city of Mary Quant and Carnaby Street, of...

“The feeling in today’s world is that everything is too much. Overproduction, overconsumption, overspeed. This makes a harsh contrast with the need we have to consume and pollute less,” explained Miuccia Prada before the show wearing a beautiful and very bourgeoise outfit: a blue cashmere pullover, long pearl necklaces, white slip dress, and black polished décolletées. “It’s the contradiction...

A short film played at the beginning of the Marques’Almeida show this season in which the brand’s “MA girls” talked about what they’d want their daughters to know. The designer Erdem referenced Tina Modotti as muse, noting: “At the time of her death, the world might have been on the brink of modernity, but it was still in the midst of war, battling ideologies that would rip apart the very...