Month: January 2020

PARTING SHOTS: Four months after Peter Lindbergh’s death, an exhibition that he curated last year will be unveiled in Düsseldorf, Germany, next month. Lindbergh, whose fashion portfolio included Dior, Louis Vuitton and the Pirelli calendar, among others, died at the age of 74 in September. The upcoming show of 140 works, “Peter Lindbergh: Untold Stories,” […]

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“What family doesn’t have its ups and downs?” So mused Katharine Hepburn’s Eleanor of Aquitaine after a feisty spat with her husband, Peter O’Toole’s Henry II, in “The Lion in Winter.” I haven’t seen it in years and couldn’t locate the specific clip on YouTube, but if memory serves, Eleanor’s rhetorical query comes after a […]

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The stuccoed rooms of Palazzo Gerini with chandeliers covered in drapes and burning candles served as a cinematic backdrop for Brioni’s fall 2020 event, a hybrid of a presentation and a musical live performance curated by fashion historian Olivier Saillard with classical instruments players acting as models. Even if the setting looked highly suggestive, it […]

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In the year of the 10th anniversary of the brand, Alessandro Dell’Acqua wanted to celebrate No. 21’s signature elements with the pre-fall collection. “There are no re-editions of pieces, we just focused on those elements [that] contributed to the success of the brand over the past decade,” said the designer, who set aside any nostalgic […]

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Galleries Collection Victoria Beckham stayed true to form, sending out a snazzy collection of daywear in saturated, eye-catching colors and Seventies flower power prints. There was lots of soft corduroy, from the wide wale trousers in grasshopper green or caffe latte to a tailored pinwale suit in baby blue. The latter was cinched at the […]

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Galleries Collection The shift away from street and toward new types of tailored clothing is gathering pace, and what a relief that must be for brands like Ermenegildo Zegna that are rooted in the classics, fabric innovation and elegant attire. The changes are happening everywhere, with men’s fashion smartening up even in a streetwear capital […]

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