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Sabato De Sarno unveils Gucci precision saturated in color to close Milan Fashion Week
Read full article: Sabato De Sarno unveils Gucci precision saturated in color to close Milan Fashion WeekIt’s been creative director musical chairs at some of Italy’s top fashion houses, and the pressure is showing, at least on social media.
As speculation about the next Bond grows, here's how some actors have responded to casting rumors
Read full article: As speculation about the next Bond grows, here's how some actors have responded to casting rumorsSpeculation about the actor who will be tapped as the next James Bond grew this week with reports that the role would go to Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Armani offers hope for a better season with winter flowers as he closes Milan Fashion Week
Read full article: Armani offers hope for a better season with winter flowers as he closes Milan Fashion WeekGiorgio Armani’s collection for the next cold weather season previewed on the last day of Milan Fashion Week on Sunday embraces the designer's love of nature and admiration of Asian cultures expressed in his trademark flowing and flattering tailoring.
Film legend Sophia Loren has successful surgery after fracturing a leg in a fall at home, agent says
Read full article: Film legend Sophia Loren has successful surgery after fracturing a leg in a fall at home, agent saysAn agent for film legend Sophia Loren says the Italian actor is recovering from successful surgery for a leg fracture after she fell in her home in Switzerland.
Giorgio Armani closes Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and familiar guests in the front row
Read full article: Giorgio Armani closes Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and familiar guests in the front rowGiorgio Armani has closed Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and a front row that included frequent guests such as Cate Blanchett and Juliette Binoche.
Giorgio Armani, Zegna present fluid elegance for the next hot season as Milan Fashion Week wraps up
Read full article: Giorgio Armani, Zegna present fluid elegance for the next hot season as Milan Fashion Week wraps upWith temperatures rising, Milan designers focused on fluidity in dressing, allowing the body to move without constrictions.
Armani at heart of new doc examining birth of Milan fashion
Read full article: Armani at heart of new doc examining birth of Milan fashionA new documentary that is expected to head to a streaming service later this year recounts the birth of Italian ready-to-wear, giving Giorgio Armani due credit for putting Milan on the fashion world map.
Designer Armani and guests flee wildfire on Sicilian island
Read full article: Designer Armani and guests flee wildfire on Sicilian islandFirefighters are putting out the remnants of two wildfires on a Sicilian island that forced fashion designer Giorgio Armani and dozens more to flee vacation villas overnight.
DSquared2 designers welcome fashion crowd back to Milan
Read full article: DSquared2 designers welcome fashion crowd back to MilanMilan fashion houses were charting a path out of the pandemic that included a menswear calendar packed with 22 live runway shows and another 18 physical presentations this month.
From Armani to Zegna, 22 Milan brands plan live runway shows
Read full article: From Armani to Zegna, 22 Milan brands plan live runway showsMilan menswear previews for fall/winter 2021-22 are returning to a mostly in-person format in January, with Zegna, Giorgio Armani, Fendi and Prada among the 22 brands staging live runway shows.
Despite pandemic, famed Italian theater opens season
Read full article: Despite pandemic, famed Italian theater opens seasonWhile many European theaters remain closed due to the pandemic, the famed Teatro alla Scala has opened its new season with the gala premiere of Verdi’s “Macbeth” to a fully seated house.
Emporio Armani celebrates 40 years during Milan Fashion Week
Read full article: Emporio Armani celebrates 40 years during Milan Fashion WeekGiorgio Armani has celebrated 40 years of his Emporio Armani line with a retrospective show at his Silos museum and a collection for youthful dressers that brimmed with colorful optimism.
Armani talks succession at 1st live show since pandemic
Read full article: Armani talks succession at 1st live show since pandemicGiorgio Armani hinted at his succession plans on Monday as he staged his first live runway show since the pandemic, and following a fall that landed him the hospital for two weeks.
Prada sees virtues to preserve in digital runways
Read full article: Prada sees virtues to preserve in digital runwaysMILAN – Miuccia Prada has adapted to the digital runway and isn’t ready to give up its lessons when the pandemic is over. While a runway show fades with the lights on the last look, the digital presentation requires another step: Picking the details that “create an atmosphere,” Prada said in a streamed conversation after the digital show. The women’s collection continued the body-hugging comfort layer of long johns from menswear, as well as leather gloves fitted with zipped pouches. Moschino’s Jeremy Scott maintained his usual playfulness, casting top models, actresses and a burlesque star that might have been front-row guests in another period to populate his Moschino digital show. Amber Valletta was caught on a shopping safari in a faux golden crocodile suit, replete with lizard tail.
BLM in Italian Fashion campaign shows early tangible results
Read full article: BLM in Italian Fashion campaign shows early tangible resultsA digital runway show by five Italian fashion designers of African origin opens Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2020, one tangible result of a campaign launched last summer by the only Black Italian designer belonging to the Italian fashion chamber. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)MILAN – A digital runway show by five Italian fashion designers of African origin opens Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday, one tangible result of a campaign launched last summer by the only Black Italian designer belonging to the Milan fashion chamber. “When you want to do something, you can do them immediately,’’ said Jean, one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter in Italian Fashion campaign. The collaboration with the Italian fashion council will continue in September, when five new designers from Italy’s minority communities will be featured during fashion week. AdSteele said Black designers are also under-represented in the United States, despite the role that Black culture has had on inspiring fashion there.
US star soprano misses La Scala gala season-open debut
Read full article: US star soprano misses La Scala gala season-open debutUnited States' soprano Lisette Oropesa poses in front of La Scala opera theater in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. Soprano Lisette Oropesa was to be the first American to single a title role in the gala season opener of La Scala since Maria Callas in the 1950s. Oropesa is one of 24 singers recording for a broadcast event marking the traditional Dec. 7 opening. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)MILAN – Soprano Lisette Oropesa was to be the first American to sing a title role in the gala season opener at La Scala since Maria Callas in the 1950s. Management opted for a gala evening of star singers and ballet dancers, mostly recorded in segments in advance.
Beppe Modenese, creator of Milan fashion system, dies at 90
Read full article: Beppe Modenese, creator of Milan fashion system, dies at 90MILAN – Beppe Modenese, the force behind the coalescence of Italian ready-to-wear fashion in the northern city of Milan, has died. Modenese died Saturday in the fashion capital. Dubbed “Italy’s Prime Minister of Fashion” in 1983 by Women’s Wear Daily, Modenese remained a front-row mainstay into recent seasons, maintaining the official title of honorary president of the Italian fashion council, the Italian National Fashion Chamber. “Beppe Modenese contributed like no one else to the birth of the Italian fashion system,’’ fashion council president Carlo Capasa said in a statement. As the head of the fashion council, Modenese discovered many talents, notably Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, who made their Milan runway debut in 1985.
Armani, Ferragamo premiere short films at Milan Fashion Week
Read full article: Armani, Ferragamo premiere short films at Milan Fashion WeekModel Maria Carla Boscono wears a creation as part of the Salvatore Ferragamo 2021 women's spring-summer ready-to-wear collection during the fashion week in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)MILAN – To show or not to show: Each Milan fashion house had to make a difficult decision how to reach the fashion public this season under the safety constraints imposed by the coronavirus. ____ARMANI EXPLORES PAST AND PRESENTGiorgio Armani was the first Milan designer to show his collection behind closed doors, taking the command decision last February after Italy’s first local transmitted case of coronavirus was detected while Milan Fashion Week was under way. “I don’t know when we will recover the formula’’ of live runway shows, Armani told journalists during a presentation. Men wore perforated leather jackets with loose trousers, suits with 1940s boxy jackets and bright trenches.
Milan Fashion Week to include Black Lives Matter event
Read full article: Milan Fashion Week to include Black Lives Matter eventThe Italian fashion councils only Black designer has hailed as a breakthrough the inclusion of a Black Lives Matters event to the official September show calendar and the formation of a working group aimed at ending racial discrimination in Italian fashion. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)MILAN The Italian fashion councils only Black designer has hailed as a breakthrough the inclusion of a Black Lives Matter event to the official September show calendar and the formation of a working group aimed at ending racial discrimination in Italian fashion. She and other Black creatives in Italian fashion pushed for greater substance. Five Black-led Italian brands, discovered by the founder of the independent AFRO Fashion Week Milano, will make a digital presentation during the hybrid physical-digital Milan Fashion Week from Sept. 23-28, the national fashion chamber announced Thursday. Italian Fashion shall no longer hide behind excuses and justifications that point the conversation to other countries, Jean said.
Milan fashion returning to runway in September - in part
Read full article: Milan fashion returning to runway in September - in partGiorgio Armani, Fendi, Prada and Versace are all returning to the runway in September, according to the Milan Fashion Week calendar published on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. After the coronavirus pushed many fashion houses to make on-line only presentations during the last fashion week in July, more than half of participating Milan fashion houses will hold physical shows to present previews for Spring-Summer 2021 in September. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)MILAN Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Prada and Versace are all returning to the runway in September, according to the Milan Fashion Week calendar published Wednesday. After the coronavirus pushed many fashion houses to make online-only presentations in July, more than half of participating Milan fashion houses are making plans to present in-person previews for Spring-Summer 2021. In all, 28 fashion houses plan to stage live shows and another 24 will participate in the Sept. 23-28 Milan Fashion Week through digital shows.
Prada headlines Milan's first Digital Fashion Week
Read full article: Prada headlines Milan's first Digital Fashion WeekPedestrians pass by a screen showing a Vivetta model during the Milan Digital Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)MILAN Prada headlined Day 1 of Milans first Digital Fashion Week on Tuesday with a series of out-sourced videos and the apt subtitle the show that never happened.Luxury fashion is adapting to the coronavirus pandemic by moving runway shows onto digital platforms. We are used to doing fashion shows, Miuccia Prada said in notes emailed to journalists. Only two fashion houses are hosting live shows this week in Milan: Dolce&Gabbana and Etro. We have to look for a new normality, a different normality, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said in opening remarks for Digital Fashion Week.
As Paris Fashion Week is streamed, critics look to future
Read full article: As Paris Fashion Week is streamed, critics look to futureFILE - In this Feb. 26, 2020 file photo, models wear creations for the Kenzo fashion collection during Women's fashion week Fall/Winter 2020/21 presented in Paris. The coronavirus pandemic has instilled extra unpredictability into the already fickle Paris Fashion Week. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)PARIS The coronavirus pandemic has instilled extra unpredictability into the already fickle Paris Fashion Week. No one from the public will be allowed to see the clothes in person at all, in fact, during this on-screen-only version of fashion week that starts Monday. The new digital Paris Fashion Week calendar isn't bad for everyone.
Italy tries to contain virus as isolated towns hunker down
Read full article: Italy tries to contain virus as isolated towns hunker downCivil protection officials said at least 229 people have tested positive for the virus in Italy. Italy has the highest number of cases outside Asia, underscoring the limits of Italy's prevention protocols, the most stringent in Europe. Officials still hadn’t pinpointed the origin of Italy's outbreak or whether the clusters were related. State railways was offering full reimbursement of tickets for travelers who didn't want to travel due the virus outbreak. Until last week, Italy only had registered three people who tested positive for the virus, including a Chinese couple visiting from Wuhan.