The last several seasons saw Roberto Cavalli trading in his signature glamazon style in favor of slightly more subdued looks, like the floral-printed strapless dresses, multicolored sweaters, and patchworked furs seen on his Fall runway. Makeup artist Pat McGrath and hairstylist Guido Palau served up a blend of muted makeup and wet-effect French twists that [...]
Salvatore Ferragamo
Cristina Ortiz is doubtless under a great deal of pressure as the new creative director of Salvatore Ferragamo, where she replaces Graeme Black, who left the brand to focus on his signature label. The strain showed today.
Ortiz was way off the mark with a brash collection of chain-mail minidresses, silk satin halterneck jumpsuits, spiraling [...]
Emilio Pucci
There wasn’t any falling snow—a point in Matthew Williamson’s favor in a Milan season where runway precipitation has become a mini-trend—but it didn’t take long to figure out that we were in Gstaad or St. Moritz. From the first look out, an egg-shaped coat, the designer established an icy pastel palette mixed with graphic white [...]
James Franco, Gucci Guy?
Actor said face of Frida Giannini’s first men’s scent
Frida Giannini’s connection to the world of cinema reaches beyond ready-to-wear. The Gucci creative director is said to have enlisted James Franco to star in the creative for her new men’s Gucci by Gucci scent due out this fall and developed with the P&G Prestige Products division [...]
Alberta Ferretti
MILAN, February 18, 2008 – Jewel-like color and peacock blues and greens are a story coming out of Milan, and that’s where Alberta Ferretti took her Fall collection. What she does, of course, never strays from the pretty—you wouldn’t expect a dramatic departure here—but now it’s in a slightly different form. The clothes were less [...]
