Milan Fashion Week Spring '08. The Retail Buyer's Verdict. Second City Style Fashion Blog
6267 Even though the strong euro made it ridiculously expensive, the pace was impossibly fast (shortened to 4 days)and the weather grim, retailers left Milan in high spirits thanks to a gust of fresh, colorful and feminine fashions, according to WWD. Collectively, buyers said they welcomed a shift from overt hard-edged sexiness to something softer …
Milan Fashion Week Spring '08. Alberta Ferretti's Beauty and the Greek. Second City Style Fashion Blog
I have to admit, I’m partial to the beauty of Alberta Ferretti. Her Spring 2008 collection was a mix Greek goddess and cinematic metallic glam. The color palette was rather muted mostly employing colors like white, grey, beige and blush but there were some bursts of color and shine like, chartreuse, blue, burnt orange, purple …
Milan Fashion Week Spring '08. Banned! New York Times's Fashion Critics Banned From Dolce & Gabbana. Second City Style Fashion Blog
According to Fashion Week Daily, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have continued their ban on New York Times‘s fashion critics Cathy Horyn and Guy Trebay. The New York Times has not attended the duo’s shows in the last year. A Dolce & Gabbana spokesperson confirmed The Times was not sent tickets despite having made ticket …
Milan Fashion Week Spring '08. Gucci. Gorgeous and All Grown Up
Maybe it’s the ’80s association with unfortunate designers logos and my current confusion with why people still adore Gucci bags, but was caught off guard by this collection: I just adore what Frida Giannini, Gucci’s artistic director, has done with her spring collection. Somewhere between La Dolce Vita and what almost appears to be a …
