SHANGHAI TANG Menswear F/W 2023 Milan Fashion Week

SHANGHAI TANG Menswear F/W 2023 Milan Fashion Week

SHANGHAI TANG celebrated Milan Fashion Week coinciding with Chinese New Year with its debut as showcase at the 2023 Fall/Winter Milan Fashion Week. The theme of SHANGHAI TANG's show, "REUNION" is a nod to harmonious gatherings celebrated by Chinese and Italians, and a tribute to Italy and China re-embracing.

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BYBLOS FW 22/23 'ALTER EGO' COLLECTION

BYBLOS FW 22/23 'ALTER EGO' COLLECTION

Digitized and technologically advanced with juxtaposition of feminine and strong, Byblos continues to display a refreshed DNA that is purely planted in the future for the Fall/Winter 2022 collection. Inspired By two unique artists, the Japanese illustrator Hajime Sorayama, who creates high-tech super feminine women with a cyborg/futuristic approach, and Refik Anadol, who translates architecture with data and machine artificial intelligence with an abstract and dreamy, poetic approach.

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ETRO SS19 PACIFIC ZEN

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For Spring Summer 2019, Veronica Etro cast a net along the edges of the Pacific and returned with a collection richly inspired by the languid ease of coastal paradise. Starting with the lure of California surf culture: the sport-minded and sun-kissed freedom of Venice Beach’s bohemian tribes. We move towards the postcard perfect landscape of Hawaii, where each sunset is worth writing home about and the natural landscape - seashells, hibiscus flowers, palm fronds - provide all the accessories you could ever dream of. The journey continues on Japan, where inspiration is mined from the country’s denim culture, sport history and finely perfected graphic traditions. But like the ocean’s tides, the borders between influences do not stand stable, mixing with Etro’s emblematic design codes: Paisley, patchwork and customarily rigorous construction. The result is a collection that is joyous, free and effortlessly Etro. 

Materials this season are built for oxygen seekers but maintain their luxurious standards. Workwear inspired jeans and long robes are a patchwork of patterned jacquard denim. Slim-fitting knit suits and minidresses masquerade as wetsuits, not to be mistaken for actual neoprene used on colorful bolero jackets. Craft- inspired crochet and macramé creates mini dresses and patchwork knitwear. Embroidered cotton is so finely wrought on matching trouser and shirt sets it appears lace-like. Quilted kimono-style robes and terrycloth- lined short sleeved cotton coats are the apex of casual cool. A mini beaded cotton shirt dress features a funky raffia-fringed hem. Etro’s signature dresses in crêpe de chine, georgette and pekin silk are a mix of pattern and pop: ruffled tiers, plissé skirts, patchwork motifs, delicate embroidery and contrasting patterned ribbons provide their ecstatic decoration. 

Beginning with saturated shades of indigo and coral, the collection melts into a riot of pale citrus colors - lemon, lime, tangerine, grapefruit - before circling back to black, white and cream. Prints are as easygoing as the beach-worshipping girls that inspired them, featuring blown up technicolor Paisley motifs, Matisse- inspired cut outs, Japanese calligraphy, tropical florals, bandana patterns and Ikat-inspired designs. Tropical sunset scenes - an homage to blooming Hawaiian shirts - are found on printed shirts and silk trousers or embroidered on mini jacquard wrap dresses. 

Silhouettes are loose and free, while maintaining elements of structure. Judo style jackets are belted at the waist with long cotton bows. Fluttering silk dresses are finished with drawstrings at the wrist and waist for comfortable complexity. Trousers are wide and soft with room to move, run or chill; billowing kaftans practically float on the body and slouchy shantung silk suits give a hint of 1970s glamour. 

The Etro woman this season comes equipped: sun shaded in a wide brimmed cotton hat finished with a net, holding a Paisley patterned surf board in her arms, wearing scuba booties on her feet, also worn by international surfer Victoria Vergara, ranked as one of the top ten of the world and Maribel Koucke. Her jewelery is sourced from the sea: with crystal encrusted seashells hanging from her ears and ringing her neck. Etro’s iconic rainbow bag comes embroidered with a braided strap, while slouchy carryalls feature thick rope closures. Japanese- inspired quilted thong sandals and wide Obi belts round out the look, an ode to all women inspired by waves. 

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Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Spring 2018 Menswear

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"Just when the world went heavy, Rei Kawakubo lightened up. Unexpected, counterintuitive? What else would we expect of her? Just when the audiences at her exhibition line up to admire the great intellectual monuments of her storied career, she ups and does something young that makes everyone laugh." Vogue

Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Spring 2018 Menswear - See collection.

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A.W.A.K.E. Spring 2018 Menswear

A.W.A.K.E. Spring 2018 Menswear - see collection.

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Kenzo Spring 2018 Menswear

“We’ve gone political; we’ve addressed climate; we’ve gone on very topical things, and we wanted to almost step back and really have fun with this collection. I think we use our platform so instinctively for different reasons, and we just wanted to use it for joy.” Kenzo

Kenzo Spring 2018 Menswear - See collection.

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The Kooples Spring 2018 Menswear

“It’s a bad boy look with urban elegance.” The Kooples

The Kooples Spring 2018 Menswear - See collection.

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