Start-up. Self-confident: being aware of who we are and how we look like. Unconventional: unusual, different. Memorizing, putting together and mixing garments from our closet that instinctively seem compatible to us but not necessarily complementary. In other words, apply on yourself a style procedure that is often the start-up for fashion designers. They, travelling, go in search of new ideas, original inspirations, that they usually find – strangely enough – on the stalls of vintage markets. Look at your wardrobe like it’s the first time, eliminating the habits, trying not to wear the same things: mix up the cards, improvise, invent. Start the season with the will of being “new”. A look of Comme des Garcons in a picture of Peter Lindbergh (1994)

The dynamic and severe soul of Jil Sander. The sum of the features … Continua a leggere →

Sacca, Valentino Garavani s/s 2016

La backpack mania è ancora restia ad estinguersi, ma nella p/e di Valentino Garavani, la collezione di accessori della maison Valentino, non mancano proposte di borse da uomo differenti, dall’estro sussurrato, come le pochette stampate a fantasia floreale oppure i borselli profilati dalle tipiche borchie piramidali. E lo zaino, in questo caso, diventa più una sacca destrutturata chiusa da coulisse, dai colori delicati a contrasto e dalle piccole dimensioni. I materiali? Morbida pelle di vitello, e platino per le borchie. Preziosità pastello. A cura di Angelica Pianarosa, Foto Michele Gastl.

The backpack mania 

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Inspiration: Autoportrait, Henri Matisse, 1918. Handpainted picture by Mauro Balletti, Styling Alessandro Calascibetta.