Autumn/Winter 2012: Versace Menswear

If you paid attention to the Versace collaboration with H&M, between the vibrant prints, plunging cuts and short hems, you probably were, like me, curious to see what the Italian label would produce for the runway.

Disappoint, Donatella Versace certainly did NOT.

Excess, theatrics, bold use of colour and a nearly subversive-military [Read more...]

{iStyle} Color Controls Milan Fashion Week SS11

Italian designers are heating things up on the Milan runways with their Spring/Summer 2011 collections.

After countless seasons of basic black, this week’s fashion celebration is coming alive with both bright refreshing pallets and bold prints.

Incorporating cheerful shades of orange, violet, green and royal blue, Italian designers are pulling inspiration from exotic island getaways and capitalizing on the summer vacation spirit.

The message was simple—carefree couture. [Read more...]

{iStyle} Crying Wolf Recession Style

Versace Dubai

July 14 brought two announcements out of the fashion and real estate world: Versace is [Read more...]

{iStyle} The End As We Know It, Shrinking Luxury

Victoria Beckham for Marc Jacobs by Marc Jacobs.

By: Jenn Ortiz, guest blogger

  • Christian Lacroix is bankrupt.
  • Oilily filed for Chapter 11.
  • Cavalli is selling.
  • Neiman Marcus and Bergdof sharing executives, and Saks also had a shake-up, an effort to freshen up it’s board and hold members accountable, in hopes of helping the struggling retailer out of it’s slump.
  • Burberry reported an entire year of losses.
  • E-luxury is no longer a retailer.
  • Versace, Aquascutum, and Luella are all shook up.
  • Vogue is claiming save fashion.
  • Fashion houses are burning!

“Luxury is dead [Read more...]

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