Paltò Italia

February 8, 2015February 8, 2015 | Design & Culture by Ed

Paltò Italia – a coat is a base of each wardrobe. Paltò, which means in Italian “a coat”, brings tradition, heritage, detailing and craftsmenship to reality. Milan’s streets are full of them! Designed and contrived in traditional way by Luca Paganelli, wearing one of those unisex coats is an unforgettable experience. So soft, so comfortable. They fuse between decadent and dandy and city cool. As I am in a continous search for the perfect coat which would match everything, I think Paltò Italia is the right address.

Stella Jean Entertainment

February 6, 2015February 1, 2015 | Design & Culture by Ed

Although being relatively new to the scene, Stella Jean, the Italian-Haitian designer who is one of Milan’s rising stars, has already found her own highly recognizable fashion recipe. Bold prints, optimistic attitude. That’s the label the Milanese women wear.

Look Du Jour: Manzoni

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 | Design & Culture by Ed

We are in Milan! And that’s a typical tourist action…
Lena wears: sweater, skirt, bag, coats and shoes Celine.

Modern Elegance. Iceberg SS15

September 20, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Alexis Martial is the perfect designer at Iceberg- for his third season at this pretty energetic Italian house, Alexis shows he’s worth of the new status. The Iceberg creative director was inspired by Southern California—the intense colors, its seedy strip malls, the people’s obsession with being physically fit. It made for his best collection yet for Iceberg: confident and vivid and, thanks to the sport influences, easy to wear but pretty elegant. With cacti and pitahaya fruits everywhere, Iceberg is fresh and cool for summer. The tailored pants, innovative fabrics and modernistic prints made the overall look slim and sleek. We’ve got to have an eye on Iceberg’s rebirth…

New Boho. Missoni SS15

September 20, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Angela Missoni, the new woman behind the iconic brand, Missoni, showed the new boho chic in her SS15 collection. Covered with the ethnic Missoni ZIGZAG print, we saw a rhapsody of over-size tredn: trousers in aqua marine colour; skirts in blush pink; Diana Vreeland like turbans on the model’s heads; gorgeous pyjama shirts… in other words, I wanted to jump into the perfect David Hockney pool, when I saw the collection for the first time. There were sensational flaring coats in lace knit double-faced with nylon tulle—a knitwear breakthrough for Missoni, because it created a perfect paradox: substance with a gossamer lightness. The embroidered flowers only made the coats better. The simplest shapes—a smock, a shift—were elongated and energized by finely graded colors. Missoni ruled yesterday with it’s boho triumph. Art by David Hockney.