By Francesca Claybrook As someone who probably wears too much black, there’s a reason I love Armani so much. Yet I had a hard time really loving the Emporio Armani collection as much as I wanted to, which mostly had to do with a few pairs of pants. As someone on the shorter side of…
By Francesca Claybrook Bottega Veneta’s collection this season was packed with color. The colorful day clothes were set off by white tights, which I did not think was a successful choice. There were also some lace looks in the collection’s evening wear section, some that were executed better than others. Overall my feelings towards this…
By Francesca Claybrook The Fall 2011 collection from Gianfranco Ferre designers Roberto Rimondi and Tommaso Aquilano was beautiful – very angular, cut along minimal lines but with details that kept the collection from being minimalistic. Lapels featured sharp angles and were often left open, as in the look above. Horizontal lines also came into play quite frequently. The…
By Chevaun Jackson Blumarine is like a box of crayons, and I mean that in the best possible way. The colors include black, teal, yellow, red, orange and (my personal favorite) purple. But the colors don’t clash because Blumarine has presented them in a unified way. The styles and cuts are simple, which is good…
By Francesca Claybrook I didn’t quite know what to make of the Prada show this season. There were elements I really liked and others that I wasn’t so sure about. The vibe was more girl than woman (reinforced by the Mary Janes-and-knee socks look on many of the models). Parts of the collection also turned…
By Francesca Claybrook Max Mara might win for “store I’d most like to be locked inside with a boatload of cash.” Let me tell you one of the reasons why: sure, these pieces might be walking down the Milan runways, but I feel like I could wear them just as easily as the models in…
