The agony and the ecstasy… The collections!
by Luca Imbimbo
-4… Ah the collections! How could they lack in our top-tens? A lot of emerging designers grappling with their first fashion show or presentation… Innovative, evocative, seductive… During this year we have seen lots of them… Some made us excited, others made us turn up our noses… But then what would the fashion system be without the Fashion Weeks? Simple… It could not be!
10 – Lanvin 2012-13 F/W. Alber Elbaz never stops to make us amazed!
9 – Matteo Molinari 2013 S/S /Carin Wester 2013 S/S. Contemporary minimalism… Make way for the young!
8 – Jeremy Scott 2013 S/S. Animal prints, shiny leather and a lot of gold for the Jeremy Scott’s Arab Spring!
7 – Thom Browne 2012-13 F/W. His is a grotesque American-teen… Wonderfully extravagant!
6 – Moschino 2013 S/S. Fashion discount has never been so chic!
5 – Comme des Garçons 2012-13 F/W. The Rei Kawakubo’s androgynous, elegant Punk!
4 – Pierre Balmain 2013 S/S /Yves Saint Laurent 2013 S/S. Nice and the French Riviera in the Balmain’s
S/S. The Slimane’s man is instead elegantly reckless… Vive la France!
3 – Dior 2012-13 F/W. The military rigor of Kris Van Assache for Dior HOMME drags us in the real world!
2 – Givenchy 2013 S/S. Sex and religion. The devil and the holy water. Ecstasy for the Riccardo Tisci’s collection!
1 – Prada 2012-13 F/W. Ironic and unabashedly elegant. The man of Miuccia captures the essence of the 40s’ allure… Unique!
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Thomas Penfound by Charl Marais
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