Image by Samantha Casolari Light a match and watch the spring shades alight. A warm feeling of wraps around the Fendi woman, evidenced in the house’s geometric cuts, bold sleeves and lips, and playful wood and cork-printed leather accessories. The fire intensifies as vivid colors are twisted with natural hues, signifying the start of a [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Milan Fashion Week – Spring 2011
September 30, 2010 – 6:06 pm
Backstage at Giorgio Armani. Image by Paolo Simi. I’ve always loved to juxtapose black and blue, happily eschewing a prevalent fashion “don’t” and, apparently, so does Signore Giorgio Armani. Presenting his Spring 2011 collection from at the brand’s Via Bergognone headquarters, he debuted evening looks in which azure and midnight blue alternated with black, occasionally [...]
Milan Fashion Week – Spring 2011
September 30, 2010 – 10:59 am
Missoni. All images by Samantha Casolari. Text by Silvia Bergomi. Maybe it’s the open air, the laid-back atmosphere or the fact that I particularly appreciate this maison…but the Spring 2011 Missoni show was characteristically amusing, vivacious and vibrant. Perfect color pairings, perfect silhouettes, perfect styling… and great music too, thanks to Steve Mackey, the show’s [...]
In Conversation with coseAtre
September 30, 2010 – 9:05 am
Looks from coseAtre Spring 2011. A few words with Milan-based design collective coseAtre. Silvia Bergomi: Why coseAtre? Who are you? coseAtre: Marco Corso, Laura Armato, Giulia Cerini and Valeria Pintacuda. At the beginning we were three designers; we met at the Domus Academy two years ago. Now we’re four. In 2009, after the exhibition “Collezione [...]
CARDIGAN’s Sweater Stories
September 29, 2010 – 12:55 pm
Along with crisp breezes and candy corn, September always carries at least a little dose of melancholy. Summer memories gradually fade to shorter days, and we experience a conflicting desire to concurrently return to the beach and crawl under the covers, which is precisely what makes the above video so comforting. Created for CARDIGAN by [...]
