Elisabetta Franchi’s spring show was held once again at Palazzo Acerbi, the opulent 17th-century building in the Baroque style in central Milan. The designer revealed backstage that she had just completed the acquisition of the palazzo and explained how she was first intrigued by the legend surrounding it. “The devil protected this building. I am...
Published September 27, 2025 No one loves footwear more than the Italians. As three first rate collections by leading shoe makers underlined this week. These shoes are made for walking, and ruling and seducing. Santoni: Forms that matter A collaboration with Venetian artist Lorenzo Vitturi in a project entitle “Forms and Matter” led to some striking new...
MILAN — Versace’s invitation came in the form of an urgent love letter quoting Keats — an intriguing signal that the brand and its new creative director might defy expectations for a low-key, transitional debut. Soon, a presentation that had been downgraded over the summer from a full-on runway show to an “intimate event” became...
Galib Gassanof’s work is more attuned to artistry and research-intensive craft than mundane dressmaking. For his recent solo fashion project Institution, the designer’s aim has been so far, and is for now, to explore what a brand with commercial goals – and restraints – simply could not. A perfecto jacket with no armholes? Check. A...
German luxury e-commerce group LuxExperience BV has reported strong fourth quarter (Q4) of fiscal 2025 (FY25) results for its Mytheresa business, with net sales rising 11.5 per cent year-over-year (YoY) to €248.9 million (~$291.2 million), supported by gross merchandise value (GMV) growth of 11.1 per cent to €265.9 million. The gross profit margin expanded to...
Published September 27, 2025 Dario Vitale unveiled his debut collection for the house of Versace on Friday night, and it turned to be a love letter to Gianni Versace and the founder’s earliest ideas. Versace Spring/Summer 2026 collection in Milan – Courtesy Presented among oil paintings, ancient statues and medieval furniture inside the beautiful...
MILAN — Stories that begin and stories that end. We had both on the fourth day of Milan Fashion Week. Despite suggestions that he was out before he’d even begun amid an ownership change, Dario Vitale delivered a blasting Versace debut that was both exactly what the industry was expecting and its opposite. Did it...
The Versace blazer and jeans that Julia Roberts wore during the Venice Film Festival — evoking consternation online about its new chief creative officer Dario Vitali — was probably no fluke. “I’ve never really been interested in fantasy. I’m much more interested in reality,” Vitale declared during an interview Friday, roughly eight hours before his...