Tag: Spring/Summer 2017

Dolce & Gabbana presented their Spring 2017 menswear collection in Milan today, and like any Dolce & Gabbana production, this one was filled with buzzy moments. From the front row stars to the models to the clothes themselves, there’s a lot to talk about from today’s show.

Jil Sander presents its Spring/Summer 2017 at Milan Fashion Week. This is a beautiful palette color that can be seen through 2017. Gradient cleaning colors will be the new black.

Ports 1961 presented its Spring/Summer 2017 at Milan Fashion Week.

Let’s start at the bottom. Those platforms represented 6 inches of lift and came in silver paneled black calfskin or spangled with star paillettes. They were giddy and Ziggy and got the audience giggly. Dean and Dan Caten said backstage that the footwear had defined their casting for this show.

Earlier this year, the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation contacted Raf Simons. They asked if he’d like to work with them on something. He said yes. That’s the shorthand version of the story behind the collection he presented at Pitti Immagine Uomo, perfectly chimed with a duo of Mapplethorpe exhibitions at LACMA and the Getty Museum, and the HBO documentary subtitled Look at the Pictures.

Visvim designer Hiroki Nakamura has an obsession with Americana: blue jeans and chinos, cowboys and ranchers, the whole bit.