MILAN FASHION WEEK 2023
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MILAN FASHION WEEK 2023 15 best looks unveiled at Milan Fashion Week 2023 Milan Fashion Week (Italian: Settimana della moda di Milano) is a clothing trade show held semiannually in Milan, Italy. Upcoming autumn/winter fashions are showcased in February/March of each year, and upcoming spring and summer fashions are showcased in September/October of each year. It is one of the most important worldwide. Our pick of the top womens wear A/W 2023-2024 collections presented at Milan Fashion Week – starring shredded gowns, ruffled shirts, a lot of lace and all things sheer. Gucci took risks with a velvet skirt that puffs out at the hips; Fendi went back to 90s basics; Bottega Veneta emphasised playful looks and Antonio Marras’ preppy garments displayed dog portraits
in 2013 the Autumn/Winter Milan Fashion Week started on January 20 with Paola Frani, and was followed by shows from major fashion houses such as Armani, Roberto, Fendi, Ferragamo, Gucci, Prada, Pucci, and Versace etc.
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ANTONIO MARRAS’ DRESSES AND SUITS Milan Fashion Week, which was established in 1958, is part of the global "Big Four fashion weeks", the others being Paris Fashion Week, London Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week. The schedule begins with New York, followed by London, and then Milan, and ending with Paris. Since the year 1958, Milan Fashion Week has been taking place semi-annually with a women's and a men’s fashion week. Carmen Kass opened, all in black with a heart memento hanging from her neck, in Marras’s packed home runway space. There were, as ever here, pauses in the walks for the models, mostly enthralled males, to act as amorous supplicants. A wolf howled over the sound system, and leaves rustled underfoot.
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A model wears an Antonio Marras creation from the women’s autumn and winter 2023-2024 collection presented in Milan, Italy, in February 2023. Beloved dog breeds like dalmatians and pugs were represented in the Italian designer’s maximalist and preppy garments.
Sexiness is in the air at Milan Fashion Week, where brands are encouraging people to show some skin next fall and winter. Whether they have global warming in mind, warm outerwear or are just thinking skimpy dressing for crowded, overheated parties.
Diesel, Fendi
DIESEL’S SHREDDED CREATIONS A party highlighting the new faces of multicultural Milan spilled out into a piazza as one of Milan's hippest boutiques celebrated 12 designers of color living and working in Italy. Some models walked the runway in crocheted hoodies and matching pants that were covered with large tears from top to bottom. Others wore neon dresses with shredded skirts and tiny, ripped crop tops. PAGE - 3
Neutral-coloured wrap dresses were a staple of the autumn/winter 2023 show from the Milan-based fashion house. One of the most striking was a tan, sleeveless gown with a flowing train and formfitting bodice that looked as if it was moulded to the model who wore it.
DEL CORE’S, POWERFUL, SIMPLISTIC FASHION On the fringes of Milan Fashion Week, 12 designers of colour showcased their work at We Are Made in Italy – which notably dropped off the official calendar this year. Blanc Magazine launched Blanc Spaces for under-represented designers, and Diesel promoted sex positivity and bold shredded designs with The White Lotus’ Haley Lu Richardson in tow. WAMI dropped off the official calendar this season when another founder.
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This is better than a runway show, because they are getting straight to buyers,’’ said Edward Buchanan, an African-American designer working in Italy for 26 years who has helped bring up the We Are Made in Italy (WAMI) project. A party highlighting the new faces of multicultural Milan spilled out into a piazza as one of Milan’s hippest boutiques celebrated 12 designers of colour living and working in Italy.
and Textured Fabrics Fans of Latin, etymology, and mathematics will recognize the kind of “radical” Etro is referencing. Despite its modern connotations, the term radical comes from the Late Latin word “radicalis,” or root. Rather than initiating a sweeping change in Etro’s branding.
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ETRO GOES RADICAL
Etro’s bold patterns
Creative Director Marco De Vincenzo uses the “Radical” collection as a chance to go back to the house’s roots. By incorporating the most recognizable artifacts of its past, the collection reconstructs Etro’s history and, in doing so, offers a new perspective on the house’s.
Fendi’s 90s STYLE TRENDS
The runway was filled with trench coats, pleated pencil skirts and asymmetrical dresses, all of which were subtly emblazoned with Fendi’s monogram. But arguably the best look showcased was a baby-blue polo neck paired with a lace skirt, lace-up boots and a grey handbag. The collection introduced two newest handbags. The Fendi Multi references the multipurpose that the brand is often contingent with, and the C’Mon bag to match of the collection. PAGE - 6
Founded during a radical era of history —1968, to be exact—Etro has an extensive legacy to look back upon. De Vincenzo narrows in on the house’s quintessential elements from the last half-century, the ones that have become synonymous with Etro. The iconic paisley pattern decorates long, flowing dresses and ruffled midi skirts, as well as gleaming silver and polkadotted suiting;
The Italian fashion designer displayed short-sleeve, high-neck dresses made entirely from lace, and minidresses covered in crystals with sheer panels across their skirts. But most unique were Feretti’s sheer, two-piece sets, which included mesh tops paired with beaded, see-through miniskirts. The Fendi Womenswear collection features masculine tailoring with utilitarian deconstruction. Asymmetricality also takes the spotlight in this illusionary show; the first look demonstrates Jones’ exploration of this. An asymmetrical V-neck buttoned sweater with no clear tailoring is paired with a structured leather skirt.
The collection introduced two newest handbags. The Fendi Multi references the multipurpose sentiment that the brand is so often contingent with, and the C’Mon bag to match the sophistication of the collection. The duality of Silvia Venturini Fendi’s design draws upon the house as a whole. PAGE - 7
The Fashion Month train keeps chugging along! Beginning its journey in New York City(opens in new tab), crossing the Atlantic for London, and now making its six-day pitstop in bella Milano. And thus far, the best looks of Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2023.
From Alberta Ferretti's tailored separates and lived-in duster coats(opens in new tab) to Prada's lively midi skirts and crewneck sweaters(opens in new tab), the Italian fashion houses offer sensible pieces to upgrade your daily uniform. Even Fendi's androgynous workwear and take on the skirtover-pants trend (a Y2k-era), admittedly cringe moment in fashion history) felt newly officeappropriate due to Kim Jones' thoughtfully sophisticated eye. Gucci's showing also felt tamer than seasons past; Alongside several flamboyantly decked-out models in colorful furs and sheers(opens in new tab).
BLUMARINE’S FIERY RUNWAY – with ruffles while British designer Maximilian Davis showed a sophomore collection for Ferragamo after his lauded debut at the house in September 2022. Meanwhile, a growing cohort of fresh talent in the city came courtesy of Andreadamo, Durazzi Milano, and Japanese designer Tomo Koizumi, who showed with the support of Dolce & Gabbana on Sunday morning (26 February). This season, once again, we offer a rich programme of activities that confirm Milan’s leading role in the global fashion scene,’ said Carlo Capasa, chairman of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana. The best of Milan Fashion Week A/W 2023 – from bigticket draws like Prada, Fendi and Armani, to a growing cohort of emerging talent in the Italian capital of fashion and design. 2023 presents itself as a year characterised by a series of complexities that our industry [will] be able to transform into opportunities for growth and change. I believe that Milano Fashion Week will be able to best amplify the positive energy of our great brands.
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FASH Cukovy’s Bold ION Wear So followed a collection of languid glamour – silk dresses which recalled pyjamas in their fluidity, trousers cut with generous proportions, while other garments evoked interiors in the richness of texture and embellishment, from swathes of velvet and faux fur to beading and fringing. Colours.
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To close the show, a model brandished an Armani compact and sponge, reapplying make-up as she walked the runway. ‘An enveloping and personal vision that suggests intimacy as an antidote to theatrical excess,’ said the house.
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MOSCHINO’S CRYSTALENCRUSTED CREATIONS The expansiveness of Blazy’s project was perhaps best symbolised in the statues which decorated the show space: a pair of Roman bronze runners from 1BC and a 1913 figure in movement by Italian futurist Umberto Boccioni titled Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. Some pieces, like Moschino’s leather jacket and matching shorts, were decorated with massive, diamond-rimmed crystals. But others, like the sheer dress Jeremy Scott paired with a fluffy feather jacket, were covered in smaller, colourful gemstones. A ‘cacophony’ of influences informed this latest outing, conjuring the idea of a ‘parade’ in the carpeted show space – a place where ‘techniques, motifs, characters and creatures from the past travel through space and time to speak to the present and the future’, the notes elucidated.
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Vivetta’s Clothes ‘The alchemy of the street,’ described FrenchBelgian designer Matthieu Blazy of the inspiration for his third collection for Bottega Veneta, the final part of a trilogy of shows titled ‘Italia’, celebrating the vibrancy and multiplicities of the country’s people, tradition and craft. A ‘cacophony’ of influences informed this latest outing, conjuring the idea of a ‘parade’ in the carpeted show space place where ‘techniques, motifs, characters and creatures from the past travel through space and time to speak to the present and the future’, the notes elucidated. PAGE - 12
GUCCI’S LOOKS A similar feeling of expansiveness & movement was encapsulated in the collection itself, which spanned 81 looks and rushed past attendees as the models marched at speed. Blazy said that he didn’t edit the collection but rather added a new ‘character’ when it came to mind; as such, the collection began with riffs on nightwear as if models were rising from bed at the start of a day – like a white chemise and socks.
One of the best was a strapless gown with a cream-coloured corset top and a black velvet skirt that puffs out at the hips. For a pop of colour, Gucci added red tights. Similarly, one of the most daring looks on the brand’s runway was a lace halter-neck dress paired with invisble tights.
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Act No. 1’s
Magic and alchemy; the transmutation of metal to gold – the brilliance of Blazy is his ability to raise the banal into extraordinary expressions of style and craft, which always returns to the simplicity of observing people on the street. ‘A procession, a strange carnival, a crowd of people from anywhere and everywhere and yet somehow, they all fit and go in the same direction,’ said Blazy. A multitude of garments followed – impossible to begin to summarise – spanning Blazy’s magical riffs on the quotidian (paper shopping bags recrafted in leather, a pair of men’s trousers which looped around the foot with stirrups, a broad array of exquisitely tailored jackets and overcoats) and elegant takes on eveningwear, like one particularly arresting red dress with a padded neckline and the suggestion of panniers on the waist. PAGE - 14
Han Kjøbenhavn’s garments The designer displayed a red, mesh gown that looks simple at first, with long sleeves and a form-fitting bodice. But up top, the neckline extends into a solid red shield around the model’s face. Similarly, he paired a black, mermaid-style leather skirt with a 3D swirl that wrapped around the model’s head and acted as a top. PAGE - 15
BOTTEGA VENETA’S OFFICE The brand’s long-sleeve dresses stood out with sheer fabric and tiered layers of unique prints. Two-piece outfits, on the other hand, were made from thick fabrics and paired with gloves made from the same material as Bottega Veneta’s signature purses. Matthieu Blazy has done it three times in a row now at Bottega Veneta—wowed us with a collection that simultaneously ups the fashion ante while also delivering reallife relatability. Just how rare a feat that is was demonstrated by the texts that started coming in as we waited for a chance to speak to the designer: “Every single look perfect. Backstage he seemed overwhelmed, but utterly prepared, explaining that his inclination this season was to start with the street, and “the idea of the strange encounter.
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