ACCORDING TO JOHNNY JAHANSON, THE NEW ACNE PRE-COLLECTION’S INFLUENCE RESIDES IN THE MTV GLORY YEARS. HE DESCRIBES HIS MUSE TO BE A STUDENT WHO HAS REMPLACED HER UNIFORM WITH AN OUTSPOKEN WARDROBE MADE UP OF A MIXTURE OF FLASHY COLORS AND VINTAGE PRINTS.
GIVENCHY + DJULA + BARBARA BUI + COMME DES GARÇONS+ MULBERRY 
THE QUITE HIGHLY ELABORATED MODERN VINTAGE FOOTWEAR COMBINE SOPHISTICATED DELINEATION AND SENSEFUL DETAIL. THIS ITEM DOES NOT BYPASS THE RULE-ITS BRONZE LEATHER STRAPS WITH A SILVER BUCKLE PERFECTLY MATCHES THE OAK WEDGE HEELS. CURVED FOR THE SOLE, THESE SHOES INSURE COMFORT AND STABILITY.
WITH SAL Y LIMON THERE IS NO LIMIT TO EXPRESS YOUR INDIVIDUALITY: THE SAL Y LIMON BRACELETS COME IN FOUR DIFFERENT SIZES AND OFFER A SENSATIONAL VARIETY OF ATTRACTIVE COLORS AND DESIGNS. THEY ARE PAINTED AND PLATED WITH REAL GOLD AND REAL SILVER.
« WEAVING SPIDER-WEBS ON DRUGS » IS HELMUT LANG’S NEW INSPIRATION START POINT FOR THE NEXT SEASON. ASYMMETRIC CUTS, KALEIDOSCOPIC PRINTS AND A VARIEGATION OF MINERALS MAKE UP THIS STRUCTURED AND MINIMALISTIC PRE-COLLECTION.
AUTODIDACT + SUCCESS + SHOESPHILIPPE MODEL BEGAN TO DESIGN HATS AS AN AUTODIDACT, LATER HE SUCCEEDED IN WORKING AS MILLINER AT THE FAMOUS MADAME PAULETTE. IN 1981 HE LAUNCHED HIS GRIFFE AND STYLISTS SUCH AS GAULTIER, MUGLER, MIYAKE AND MONTANA WERE VERY ANTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HIM. THE SUCCESS OF PHILIPPE MODEL’S SHOES IS INDOUBTEDLY DUE TO THE REFINED AND ELEGANT STYLE, TO THE WASHED LEATHERS AND TO THE GREAT VALUE REPRESENTED BY THE ARTISAN TRADITION THAT CHARACTERIZES THE PRODUCT. ANY IMPERFECTIONS ON THE SHOES ARE PURPOSELY DONE TO CREATE A UNIQUE, VINTAGE LOOK TO EACH PIECES.
T BY ALEXANDER WANG : BASICS BASICS BASICS. PERFECT CUTS, QUALITY TISSUE, AND PLAYFUL TRANSPARENCY REFLECT THIS PRE-COLLECTION. THE THOUGHT-THOUGHT PRECISION MAKES US IMPATIENT TO SEE THE SEASON’S FULL COLLECTION.
FLORAL, BAROQUE AND WILDCAT PATTERING : THE RESULT IS STICKING ! THE GERMAN SCARF BRAND PLOMO O PLATA MIXES PRINTS IN WHAT WE CAN CALL BOLDNESS AND AUDACITY.
BOHEMIAN + MANHATTAN + WORLDELLIOT MANN RESIDES IN THE EAST VILLAGE OF MANHATTAN. THIS NEW YORK NEIGHBORHOOD IS A HEAVY INFLUENCE ON THE BRAND’S SIGNATURE DESIGN, WHICH IS KNOWN FOR IT’S CLEAN CUTS AND USE OF BEAUTIFUL RECLAIMED VINTAGE FABRICS GATHERED FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ELLIOT’S MANN’S ACCESSORIES ARE PERFECTLY IN TUNE WITH THE BRAND’S DOWNTOWN BOHEMIAN STYLE.
BRANDED AS « COSMETICS FOR YOUR FEET » TKEES IS USING A SIMPLE THONG SANDAL AS THEIR BASE THEY DYED SOFT LEATHERS IN A LARGE RANGE OF COLORS EXACTLY LIKE MAKE-UP. AS THE BRAND CAUGHT ON THE FIRST LINE FOUNDATIONS WAS JOINED BY LINERS, GLOSSES, SHADOWS, LIPSTICKS, BLUSHES, CREAMS, A COLLECTION OF RICH NEUTRALS AND SHIMMERY SHADES IN NATURAL LEATHER, SUEDE AND PATENT.
WITH THE RELEASE OF FOOTWEAR MADE OUT OF RECYCLED PLASTIC (PVC) OVER 25 YEARS AGO, MELISSA HAS EVER SINCE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH PRODUCTION BASED ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY « ECO-CONCEPTION ». CAPSULE COLLECTIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH MAJOR BRANDS IN THE FASHION WORLD (VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, GARETH PUGH) CONSOLIDATE THE BRAZILIAN BRAND’S IMAGE. ALSO, WITH THE OPENING OF THE BRAND’S ART GALLERY ON GREENE STREET IN SOHO NYC, MELISSA SUCCESSFULLY ENCOURAGES CREATIVITY AND ART IN ALL POSSIBLE FORMS.
WITH THE TALENTED RICCARDO TISCI AS ART DIRECTOR, GIVENCHY KEEPS IMPOSING ITS STYLE CODES. SEASON AFTER SEASON, HE SHOWERS HIS CLIENTELE WITH RADICAL DESIGNS THAT SPREAD HIS VENIMOUS DNA, MIXING BOTH PARISIAN GOTHICISM AND NEO-ROMANTICISM. SOMETIMES DARK, ALWAYS « FATALE », THE TISCI WOMAN DEMANDS PRECISION. THESE BOOTS WITH FULL-GRAIN LEATHER PLASTRONS EXPRESS THE DESIGN COMPLEXITY AND PRECISION DEVELOPED BY THE PARISIAN FASHION HOUSE.
