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Best of Milan Menswear Fall/Winter 2012

After a few season's on the lull, Milan was back on track with a season full of covetable collections that are sure to get your man inspired to re-tool his wardrobe come Fall 2012. We've compiled a list of our top three shows to keep you up-to-date on all that's new ahead from Milan. >>More Mens: Fashion Reviews & Runway Highlights Prada- Leave it Miuccia Prada to combine the machismo of vaguely 30's and 40's German/Austrian military lifestyle notes with something as disparate as 60's and 70's era mods and dandies for a look that was effortlessly cool, complex, gentrified and full of references paired like never seen before. An elegant parade of long double-breasted coats, suiting in surprising shades

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Giorgio Armani Fall 2012 Menswear

From Giorgio Armani you can always expect the finest of substantial Italian fabrics cut in dynamic, forever-chic silhouette's that are timeless and his latest outing for Fall 2012 Menswear stood out with its full, relaxed silhouette amidst Milan's slim cuts seen virtually everywhere. Here's a quick look at the goods up for grabs next season and a word on the collection from the designer. In Armani's words: "HAVING A SENSE OF TIME, OF THE CONTEMPORARY, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE YET RETAINING A STRONG CONNECTION WITH THE PAST - A “SENSE OF TRADITION”: THIS IS A VALUE GIORGIO ARMANI HAS ALWAYS HELD ON TO WITH DETERMINATION AND CONSISTENCY. TO THIS END, THIS SEASON’S GIORGIO ARMANI COLLECTION FOR MEN REINTERPRETS THE CLASSIC

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Trussardi – Fall 2012 Menswear Collection Photos

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Trussardi LB Uomo FW12-13   Trussardi Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection FALL / WINTER 2012 Milan Men's Fashion Week The collection, designed by Umit Benanm, is inspired by the brand's iconic image of gloves.  Trussardi f/w photo gallery: [nggallery id51]   Photos: Trussardi

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Chloe Pre-Fall 2012- The bar is set

Chloe Pre-Fall 2012
Chloe Pre-Fall 2012 There's no secret that we are fans of Chloe at FoS. Under the new creative direction of Clare Waight Keller, the directional message from  a go-to label continues to shine. The reason: Chloe continually delivers wearable, uber stylish clothes that are flattering on a modern woman, and this time around, more stream-lined. to smart wardrobe building. Take for instance, the red dress pictured left. It continues the figure-friendly long, lean pleated dresses from spring. The silhouette moves away from the body with a soft double weight for early fall in a very cheery, brilliant shade of tomato red; a perfect accomplice to the warm skin tone shades in the rest of the collection and a boost to your complexion! Paired with perfectly sculpted

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London Fashion Visits NY- The Best of London S/S 2012 at The London Show Rooms

Naveed and I popped by The London Show Rooms in New York last week to take a close-up and intimate look at some of London's brightest designers. As always, we were mesmerized with the up close privilege of ogling at some incredible construction, innovative design, and left with a wish list days long from the generous talent of these young designers from "across the pond."  I guessed right on wanting to see  Cate Blanchette wear Felicity Brown, as, ironically, she's the line's muse. From my lips to Cate's next red carpet would be divine! --S.H. Shortly after the rigid snooze-fest that we've come to think of New York Fashion Week as comes to a wrap comes The London Show Rooms, an annual

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Isabel Toledo Spring 2012 Runway Collection In Miami

Besides having Michelle Obama as one of her most ardent celebrity clients, Cuban-born designer Isabel Toledo has been wowing critics and fashion fans including yours truly since she began her eponymous line in the mid-80's with her artisinal-minded, avant-garde confections and her deliberately off-the-radar cult of personality. MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Leave it to Toledo to debut her Spring 2012 collection just weeks after the fashion-show season has ended and all the way down in Miami...Miami? Well, it makes sense after reading that the event was in conjunction with Vanidades' 6th annual 'Magia de la Moda' fashion event followed by the Fashion Group International honoring Toledo and her husband Ruben with a lifetime achievement award. Here's a breakdown of the show

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In the Details- Fresh Spring Ideas at Paris Fashion Week You Shouldn’t Miss

After a month+ of consecutive international fashion shows, it can be hard to not only remember what we've seen, but to get a second to glance at all of the astonishing details seems sadly unlikely. That being said, we wanted to take a moment and look back at everything one could easily miss. Here's a look at our favorite elements from all of the Paris shows starting with Rochas' angular techno take on 50's starlet glamor as seen above.  >> MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Valentino The espadrille, a classic summer stand-by, got an ultra-chic re-thinking chez Valentino via delicate and forever feminine sheer lace. Yves Saint Laurent At YSL, strict buns were given the gilded treatment with sculptural gold crescents. Nina Ricci

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Alexander McQueen Off The Runway, an Illustrated Look for Spring 2012

Alexander McQueen Spring - Summer 2012 look 2 by Michalis Christodoulou
  Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen, offered a truly inspiring collection for Spring/Summer 2012 and in our books, one of the most exciting shows during Paris Fashion Week. MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS As Burton said, the collection was an exploration of ideas of beauty at their most extreme and women as objects of desire. Models had beautifully veiled eyes and expertly lace-bound heads, which immediately triggered my inspiration for illustrating some of the looks. Featuring skirt suits, dresses with translucent chiffon and embroidered lace beneath caged corsets and wide cummerbund belts, narrow skirts pulled in tight under shapely moulded jackets and dresses that encased the bodies in gold and silver ripples, most of the 34 piece strong collection was

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Chloe – Spring 2012 Fashion Show Photos

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CHLOE Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring  / Summer 2012 Paris Fashion Week MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS [nggallery id28] Peek at CHLOE in store now: More Chloé... In their words... Chloé Spring/Summer 2012 In her first season for Chloé, Creative Director Clare Waight Keller considered the mood of the Chloé girl and discovered a multitude of feminine personalities that define the brand. "I looked at festival girls, girls on the street and David Bailey’s photos of Marie Helvin and Anjelica Huston on a beach," says Keller. "There’s a sense of feminine complicity, sensitivity and sunniness in this collection." Powdery pastels, makeup shades with nudes and pinks and soft bright accents define Chloé’s spring palette. The attitude is confident, but charming

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Best of Milan Fashion Week- D&G, Jil Sander, Moschino, Prada – Spring 2012

As per usual, from New York collections one can expect pragmatic sportswear(the kind that doesn't often reinvent the wheel, maybe just spins it), from London one can expect out-of-this-world, well executed propositions and from Milan; riotous colors, bold adornments and brilliant uses of technological advancements in fabrications. And with that being said, Milanese designers did not disappoint. We saw a large variety of finessed, retro-inspired options full of energy, enticing plays on print and a generous dose of giddy sex appeal. Here's a look at our favorite outings from the season in Milan. MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Jil Sander (and above) Looking back at the elusive and yet wondrous world of couture's past without a retro sense of vision has propelled Raf

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Emilio Pucci Off The Runway, an Illustrated Look for Spring 2012

Emilio Pucci Spring/Summer 2012 by Michalis Christodoulou
Peter Dundas for Emilio Pucci, offered  an ultra modern gypsy-sexy catwalk look, with visible dentelle knit panties, lace embellished tops and slipdresses with embroidered beads, and breathtaking skirts and dresses with amazing detailed prints. MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS My illustrated look from the catwalk was this  ethereal, ultra sexy, stylish and see through lace embellished black dress, which with the right dentelle panties, just can’t go wrong. The makeup was also exquisite. I just love this look! --Michalis Christodoulou Watch the Pucci fashion show; collection available at LuisaviaRoma: Please read here for Michalis' take on the Gucci Runway Collection.

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Gucci Off The Runway, an Illustrated Look for Spring 2012

Gucci Spring/Summer 2012 look 1 by Michalis Christodoulou
Please welcome new FocusOnStyle Contributor Michalis Christodoulou and his discerning eye that captures the nuances of the runway through fashion illustration. -S.H. Gucci and Emilio Pucci were among my favourite Spring/Summer 2012 collections from Milan Fashion Week. My three illustrated looks are the ones I loved the most from the Gucci catwalk show.  Frida Giannini for Gucci delivered a seriously glamorous, yet very wearable collection, a blend of twenties elegance and the strong feminine style of the Gucci woman. Dresses and tops were twenties-influenced, with boyish fit,and feminine pleated chiffon skirts, main colours being white, black, green and gold. My three illustrated looks are the ones I loved the most from the catwalk show.  MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Green and white tops with

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