In Milan designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gababana presented a Fall 2012 Menswear collection that was inspired by their Sicilian roots and the Italian family. The broken down opera backdrop with the bordello lighting set the tone for this collection that focused on sartorial historicism, baroque embroidery and modern tailoring. The starting point of the collection was the cape ” Tistera” they are called in Sicily. Backstage Stefano Gabbana explained “We didn’t look at a book or a movie for inspiration,” said Gabbana. “It was all about family.”
Check out the behind the scenes video that luxury retailer Luisaviaroma produced featuring fashion editor Anna Della Russo and supermodel David Gandy.
Watch the full length Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2012 Menswear Collection video here now.
Milan Men’s Fashion Week Fall 2012 kicks of this Saturday, January 14 and all the hottest brands will be live streaming their shows online. Here here is the complete Live Stream Schedule featuring some of the hottest Menswear brands including Burberry, Prada and Calvin Klein Collection. Save the date!
In Milan, designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana perfectly capture the fragrant beauty and magic of summer with their D&G Spring 2011 Collection. The show was exploding with flowers and models looked like they were walking in a pretty English garden. Floral prints are one of the major trends of the summer season and the wedge platforms are on our “must have” list. Go backstage with Bryan Boy, makeup artist Pat McGrath, and top models Vlada and Britt Maren.
Alessandra Ambrosio’s career is on fire. The 29 year old Brazilian star is one of the world’s sexiest supermodels and known for her work with Victoria’s Secret. But she’s not just a Victoria’s Secret Angel anymore, she is high fashion’s hottest model.
In the past year Alessandra has walked on the runway for some of the world’s top designers including Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Prada and Dolce & Gabbana. She’s been on the cover of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Love Magazine, working with world’s top fashion photographers Steven Klein, Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott and Patrick Demarchelier. Alessandra is currently is starring in Dolce & Gabbana’s Spring 2011 advertising campaign.
And as hectic as her work life may be, her personal life hasn’t suffered. Alessandra became engaged to California businessman Jamie Mazur in the summer of 2008 and they welcomed their first child, Anja, shortly after, on August 24, 2008. Three months later, Alessandra was back on the Victoria’s Secret runway.
We caught up with Alessandra backstage at the Dolce & Gabbana’s Spring 2011 fashion show and asked her how she’s enjoying this new phase of her hot career.
Dolce & Gabbana present UK singer Florrie with a new track off her latest EP: ‘I Took A Little Something’. The music video was directed by Justin Wu.
Florrie is a 22 year old singer, songwriter and guitarist from the UK. An independent recording artist, Florrie publishes via her own label. ‘I Took A Little Something’ is taken from her second EP ‘Experiments’ which was released on June 14th.
The director of the video, Justin Wu is a Paris based fashion photographer and filmmaker, who was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, and now divides his time between Paris, New York and London. Justin started out as an fine‐art photographer and continually experiments with different media and currently focuses on developing short fashion films globally. Famous for his very cool Fashion week lip-sync videos shot with the world’s top models, Justin Wu brings joy and a breath of fresh air to the industry.
All looks in the video are Dolce&Gabbana. The video was shot in Paris with special thanks to Maison Baccarat & Pierre Herme for the locations in the video.
Milan Fashion Week: Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2012 Menswear Collection is built around one idea ‘The Net.’ The perforated net-like fabric was used either in transparent or lined in washed cotton poplin for jackets, trousers, Bermuda shorts, T-shirts, bomber jackets, tracksuits and sweaters. It was the most directional look of the Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2012 collection – inspired in part from the fishermen in their native Southern Italy.
According to the designers, the idea was to update their sartorial roots, and involve the present generation in their fashion story. “We’re in the mood to experiment, to rework tailoring, making it modern and innovative,” Domenico Dolce said at a breakfast get-together with reporters before the show.
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana know how to make men look sexy, but this season they kept it classic with crisp white shirts and tailored suits. There were plenty of new proportions – the pants were slighty shorter, the lapels on the jackets were gone and the whole look was fresh and strong. Watch the full fashion show here now and for more about the collection and to shop go to www.dolcegabbana.com
Milan Mens Fashion Week LIVE – Watch all the Spring 2012 Fashion Shows from Milan starting tomorrow. The clothes won’t hit the stores until next year – but you can get a first look of what will be in style next summer. Here is the official LiveStream schedule with links to watch the Designer shows including Burberry, Versace, Emporio Armani and DSquared2. Dolce & Gabbana will also livestream their show on the iPad and iPhone. Save the date!
If you would rather see still Images of all these shows – LIVE and in real time then go to NOWFASHION.COM
The world’s top supermodels including Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen, Eva Herzigova and Yasmin LeBon gathered in London last week to shoot new music video for Duran Duran. The video is for Duran Duran’s new track called “Girl Panic”. Directed by Jonas Ackerlund who also produced Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” video and the Kate Moss Dior Addict Commercial, the video is set to be serialized virally online before premiering in whole later this year.
According to online reports published on Fashionologie and Styleite the video was filmed in central London “at a posh hotel,” with Crawford riding in the back of a Rolls Royce and the supermodels performing as the band. Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were also on the set, which doubled as a cover shoot for Harper’s Bazaar UK.
Stefano Gabbana posted a series of photos to his Tumblr of him with supermodels Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova, Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen, and Yasmin Le Bon.
Duran Duran confirmed the video shoot on their Facebook page, writing: “So next Monday and Tuesday (June 6/7) Duran Duran will be filming a vid for “Girl Panic!”, directed by none other than Jonas Akerlund…and to confirm, supermodels flying in to appear in the video…Stay Tuned!” On Monday, they wrote: “more from [band member] JT: “Don’t get too excited, but we’re on the set with Cindy C, Helena, Yasmin, Eva and … Naomi is in the Presidential Suite”
This Duran Duran music video is history in the making – reuniting some of the world’s hottest supermodels almost 20 years since they appeared in George Michael’s Freedom ’90 video – which was an international mega hit. Watch this space for updates on the Duran Duran video and if you are feeling nostalgic check out the George Michael video.
