Backstage at Emporio Armani Man F/W 16/17

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Emporio Armani 'Up To Date' Menswear Collection F/W 16/17

An accelerated wardrobe. Techno-tailoring for the digital generation. 

Dynamism, performance an innovation are the keywords of a collection that upgrades the man`s wardrobe, resetting garments, design solutions and constructions.

A fast urban scenario featuring innovative materials with a major focus on comfort, in which laser cuts and bonded strips and seams describe an aesthetic reconciling the new forms.

Denim is the new passe-partout; bonded with leather or insulated strips it goes with the most classic Bouclè and Prince of Wales Check fabrics. 

Sportswear and tailoring come together in an innovative form of morphing: jackets conceal interiors with tape and reflective trim. 

Futuristic leather appliquè appears on jackets, shirts and sweaters in an updated version of military braiding.

 Volumes redefine the silhouette: jackets may be long or short, tube trousers are wide and closed at the bottom or have deep gathers.

Organic hues - stone grey, forest green and deep blue - are the colours of the collection.

Accessories are dynamic and pragmatic in character: shoes with rounded toes and injected soles are strong and ultralight and maxi bags in high-tech shapes have calfskin trim printed with wood grain.

Photos © Emporio Armani.

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Miu Miu 'Found Narratives' Ad Campaign F/W 16/17 by Alasdair McLellan

Actress Amanda Seyfried leads an enigmatic cast of characters through a weekend of playful reverie, in Alasdair McLellan’s debut campaign for Miu Miu.

“Any hour for my friends” is the motto inscribed on the sundial in the gardens of the historic Norfolk estate, Houghton Hall. With its 24-hour lived-in decadence, it is the perfect environment in which to explore the layers of modernity and history in the motifs of this collection.

In Found Narratives, meta-history is laced with playfulness and female-empowered fun. The Player, The Ingénue, The Whisperer: a cast of characters represented as subverted archetypes of high society.

This season`s Miu Miu girl reinterprets the sartorial rules of the past. Tweed, argyle sweaters, oversized frilled collars and pearl slippers that speak of heritage, faith, craftsmanship, uniform and purpose are irreverently re-mixed for play and pleasure – a weekend of laughter and games.

In this playground of the imagination, the Miu Miu girl is carefree but not careless. Social and cultural divisions are abandoned. Her day blurs into night as one long, colourful occasion unfolds and a game of invention and role-play emerges. The collaged layout of the campaign, emphasising the idea of “Found Narratives”, also alludes to the Insta-reality of the new Miu Miu girl, whose life is played out off-screen with friends in a real-life daily performance.

Photos © Miu Miu.

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Marni Sunglasses F/W 16/17

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Michael Kors Collection PreFall 2016

Photos © Michael Kors.

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