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Milan Fashion Week's autumn/winter 2022 key collections

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insight into the key Fall Winter 2022-23 collections on show at Milan Fashion Week. Real world designs made to be worn rather than displayed, underpinned the ethos of many Milan Fashion Week collections. Couture constructions and elegant glamour were never far away but elevated basics and practical...

Mar 4, 2022

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Balestra unveils debut ready-to-wear collection during MFW

Storied Italian haute couture fashion house, Balestra unveiled its first ready-to-wear collection during Milan Fashion Week focused on the brand’s signature blue colour. The Italian label Renato Balestra was founded in 1959 by the couturier, who became known for his signature painterly embroidery. In February, the label announced that it was...

Mar 1, 2022

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Milan FW22: the top five trends store buyers need to know

Those watching the Milan fw22 collections entered a parallel universe on the third day of the shows when Russia invaded its neighbor Ukraine. Certainly it begs the question, is it frivolous to watch fashion shows at the very moment one country declares war on another? Perhaps it could be conceived in that way, but the show must go on, especially...

Feb 28, 2022

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5 Trends to take away from MFW Fall/Winter 2022

Milan Fashion Week wraps up Monday after six days of catwalk presentations showcasing the best of Fall/Winter 2022/2023, Italian-style. Though spirits at the high-profile fashion event were dampened by the invasion of Ukraine, those attending got a front row sneak peak at the trends to be seen in months ahead -- hopefully in more peaceful times....

Feb 28, 2022

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Milan fashion FW22 week wraps up

"Gilt without Guilt". Perhaps that was the best way to sum up Milan Fashion Week this season, upstaged by the invasion of Ukraine that began on the second day of runway shows. The slogan emblazoned on a black minidress with a flowy train and plunging back by Moschino designer Jeremy Scott captured the zeitgeist of the shows wrapping up Monday --...

Feb 27, 2022

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MFW goes on despite worries over Ukrainian invasion

The fashion set put their best face forward on Thursday despite worries over the invasion of Ukraine, as Milan Fashion Week guests and workers vowed to go on with the shows. The lineup, which included Emporio Armani, MM6 Maison Margiela, Prada and Moschino appeared to go off with all the studied nonchalance expected at fashion events -- but some...

Feb 25, 2022

Culture

New York retail platform The Canvas to bring spacesuit NFTs to MFW

Ethical retail platform The Canvas is set to present a special installation at Milan Fashion Week, which will include a curation of its brands and the launch of its first non-fungible token (NFT) collection. As part of the 2022 edition of the concept trade show White Milano, the New York-based platform’s installation, entitled Down to Earth,...

Feb 21, 2022

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Milan Fashion Week unveils jam-packed line-up

For the autumn/winter 2022 season, the Milan Fashion Week Women’s Collection is set to return with a schedule of 169 appointments, 67 physical fashion shows (eight of which will be digital), 69 presentations, eight appointment presentations and nine events. The event is to be held from February 22 to 28, boasting a strong line-up of emerging,...

Feb 11, 2022

Fairs

London Show Rooms to return to White Milano

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced that following a successful launch in September 2021, London Show Rooms will return to White Milano during Milan Fashion Week. London Show Rooms provides British designers with a platform and pop-up showroom outside London to showcase their collections and raise their profiles in international...

Feb 10, 2022

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Balestra to unveil first ready-to-wear collection at Milan Fashion Week

The Italian fashion house Renato Balestra, known for its couture and signature painterly embroidery, is unveiling a complete rebrand during Milan Fashion Week later this month, with a presentation to showcase its first ready-to-wear collection. The storied couture Renato Balestra brand, said in a statement that it is launching a “whole new phase...

Feb 7, 2022

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Milan menswear fall/winter 2022 must have items for buyers

It was touch and go whether or not the Milan Fall/Winter 2022 menswear shows would take place at all when news hit in December '21 that the omicron variant was on the rise. In the end, the show did go on, taking place January 15-17 2022, mostly 'in-person' before carefully selected audiences. Overall, Milan designers showed an eclectic mix of...

Feb 2, 2022

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Ciao Milano: six menswear trends from Milan Fashion Week

Milan Fashion Week Men's kicked off the fashion weeks for the autumn/winter 2022 season. The Italian fashion metropolis welcomed some new faces to its hybrid show calendar, including hip labels 44 Label Group and 1017 Alyx 9SM. JW Anderson and Alyx were still part of Paris Men's Fashion Week last season and 44 Label Group, the label of German DJ...

Feb 1, 2022