The 55th edition of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid took place from 1 to 5 February 2012, bringing the staging forward two weeks becoming the first one in the international fashion show circuit. An eclectic platform which embraces old and new designers and in this occasion, new talents, brought some new creative energy to the event.
The most remarkable collection was Parklife by Martin Lamothe inspired by British life, parks and urban leisure where graphic prints acquire mineral forms and three-dimensional pyramids give prominence to leather pieces.
Texto: Ona Poveda | Fotos: Inma Varandela & Jordi Gelpi
En medio de este frío siberiano llegamos a la tienda de Diesel (Passeig de Gràcia 19, Barcelona) tapados hasta las cejas. ¿El motivo? La presentación de la colección de mujer de verano 2012, que tiene unas piezas muy chulas, por cierto. Mr. Bluku se encargó de poner la música, Evripidis and his Tragedies tocaron en directo, y los mojitos de Ron Barceló y las cervezas Budweiser nos hicieron entrar en calor.
Escuchar en directo a este griego afincado en Barcelona desde hace ya largos años siempre es un placer, no solo por sus canciones, pura orfebrería pop teñida de nostalgia, sino por las presentaciones que hace de cada una de ellas. Evrípidis empieza a hablar y no calla, las anécdotas se suceden hasta que al final suena la música. Su recién estrenado disco se titula A healthy dose of pain, un canto al dolor que te cura y te hace más fuerte. Lo cierto es que salimos reconfortados de la tienda. Habrá que volver cuando luzca el sol para ver la colección con ojos de verano. Una de esas prendas tan divinas color calabaza es para mí.
TEXT: SAYAT NOVA | PHOTO: Guido Verelst & Dodi Espinosa
Belgian fashion is nowadays one of the most prestigious in the whole globe, since the appearance of “The Antwerp Six” generation the popularity of this small but creative town has been increasing year by year, and now, the Flanders Fashion Institute wants to expand Belgian fashion roots, starting this year with Showroom Belgium that makes it’s debut at the London Fashion Week.
From 17 to 21 February 2012, four Belgium based brands will present their collections at Somerset House. WOLF. BY SOPHIE CLAES, CEDRIC JACQUEMYN, OMSK and A. KNACKFUSS. These four collections where chosen, packed and shipped to the vibrant British capital.
As an initiative of the Flanders Fashion Institute this short film will accompany the event, and will be projected in several public venues, before and during London Fashion Week. The video was shot entirely at Antwerp’s Royal Museum of Fine Arts, which is currently closed for renovation until 2017. The clip makes use of this unique location, co-directed by Guido Verelst and Dodi Espinosa (member of the METAL magazine staff) together with Pablo Piatti as stylist.
Like the museum’s art pieces, the model, featuring garments from the designer’s collections is carefully wrapped, stored and sent to London.
International icon, acclaimed fashion critic and pioneer of fashion film Diane Pernet hosts ASVOFF in Barcelona. a representative of the new internet-led fashion epoch embracing film, Diane Pernet has contributed to revolutionising an industry which she continues to democratize through her esteemed blog, A Shaded View of Fashion, and festival, Shaded View of Fashion Film, providing groundbreaking platforms for both emerging and established creatives.
Notorious for her signature look – red lips, black garments and black accessories, complete with veil and 50s sunglasses – the Paris-based critic and video journalist has become an icon in fashion. Since its launch in 2008, Diane’s international film festival A Shaded View of Fashion(ASVOFF) has encouraged and enthused entrants and participants – from newcomers and students to distinguished professionals – to express their own unique fashion vision in the form of a short film. For the last four years ASVOFF has been held at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, however beginning tomorrow, Barcelona will host the festival’s first-ever Spanish edition at the CaixaForum Barcelona.The 4-day program will consist of curated themed screenings, conferences and debates with industry professionals as well as the launch of three genre-bending competitions: Official, Students and Mobile Fashion Film. Days before the launch of the festival, I had the opportunity to ask Diane her thoughts regarding the concept of fashion film, the evolution of the fashion industry and what one can expect from Barcelona.
Karl Lagerfeld presented last month the new Metiers d’art Collection Paris-Bombay – the Chanel’s pre-fall 2012 collection – dedicated to the Indian splendor and delicacy of the splendid Orient.
Now we can see the process of how it was made at the Chanel atelier. It is the prefer example of why sometimes fashion is more than clothes it is an art and a way to understand the beauty. Maybe the collecton is very predictable but in words of Lagerfeld, “Inspiration is not a copy but a starting point, taking us somewhere new.”
For its 81 edition, Pitti Uomo proposed It’s Graphic Now! The Words of the Future as main theme: a tribute to graphic design.
Today, more than ever, visual communications have the ability to transpose the present into symbols, shapes and feelings often even faster than fashion.
For the occasion, Pitti Uomo invited 14 young international graphic designers to express their view of the future through one word that they will translate into an image.
On the evening of Wednesday 11th in the prestigious venue of Palazzo Corsini in Florence, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, the Valentino creative directors, showed the premier of the Winter 2012-13 Menswear collection.
Valentino returned to Florence where the couture story began in 1962. They presented a timeless collection, looking to modernity and innovation by embracing tradition and authenticity, composed by sharp and clean silhouettes, mostly monochromatic.
By taking a new view on classics and elegance, they offered an exceptionally precise collection, opening the way to a bright future.
