“ON A DELICATE carpet of pink rose petals, Tom Ford delivered his last ever collection for Gucci last night before a cheering crowd of 1,500 - and what a spectacular one it was. Roses aside, the grand master of branding presented a series of flashback outfits from his 10-year run” Vogue UK
And more..“These were gorgeous clothes. Commercial clothes. Clothes with character, bravado, history. These were not team clothes. Only a singular, confident vision could, under unimaginable pressure, deliver a collection so focused and bold in its allure, one that flaunted its relationship to the past yet looked breath-stopping, gotta-have-it, second-mortgage brand new” from WWD
Milan Fashion Week is coinciding with the Oscars ( disaster!) so there are no celebrities in the front row. Giorgio Armani only had Sophia Loren (whose claim to fame is a phone TV ad with a dog).
A Tribute to Scavullo an exhibition dedicated to the late photographer opened at the Carla Sozzani gallery, Corso Como 10, in Milan. Sozzani has also curated a comprehensive Cardin retrospective “Pierre Cardin, The 60’s and 70’s”
The windows at the Gucci boutique on via Montenapoleone, feature a greatest-hits display of Gucci outfits during Ford’s reign and a backdrop of black-and-white wallpaper with the caption “Tom Ford for Gucci” in repetition.
The Prada show was given rave reviews: Masterful! She is in a league of her own” IHT.
A new Prada accessories store has opened on Via della Spiga with bags, shoes, a made-to-order service and a video showing the steps of tie dying.(Fascinating)
Dolce and Gabbana’s Martini bar has become a Milan hot spot.
London stylist Katy England and photographer Nick Knight have teamed up to create Liberty’s spring windows and have installed webcams where shoppers take a picture of themselves. The images are being printed out daily to become an exhibition.
Sigerson Morrison are doing a cheaper range of shoes called Belle.
The Victoria Room in Darlinghurst got a write up in March Vanity Fair ( so international!)
Marc Jacobs has a line of Warhol-esque T-shirts featuring the face of Hilary Clinton selling at Manhattan boutique and the ‘Friends of Hillary’ website.
Quintessentially Magazine, a spin-off from the high-end Quintessentially concierge service hits newsstands in the UK and the U.S.
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