10 Things We Loved About Milan Fashion Week
It’s fall 2014 on the Milan runways! But it’s spring 2014 in the city of Milan itself! (No snow, no snow, no snow!) This is our Milanese top ten (in no particular order) that made us just as sunny as the blue skies over the Piazza del Duomo—from **Miuccia Prada’**s deliciously decadent tribute to Teutonic chic to a stellar show from LVMH’s new star (ciao, Marco de Vincenzo!) to a bag you’ll want to carry forever (grazie, Valextra!).
Photo: Courtesy of Prada1/10<span A nagging Germanic rock backbeat sourced by soundmeister Frédéric Sanchez, a haunting vocal performance from </span Barbara Sukowa<span (director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1981 Lola herself), and the songs of Kurt Weill—</span Prada<span </span <span was as much sonic as it was style magic.</span
Photographed by Phil Oh2/10<span It’s not like we saw that much of the outside world during Milan, what with the shows and presentations and all, but there was something heavenly about not having to crawl around the city’s convoluted road system in pouring rain . . . or blizzarding snow. Plus, another benefit: No more cold feet. And another benefit: No more wet feet. And . . . okay, you get the idea.</span
Photo: Courtesy of Giovanni Galli3/10
Photo: Monica Feudi/FeudiGuaineri.com4/10<span It’s been hit and miss in every city thus far this season on a diverse depiction of beauty on the fall 2014 runways. So a huge thank you to </span Peter Dundas<span of </span Emilio Pucci<span for not only giving us a knockout collection, but putting it on gorgeous girls of all ethnicities. And to those who don’t match Dundas’s range on their runways . . . shame on you. Really.</span
Photo: Gianni Pucci/Indigitalimages.com5/10<span Don’t even think of trying this at home. You couldn’t even if you wanted to. But in a season where it’s been “Revenge of the Straighteners: They’re Back,” the exquisite, madcap beauty of the bird’s-nest hair at </span Marni<span , created by </span Paul Hanlon<span , was a joy to behold.</span