This is one of the reason why I’m fond of German fashion designers, both because one of my best friend is a very talented fashion designer based in Berlin, but also I really love the minimalism with which these creatives just find fashionable and comfortable solutions. This introduction is in fact aimed to present you Miroike, a duo based in Berlin who learned fashion with the redhead wizard of London’s rebels Vivienne Westwood. Ramiro Calderon Alvarado and Ulrike Siedel have given an answer to those who like me, are always uncomfortable of going out with high heels (even if believe me, I’d really love to).
They proposed this new line called Zip Shoo, where some revolutionary models can be unzipped and transformed into flat based shoes. Of course the line is not perfect for all the outfits and events, but it is a first step on solving some vertigo problems; in this way you don’t need to bring ballerinas with you anymore (as parachutes for unlikely heights), just bring a bag for your interchangeable heels.
By the way, after writing this post, I forced myself to wear my favorite Nicole Brundage shoes to go to Gareth Pugh opening at Corso Como 10 (my next post), but no one could suspect I had a pair of flat boots hidden in my backpack, (just in case). Following some pics of the amazing clothes and shoes collection, the only weak point of their last work are the bags that are completely iconsistent in my opinion if compered to the style of the other items.
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It was the first Gareth Pugh video I saw on a presentation, and even if some friend said that it wasn’t “that” new impression, the location gave it definitly something unique. So maybe that’s what Pitti events and Florence can give to fashion. Warm Oneness….and surprising myself….through the pictures of the photographer Kristinn Kis…also some club atmosphere that even Gareth seemed to enjoy a lot!
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The summer has began. At least for the ones who work in the fashion business. I was at shoots all weekend holding a dozen of the latest designs of the top designers and the upcoming ones. I got teary eyed with a Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen design and of course -now a classic- a Balmain jacket. Besides falling in love with gorgeous dresses and with many, -many- shoes I had reached my limit for sure. I felt like I was tied to the chair with someone torturing me, knowing I wouldn’t be able to see them again until they hit the stores in a couple of months.
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Men on heels of about 4 inches are not so new! I would define it as a come back that is spreading in several wildly different milieus. The real matter is that the man-heel or “meel” is getting in males collective imagination as natural and accepted. The question is: are today women’s competitors men on stiletto heels?
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When we are young we are keen on dressing as superman, wonder woman, cinderella on the night of the Hallows. However, the gap between how we dress on Halloween from our daily couture is getting smaller each season in order to keep up with the drama of life. May it be John Galliano or Gareth Pugh we dress according to our fantasies and not really jeans and…
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“Showing the entire creative process is beneficial for the artist, the audience and the art itself.”
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Marc Jacobs
Miu Miu
Pierre Hardy
Prada
Pierre Hardy
MiuMiu
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Roger Vivier
Le nuove calzature sembrano sempre più plasmate da un blocco unico di materia da cui traggono vita.
Fashion Designers or Sculptors?
These shoes seems that they are shaped by a single block of matter from which derive.
Morethanlove
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Ho molti amici che per lavoro si trovano spesso in tutte le fiere del settore moda (Pitti Uomo, Bread&Butter, Designers & Agents, etc.). Capita anche a me per lavoro di dover visitarne qualcuno. È il primo anno però in cui dopo tempo, ho ricevuto notizia di qualcosa degno di nota… bei vestiti, bell’esecuzione… qualcosa che [...]
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