New York Fashion Week – Menswear Report
March 3, 2009New York designers played it fairly safe for their Fall 09 menswear collections. Gone were the extravagant dandies of past years and in their place we saw rugged American road trip casual styles in denim and leather or no-nonsense business man chic in charcoal or black. The overall silhouette stayed …
New York Fashion Week – the Bag-Lover’s Guide
February 27, 2009Last week’s New York Fashion week demonstrated two contrasting reactions to the recession in the designer collections for Fall 2009. Many designers were criticized for playing it safe, with a huge return to classic black, while others went all out to bring color and cheer into the gloomy economy with bright neon colors or rich jewel shades.
THE MIPEL LEATHER SHOW
February 25, 2009MIPEL: THE BagsShow – The best shop window for producers and sellers of Made in Italy leather products
Next month, from March the 4th to March the 7th, Milan will host the 95th Edition of Mipel, the world-famous bi-annual appointment for both producers and buyers of genuine luxury leather
Vegetable tanned leather featured at New York fashion week
February 24, 2009A photographic exhibition, by the world famous Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani has been set up in New York on products made of vegetable tanned leather, according to the old traditional workmanship promoted by leather manufacturers from Tuscany!