Milan Fall 2010 fashion week brought us a return to the classics, with many designer concentrating on basic outerwear. Not to say I was bored in any way, a Milan basic is not always so simple. While all collections produced wearable goods for today, many contained obvious references to past decades. We saw hints of the 1940’s in Alberta Ferreti, Albino and Luisa Beccaria; obvious nods to the 60’s with Prada; Emilio Pucci brought the glam of the 1970’s; MaxMara delivered the exaggerated volume of the 80’s; and references to the 90’s came from Gucci.

Below are my favorite collections from Milan fashion week followed by images of my favorite looks from other designers. Next comes Paris!

Dolce & Gabbana

Gabriele Colangelo

Luisa Beccaria

Continue reading for more of my favorite looks.

Albino, Albino, Aquilano.Rimondi

Bottega Veneta, Bottega Veneta, D&G

Emilio Pucci, Emilio Pucci, Etro

Etro, Fendi, Fendi

Gianfranco Ferre, Gianfranco Ferre, Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Just Cavalli

Marco de Vincenzo, Marco de Vincenzo, Marni

Marni, Maurizio Pecoraro, Maurizio Pecoraro

MaxMara, Missoni, Moschino

No. 21, Prada, Roberto Cavalli

Roberto Cavalli, Salvatore Ferragamo, Salvatore Ferragamo

posted by: Tricia Rock

Filippa Berg is the next to make my list as Style Icon. Swedish Elle blogger, stylist, muse for Australian label Lover, street style photographer favorite, and overall just cool girl; Filippa doesn’t simply wear her clothing, she is her clothing. With a mismatched style that covers all genres and time periods, Filippa is an inspiration in experimentation.

On a side note, watch Lover’s 2010 style trailer for their newest collection The Harvest.

posted by: Tricia Rock

Feeling a little better about Fall fashion after perusing the London collections. Usually I expect a little more wackiness out of London, but they actually seem quite a bit more subdued, especially compared New York. Definitely two standout collections for me pictured below, Erdem and Louise Goldin.

Erdem

Louise Goldin

Continue reading for more of my favorite looks from London fashion week.

Antonio Beradi, Antonio Beradi, Aquascutum

Burberry Prorsum, Christopher Kane, Christopher Kane

Jaeger London, Jaeger London, Marios Schwab

Nicole Farhi, Nicole Farhi, Osman

Pringle of Scotland, Pringle of Scotland, Vivienne Westwood Red Label

by: Tricia Rock

From Teller’s Family Night:
“Join us as we transform the beautiful dining room of Teller’s Restaurant into a high fashion catwalk featuring clothing from local stores and designers! And the best thing is: all proceeds from this event go towards a disaster relief fund for Haiti’s earthquake victims.

“Believe it or not, even during times of devastation, there are groups and individuals that exclude the LGBT community or discriminate in providing help. The Rainbow World Fund (RWF), established in San Francisco in 2000, is one organization that makes sure that charitable donations do not go to bigoted associations. Partnered with CARE, the RWF has been providing emergency food, safe water, plastic for shelter, blankets, and basic medicines to Haitians since the disastrous earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck the country on 12 January 2010. With the credo “One Human Family,” the RWF is the world’s first and only LGBT based humanitarian aid organization, which has distributed millions of dollars in emergency supplies and grants for survivors of disasters, including the South East Asia earthquake and tsunami in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. From the RWF website:

‘Rainbow World Fund has three primary goals – to provide humanitarian aid to communities in need around the world; to create awareness within the LGBT community of the need for these relief efforts; and to change perceptions of the LGBT community by putting our highest beliefs and values into action demonstrating our compassion and caring for the world. RWF’s projects affect social change at home and abroad through education, networking, developing solidarity, fostering understanding and building community.’

“Stores include Wildman Vintage, Arizona Trading Co., Miss Fortune’s Creation Station, Goldmakers, GAP, and Social Service League. Local designers include David Goodwin and Jane Hansen.”

Event Details:
Teller’s (746 Massachusetts in Lawrence, KS)
Monday, March 1 from 8pm – 11pm
$7 to enter, $10 for preferred seating
$5 glasses of wine, $5 double Most Wanted vodka

posted by: Tricia Rock

Joanna Green

The Central Saint Martins annual M.A. graduation show featured 22 collections and 207 looks from an inspiring group of graduates. The London school, which has produced world-class designers by the likes of John Galliano, Hussein Chalayan, Alexander McQueen, Matthew Williamson, Stella McCartney and Gareth Pugh, has yet again given us a highlight of London fashion week. The collections were chic yet silly, and structured yet casual. Stand-out collections for me came from Joanna Green and Matthew Harding.

Check out photos of the entire show at Style.com

Matthew Harding

Tamara Chung, Rok Hwang

Yuseke Maegawa, Josefina Larsson

posted by: Tricia Rock