BLACK DINNER The night of the long-awaited dinner to which she had received the invitation six months in advance had arrived. And the scenario had been meticulously thought out. Chandeliers and flowers made up the dining room of thefamous Palace. The invitation read: “We are pleased to invite Your Excellency to the Welcome Dinner for the 2023 Winter Season. Black Tie Costume.” The color black dominated the environment, creating a mysterious, powerful and elegant atmosphere like no othercolor does. As the epitome of timeless, a style statement with enviable power, the color black is also the most controversial. It is severe and modest; seductive and conservative; classic and contemporary. And…

TOGETHER This season David Catalan draws his inspiration from the tailoring of British school uniforms prevalent in the 60s and70s. Besides the smartness of the attire, he was equally captivated by the versatility and comfort values of the English dress code. With this collection, you can see him deconstructing the preppy elements and reimagining these design details with his utilitarian sensibilities. Bringing denim to the picture, he brings a roughness to something handsome. His renditions ofcasual suitings, denim tracker jackets, overshirts and oversized denim trousers speak to the present. The sense offreshness comes from his experimentation of proportions with diagonal lines to his magnified placements of rhombus motifs that refer…

The Inspiration The man who inspires the FW 22-23 Boglioli collection is contemporary, with deep roots and international horizons. Protagonist of his time, in which everything flows quickly and borders are thinned. The Boglioli man is irreverent and metropolitan, free from impositions, casual in his way of dressing, charismatic inhis way of acting. The wardrobe designed for him distorts the classic concept of elegance to tell a new concept of Made in Italy, free, cosmopolitan and eclectic by vocation. The women’s collection, created in collaboration with Viviana Volpicella, interprets this concept ofmagnetic personality in a nonchalant capsule, which borrows the masculine codes and combinesthem in refined garments with attention to…

Brioni is delighted to announce that Jude Law and Raff Law are to co-star as ambassadors for the House. The father and son pairing will make their Brioni debut in the Spring/Summer 2022 campaign. The Laws naturally embody an elegance and class that flawlessly express the urban and Roman flair of the House. Jude Law is one of the most enigmatically compelling actors working today. From breakthrough roles in films now considered classics including The Talented Mr. Ripley and Gattaca to acclaimed TV performances in The Young Pope and theatre roles in productions including Ivo van Howe’s Obsession and Michael Grandage’s Henry V, Law is an actor of unparalleled versatility.…

For Fall/Winter 2022, the house of Brioni is proud to present a collection of supremely crafted menswear in which modernity and tradition are combined. As ever, what remains paramount is Brioni’s core purpose: to create clothing of unparalleled lightness and comfort whose beauty is timeless. Norbert Stumpfl, Brioni Design Director, pursues that purpose by applying progressive design to artisanal know-how, articulated through unmatched fabrics and materials. His inspiration is drawn from the city in which Brioni was born: Rome Stumpfl says: ‘Reflecting the wider world around us, we continue to explore the territory shared between two once-divided menswear universes – the formal and casual. This collection was specifically inspired by…

For the new Spring-Summer 2022 collection, designer Alice Catena continues Montegallo’s sophisticated stylistic research, starting from the unmistakable, iconic and famous Viennese style. A journey that dialogues with its own time and becomes the must-have trend of next summer. The non-stop flow of nature’s vital energies stimulates an authentic graphic-material study and transforms a poor material into a luxurious accessory, thanks to the laborious workmanship of expert hands. The similarity between the weaving of Vienna Straw and the historical Montegallo Straw has led to new experiments, entrusted to women’s work, often carried out at home where great attention and patience become the hallmark of perfection. New geometries animate a game…

The new Harmont & Blaine collection reflects the feel-good everyday style statement in a comfortable, yet sophisticatedly casual look designed for an extremely dynamic and nonchalant audience. Envisioned for those who are constantly on the move between the city and the great outdoors, the season revolves around the central role of colour, layering and contemporary shapes, striking a core balance between quality and creativity. WORK & LEISURE The work & leisure concept represents a return to urban scenarios and work agendas. Free of any formal restrictions, the “back to the city” men’s style conveys the sense of maximum comfort through clean and essential silhouettes offered in pale pink and saffron…

Men’s Fashion Week dedicated to the fall-winter 2022-23 collections, launched from January 14 to 18, with the participation of 53 brands where 16 of the 23 live shows have been maintained. Catwalk or not, facing the surge of the variant Omicron? The question was on the minds of the brands participating in the Milan men’s fashion week, which began on Friday, January 14, with a new “phygital” edition mixing physical shows and digital presentations. Giorgio Armani had thrown a cold by cancelling last week his fashion shows scheduled in January in Milan and Paris because of the new wave of Covid-19. A taste of déjà vu, because it was the…

 A JOURNEY INTO THE FUTURE WITH ARTISTIC REFLECTIONS OF PAST, PRESENT AND CONTEMPORARY TIMES Borsalino proudly presents Fall-Winter 2022/23 in celebration of iconic heritage with a collection greatly inspired by the artistic periods of pre-World War up through the savvy Seventies. This latest romantic vision of the Maison’s Creative Curator Giacomo Santucci reflects on the Informal Movement and creativity’s renewed function, first promoted by artists like Alberto Burri, Lucio Fontana and Jannis Kounellis who authored new channels of communication in art to foreign novative styles. Borsalino Fabric Borsalino Men’s Hats Fruit of detailed research, historic quotes and tributes, each piece was created to encourage individuals to celebrate personal expression freely,…