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Milan: Etro Men's Fall 2010

HannahNicole — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:55:42 -0800

Milan 01/18/10 WireImage

Milan: Etro Men's Spring 2010

PopSugar — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:26:35 -0700

Milan 6/22/09 Photos by Stefania D'Alessandro/WireImage.com.

Milan Fashion Week: Etro Fall 2009

coutorture — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:06:09 -0800

Milan 03/02/09. Photos by S. D'Alessandro/WireImage.

Fashion In 50 Seconds 03/03/09 Balmain Thrives & More

coutorture — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:55:29 -0800

Balmain's $1,500 jeans have sold out in London, which is pretty much the story with the brand this season...

Roksanda Ilincic is poised to launch a capsule collection with lingerie brand Damaris later this month.

Etro's Fall 2009 collection was made up of recycled fabrics from the house's archives.

Jourdan Dunn is London Fashion Week's top model, having walked in a total of 14 shows.

Milan: Etro Men's Fall 2009

coutorture — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:32:57 -0800

Milan 01/19/09. Photos by Karl Prouse/Catwalking/Getty Images.

Milan Fashion Week Spring 2009 Bag Trend Round Up

coutorture — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:07:48 -0700

A stylish girl needs very few things in life, a little black dress, a nice pair of pumps and of course a high quality long lasting Italian handbag for toting around all of life's little necessities for those trips to the powder room. We have gathered together 50 bags of various shapes, sizes and materials from Versace Fendi, Pucci, Gucci, La Perla, Pringle of Scotland, Bottega Veneta, Prada, Etro, Moschino, Burberry and Frankie Morello to aid in that process. Enjoy!

Trend Report Milan Falls for Spring 2009

coutorture — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:14:29 -0700

Because we can't go a day without mentioning some kind of pending Armageddon (usually financial) today we highlight how the season-less parade of consumption that is the fashion week has finally abandoned traditional constraints of spring versus fall garb now that global warming has killed climates. Thus collections from Missoni, Frankie Morello, Burberry, Prada, Etro, Aquilano and Rimondi, and Bottega Veneta were a little more autumnal than usual for a spring collection. Well, the coldest winter our creative director ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. Though that was more gray so Burberry is the way to go in that case.

The Family Print at Etro

coutorture — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:54:24 -0700

When Gimmo Etro founded founded the company in 1968 it was as a small textile division specializing in silks and satins, so its no surprise that the Spring 2009 collection included many fine silks in the houses signature paisley print. The Spring 2009 collection was filled with just the sort of St. Tropez bohemian wear that never gets old for a certain kind of lady. Whether she lives a live of leisure or works hard for the privileges these clothes clearly say I have more time to consider yacht options.

Its not intellectual taxing but simply good fashion fun, the kind that unabashedly borrows from other cultures (in this case the paisley is an ancient Indian tradition inspired by the palm tree) because really why should we have to work? After all, reconstituting and repurposing is plenty taxing. And really we don't mean to be glib, knowing how to remix a cultural artifact into current relevance is tricky.

Its comforting to know that an old school textile famiglia can still succeed in the cutthroat world of luxury. The Etro clan includes Kean the creative director of the fashion house, Jacopo who deals with the textiles division and foreign affairs, Ippolito who manages company administrative and finance, and Veronica who is in charge of the design.

Milan Fashion Week: Etro Spring 2009

coutorture — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:58:16 -0700

Milan Fashion Week Etro Spring 2009 Images by Stefania D'Alessandro