The Oscars night might be the most awaited night of the year. Not only the Oscars are the most important event in the movie industry, it is also a key fashion event.
This year big winners are definitely European Couture designers.
As usual Italian designers were well represented with Armani privé, Atelier Versace, Valentino Couture, Roberto Cavalli and Prada for women and Gucci, Ferragamo and Dolce & Gabbana for men.
The night big winner Kathryn Bigelow – who took home five Oscars and became the first woman to win the Best Director award – with acclaimed actress and always red carpet winner, Kate …

From 27 to 30 November, Spazio FMG in Milan will host “Milano work-in-progress 2,” a truly interesting exhibition. Leandro Tusi De Borba and Simona Galateo curated the set up of the projects realized by MABarquitectura, Consalez Rossi, Paolo Pasquini and 5+1AA, at the discovery of Milan to be.
Two are the main themes faced by the exhibition: public housing and retail malls. Very different from each other but both offering interesting prospects for experimental, leading-edge design.
“These are new-generation works, designed by some of the most interesting young architects on the Italian scene, and they convey the concept of a different Milan, …

A sale of belongings from the posh homes of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge so far has fetched four million euros (six million dollars), including costs, with two days of auction yet to go, Christie’s said Wednesday 18 November.
A total of 1,185 objects, most of them from the pair’s country hideaway on the Normandy coast, went under the hammer Tuesday 17 November in a four-day sale winding up Friday 20 November.
Christie’s had estimated the total value of the auction at between three to four million euros (4.5 to six million dollars), excluding costs.
But the magic of the name has …

During this year’s Milan Fashion Week, the Italian luxury footwear brand Casadei will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary with, for the occasion, a dedicated collection and a book. The anniversary collection, designed by Cesare Casadei , comprising eleven models of shoes made by hand by skilled artisans in San Mauro Casadei Pascoli, is featured in the third part of the book on sensual photographs by fashion photographer Ellen von Unwerth. Captured in black and white, the unique pieces celebrate the founding of the Italian house in 1958 by Quinto and Flora Casadei. Tracing fifty years of history, the book by Mariuccia …

Gucci Runway Show Milan Fashion Week September 2007

Milan – September 17 2008
Coming Saturday, the 20th of September the Spring/Summer 2009 edition the Milanese fashion week, the Milano Moda Donna, women’s most important Prêt-à-porter fashion week, will start at the Milan Fashion Centre on Via Gattamelata, 5.
From Saturday 20th through Saturday 27th, industry operators will be able to admire, thanks to a well structured and balanced schedule, the 224 collections that will be the protagonists of Milan fashion week. There will be in fact 100 fashion shows for 93 brands, 94 presentations and 51 collections that can be visited by …