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Brunello Cucinelli Spring 2017 Menswear Brunello Cucinelli had just got back from Florence, where he’d presented his Spring Summer collection to international buyers at Pitti Uomo. He was in a buoyant mood: “Now Italian Men’s Fashion Week starts from Florence and stretches out to Milan,” he enthused. “It’s becoming more and more an integrated format that ...

Bottega Veneta Spring 2017 Menswear Discretion, quality, and craftsmanship – Bottega Veneta has created a new standard of luxury since its founding in Vicenza in 1966. Steeped in the traditions of Italy’s master leather craftsmen and long celebrated for its extraordinary leather goods, Bottega Veneta has recently emerged as one of the world’s premier luxury brands. ...

Bally Spring 2017 Menswear The Bally Company was established in Schönenwerd in 1851 and three years later, the first factory located in the village centre was built. By the 1870s, Bally was recognised as a footwear industry leader. Bally grew internationally and opened stores in Geneva and Montevideo in 1870, followed by Buenos Aires (1873), Paris ...

Raf Simons Spring 2017 Menswear Earlier this year, the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation contacted Raf Simons. They asked if he’d like to work with them on something. He said yes. That’s the shorthand version of the story behind the collection he presented at Pitti Immagine Uomo, perfectly chimed with a duo of Mapplethorpe exhibitions at LACMA and ...

Pringle of Scotland Spring 2017 Menswear “I wanted to give Pringle a room with a view,” said Pringle of Scotland’s head of design, Massimo Nicosia. He said it against the blazing sunshine of Florence, and below a frescoed ceiling (one of many) in the Palazzo Aldobrandini, a 16th-century mansion that’s played host to popes and ...

Miharayasuhiro Spring 2017 Menswear Karlheinz Weinberger’s documentary record of mid-century Swiss youth doing their utmost to dress like Americans was a powerful influence at Mihara Yasuhiro’s debut London show today. The relocated-from-Paris Japanese designer chose a faded bowling alley as his venue; “King Creole” and other in-his-pomp Elvis numbers made up the preamble soundtrack; and when ...