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Philipp Plein Spring/Summer 2016 Menswear You could just about see the gold-leafed tower of Fondazione Prada through the tangle of wrecked cars—including two Rolls-Royces—that littered the Porta Romana rail yard that was Philipp Plein's show space this season. "Maybe one day there will be a Fondazione Plein," he said backstage: "If I have so much money ...

Ralph Lauren Spring/Summer 2016 Menswear What brought Ralph Lauren back to Milan for his first on-model European presentation since 2003? Rather unromantically, an expansion of brand architecture. Back on Madison Avenue, Polo is being nurtured through a growth spurt that's seen its first NYFW womenswear presentations (menswear will follow soon) and first stand-alone New York retail ...

Ralph Lauren Spring/Summer 2016 Menswear What brought Ralph Lauren back to Milan for his first on-model European presentation since 2003? Rather unromantically, an expansion of brand architecture. Back on Madison Avenue, Polo is being nurtured through a growth spurt that's seen its first NYFW womenswear presentations (menswear will follow soon) and first stand-alone New York retail ...

Versace - Pre Spring Summer 2016 Ready To Wear It might not have been a Versace first, but it definitely qualified as news today that the main shoe in the house's Resort collection was a plastic pool slide. Let's put it this way: It's not a Donatella shoe, although a company rep did report that she ...

Fendi - Pre Spring/Summer 2016 Ready-To-Wear After poking its scrawny neck out of the bags in Fendi's Fall show in Milan, the bird of paradise became the fierce ruling motif for Resort 2016. It's not a romantic flower, like the orchid that was Karl Lagerfeld's previous fleeting fancy at Fendi, but its hard-edged beauty was the ...

Ports 1961 - Pre Spring/Summer 2016 Ready-To-Wear Ports was founded in 1961, by Luke Tanabe, a Canadian entrepreneur. The company began as a business that imported silk from Japan, but gradually evolved to become an upscale women’s clothier with a reputation of making well-crafted garment. By 1966, the company was renamed Ports International, reflecting Tanabe’s itinerant ...