Spfw donatella versace biography

Donatella Versace, one of the most influential women in the world, the head of the Versace #fashion house and a role #model for many.
Designer Donatella Versace has presented her collection in collaboration with the Brazilian brand Riachuelo, at an exclusive event as part of the Sao Paulo.
The great São Paulo catwalk has also featured an array of foreign fashion editors, artists, and designers like Isabella Blow, Iggy Pop, Donatella Versace.

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#SuzyMenkesPFW A question of Identity

With Dior’s Creative Director job empty, ditto Lanvin and wildfire rumours that Hedi Slimane might leave Saint Laurent to take up photography again, Paris collections increasingly seem like displays of borrowed identities. But that does not mean that these second-hand brands are weak. Often the opposite is true.

Maison Margiela: Galliano makes it!

At last! John Galliano teamed his electric eccentricity with Margiela’s haute solemnity – and produced a hit collection.

It’s been a while. I had begun to think that there would never be a marriage of these two opposite spirits: Galliano with his intense urge for decoration and a tendency to fashion madness and Margiela’s heritage of noble cutting and artistic recycling.

But Galliano went “pop!” with this collection and the mix of slithering, shimmering materials with solid wool coats or sweaters was powerfully effective.

The normality of the clothes – by Galliano’s wild standards – made the difference. The compelling effects might come from thick-knit arm warmers rising to the elbows, or f

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BASIC Investigates a handful of the most notable and the most up -and- coming fashion weeks around the globe. Mark your calendars, and get ready to travel in style.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

MONTHS IT OCCURS: September, February

YEAR IT WAS FOUNDED: 1943

#OF SHOWS: 280+

We have NYC to thank for the World’s first official Fashion Week . Through iterations of presentations were held in Paris, it was during war time 1943 that designers opted to showcase their wares en masse in response to limited access to the Parisian fashion industry.

American designs took center stage, changing global style forever and creating a veritable international haute couture holiday. In 1993, presentations at the Plaza moved to Bryant Park, allowing New York Fashion Week to become the behemoth celebration of New World design we know today. The catwalks have ushered in a myriad of trends, both aesthetic and social: New York was the first city in which models of color strutted the catwalks, and the first to present a hijab collection. NYFW offers enough parties, celebrity sightings, and generally In

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São Paulo Fashion Week AW15: Wrap Up

Today marks the end of São Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) AW15 collections, as series of domestic and international designers showcased their designs to a theme fuelled by Brazil’s increasing appetite for fashion and high-end brands.

Known as Latin America’s most prominent fashion week, SPFW was this season set up around a scenography developed by Architect Marko Brajovic, with inspiration for the design coming from the Bauhaus Movement and its goal to bridge the gap between art and industry.

Highlights of the week include the futuristic collection from designer Gloria Coehlo, who incorporated form and structure as the basis behind her designs. She presented her side of innovation with experimental cuts, using diverse and crossed materials with the use of plastic and various fabrics.

Alexandre Herchcovitch has always pushed the boundaries of fashion, and his AW15 collection was no exception. He played on the colour and vibrancy of winter in the fabric he used and the stylishly designed jackets and garments that changed from darker, winter colour