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Diego took over his father's business in 1978 when law school no longer interested him and he had tired of wasting time in nightclubs. Inspired by the casual elegance of people like Gianni Agnelli and John F. Kennedy, Diego had an idea that was simple and obvious yet completely unaddressed in Europe: casual shoes that were chic. "At the time everything was very precise: black suit, blue shirt and tie. There was nothing casual," he says. "For me it was very important to find something light, to combine good taste with free time." So he combined the idea...
BACK IN 1992, when the rest of the fashion flock was celebrating the late 1980s boom by buying yachts, or homes in Capri and Monte Carlo, Gianni Versace began restoring a rundown building on what was then considered the wrong side of the tracks of long-since-faded Miami Beach. Thus began the designer's love affair with the city's vibrant colors and Art Deco architecture. His spring collection that year was filled with boldly colored silk prints inspired by Miami?a look that would become the designer's trademark, covering everything from clothing to couches...
...against the sober minimalism of the '90s. Sex vs. sobriety is an age-old Milanese rivalry--one that goes back to the early days of Italian ready-to-wear when Giorgio Armani stood on one side of the fashion ring with his sleek, pared-down pantsuits and Gianni Versace fought back with high-octane glamour and glitz. More recently, in the late '90s, Tom Ford played Gucci against the artsier Prada label with the kind of slick vulgarity that made him a fashion champion...
...against the sober minimalism of the '90s. Sex vs. sobriety is an age-old Milanese rivalry - one that goes back to the early days of Italian ready-to-wear when Giorgio Armani stood on one side of the fashion ring with his sleek, pared-down pantsuits and Gianni Versace fought back with high-octane glamour and glitz. More recently, in the late '90s, Tom Ford played Gucci against the more artsy Prada label with the kind of slick vulgarity that made him a fashion champion. This season there were new players at both Gucci and Jil Sander. In her second...
...composed in an effort to adhere to the modern penchant for stylistic anti-climaxes, achieved a sort of awkward close with a series of partner lifts that looked more like hopping than anything else. Walker must have changed quickly in order to dance in the very next large number, Gianni DiMarco’s “Sensemaya,” the first of the dances to be performed on point. Opening with seven dancers crouched on the floor like animals, the technically and musically difficult piece proved to be a challenge. The black unitards against a red background emphasized...