Hints and tips:
...For founder and chair Renzo Rosso, it marks an ongoing pivot away from M&A in fashion businesses and towards investments in manufacturing resources and technical knowhow, as part of the executive’s goal...
...Zegna and Bertelli of Prada, for example, are on a self-proclaimed “mission” to protect “Made In Italy”, a merchandise mark that indicates that a product is entirely manufactured in Italy, from its design...
...When I’m styling for the red carpet I go to Marks and Spencer and buy packs of thin ribbed lambswool or cotton. Get ones that go right up to the knee so there’s no gap.”...
...parliamentary and presidential elections UK, EE British Academy Film Awards take place at the Royal Albert Hall, London US daylight savings starts, clocks go forward one hour Vatican City, Pope Francis marks...
...Monday EU, eurozone unemployment rate Results: Brunello Cucinelli FY Tuesday EU, industrial production figures UK, British Retail Consortium-KPMG monthly retail sales monitor report World Economic...
...Photographer’s assistants, Mark Arrigo, George Read, Shane Ryan. Stylist’s assistants, Yuriko Hiratsuka, Jasveen Manku. Special thanks to The Royal Oak Ramsden...
...Mark Zuckerberg’s grey Brunello Cucinelli T-shirts and the cashmere sweaters worn by venture capitalists are idiosyncratic, if normcore, fashion choices....
...It looks like a uniform (blazer, shirt, khakis, boat shoes), but is invariably the absolute lushest and most expensive version thereof (Cucinelli, Charvet, Loro Piana etc)....
...The tech bros of today wear hoodies and sweatshirts by Loro Piana or Brunello Cucinelli, often with price tags in the thousands....
...The concept seems to chime with the tech elite’s tendency towards lavish understatedness (consider too their liking for Brunello Cucinelli T-shirts that are plain black but cost $500)....
...A black or dark indigo wash will help to hide marks or stains....
...Both Prada and Brunello Cucinelli released fine jewellery collections last year, joining high-wattage names such as Dolce & Gabbana and Hermès....
...Mark Hearn, managing director of Rhône Products, which distributes Patek Philippe in the UK, believes the trend will soon reverse....
...Anyway, it seems to me this marks the resurgence of the relationship, which has been abandoned in recent years as luxury brands from Prada to Ferragamo, Michael Kors, and Brunello Cucinelli turned to public...
...It’s no coincidence that the show marks the real start of the week: it represents, reliably, the high-gloss upside. This season, the very high-gloss. In fact, the lamé and sequinned glinting gloss....
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