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In Milan, the End of Fashion for Instagram?

If the first day of Milan Fashion Week is anything to go by, fashion’s focus may be returning to well-designed products for real life, not costumes for pretty pictures.

Fashion Week

In Milan, the End of Fashion for Instagram?

If the first day of Milan Fashion Week is anything to go by, fashion’s focus may be returning to well-designed products for real life, not costumes for pretty pictures.


Fashion Week

At Max Mara, A Sleepy Spy Story

The collection was nicely executed and highly wearable but failed to really carry the 'Killing Eve'-inspired narrative referenced by designer Ian Griffiths.

Fashion Week

At Max Mara, A Sleepy Spy Story

The collection was nicely executed and highly wearable but failed to really carry the 'Killing Eve'-inspired narrative referenced by designer Ian Griffiths.


Fashion Week

In Milan, Place and the Perception of Clothes

From enchanted gardens to brutalist hangars, locations can make or break a show.

Fashion Week

In Milan, Place and the Perception of Clothes

From enchanted gardens to brutalist hangars, locations can make or break a show.


Fashion Week

Max Mara Recalls its Heyday

A focus on glamour translated into a very long, very product focused, outstanding collection that captured some of the pomp of the Eighties and reflected the modern resurgence of power dressing.

Fashion Week

Max Mara Recalls its Heyday

A focus on glamour translated into a very long, very product focused, outstanding collection that captured some of the pomp of the Eighties and reflected the modern resurgence of power dressing.


Fashion Week

Max Mara's Fierce Femininity

Ian Griffiths paid homage to his design mentor with a powerful collection that felt true to the roots but not nostalgic, nor inclined to replica.

Fashion Week

Max Mara's Fierce Femininity

Ian Griffiths paid homage to his design mentor with a powerful collection that felt true to the roots but not nostalgic, nor inclined to replica.


Fashion Week

At Max Mara, Form Follows Function

It was honest, most of all: no styling trick and no diversion, just faultless outerwear and classy separates real women might actually want to wear.

Fashion Week

At Max Mara, Form Follows Function

It was honest, most of all: no styling trick and no diversion, just faultless outerwear and classy separates real women might actually want to wear.


Fashion Week

Elegant Dissonance

​This was a Max Mara collection that, broken in pieces, could actually translate pretty seamlessly into commercial product.

Fashion Week

Elegant Dissonance

​This was a Max Mara collection that, broken in pieces, could actually translate pretty seamlessly into commercial product.


Fashion Week

Pushing Out the Boat at Max Mara

Max Mara ​Creative Director Ian Griffiths g​ave ​predictable nautical style an unexpected twist​.

Fashion Week

Pushing Out the Boat at Max Mara

Max Mara ​Creative Director Ian Griffiths g​ave ​predictable nautical style an unexpected twist​.