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Fashion Week

At Pitti Uomo, Rebels Real and Faux

Simone Rocha stole the show this season with a men’s presentation full of quiet rebellion, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

Pitti Uomo Shows Fashion Industry’s Optimism Despite Choppy Conditions

The bi-annual gathering in Florence drew steady numbers of foreign buyers, serving as a temperature check for the struggling fashion sector.

Beauty

Pitti Uomo Gets in on the Fragrance Boom

Pitti Uomo is embracing the fragrance-as-accessory trend at Hi Beauty, a winter trade show for niche fragrance labels, while it looks toward other men’s grooming categories.

Fashion Week

At Pitti, an Antidote to Peacockery

Standouts like Soshiotsuki and Hed Mayner offered the sense of progress the Florentine trade fair needs, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

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Luxury

Prada CEO Sees No Further Acquisitions After Versace Closing Next Week

Andrea Guerra stated that the luxury group has no immediate plans for further acquisitions following the expected completion of the Versace takeover next week.

Fashion Week

Is Fashion Stuck in the Archives?

At Pitti Uomo, there was a sense of nostalgia that felt both backward looking and progressive, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

How Homme Plissé Fits Into Issey Miyake’s New Menswear Strategy

The Japanese brand’s fastest-growing line is ceding the Paris fashion week spotlight to IM Men and taking a ‘slow road’ with traveling events powered by a new ‘open studio’ strategy, starting with an Italy-inspired presentation at Pitti Uomo in Florence.

Fashion Week

At Pitti, Breaking Free From Fashion Stasis

Satoshi Kuwata’s Setchu delivered the spark of invention that the Pitti Uomo fair and the wider fashion system both need, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

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Fashion Week

At Pitti, Fashion Leaned on the Past

Reverence for times past dominated the Florentine trade show that ended on Thursday, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Retail

From Florence to New York, Fashion Events Are Back

This week, everyone will be talking about the 100th Pitti Uomo, Marc Jacobs’ show in New York and the BoF Professional Summit on retail’s future.

News & Analysis

At Polimoda, How Students Uncover ‘The Truth About Fashion’

The findings of a new research project conducted by Polimoda’s Gen-Z and Millennial students highlights the ‘gap between how the [fashion] system defines itself and how the younger generations perceive it.’

News & Analysis

Meet the Mentors Leading Digital Learning at Polimoda

Tank’s Chief Executive and Fashion Director, Caroline Issa, and Emilio Pucci’s Deputy Chairman and Image Director, Laudomia Pucci, will be offering their industry expertise to the next generation of fashion professionals — exclusively available online.