DIY inspiration from Milano Fashion Week

See through and cut out 

Etro - Just Cavalli - Versace

Time for fashion weeks. Get inspired by the coolest looks for spring 2013.

Take a look to Just Cavalli fashion show. You'll discover a contemporary collection for a young cosmopolitan woman. What make this collection so up-to-date is a mix between style and functionality. Clothes are original and easy to wear. The see through shirts are modern and reflect a look that can be considered worldwide cool. I can see a an italian and an american woman both happy to wear this collection.

Get inspiration from the jacket with tulle inserts to update your wardrobe to spring 2013.

Tempo di fashion weeks. Fatevi ispirare dai look più cool per la primavera 2013.

Vi consiglio di guardare lo show di Just Cavalli che ci propone una collezione molto contemporanea per una donna giovane e cosmopolita. Ciò che rende questa collezione così attuale è il mix tra stile e funzionalità. I capi sono speciali ma facili da indossare. Le camicie trasparenti sono chic e moderne e  rispecchiano un look considerato cool a livello mondiale. Credo che una sia una donna italiana che una newyorkese sarebbero felici di indossare questa collezione di Just Cavalli.

Ispiratevi alla giacca con inserti in tulle per aggiornare il vosto guardaroba alla primavera 2013.

 60's and graphical

First from left Moschino - 3 looks from Fay

We're back to the sixthies at Moschino and Fay. They play with graphical effects, vertical lines and black and white contrasts. The color contrast pockets are on almost all Fay's dresses. The pastel colors chosen are all irresistibles, the melon orange is my favorite, energetic and refreshing.

Ispirazione anni sessanta per Moschino e Fay che giocano con effetti grafici, linee verticali, contrasti bianco e nero. Bellissime le tasche e pattine a contrasto, scelte da Fay come filo conduttore della collezione. Tutti irresistibili gli abiti nei toni pastello, impossibile sceglierne solo uno, forse il mio preferito è quello arancio melone, colore estivo e rinfrescante.

Perforated and Laser cut 

John Richmond - Blumarine - Just Cavalli

Obtain a modern look with perforated, laser cut fabrics. Use a pair of scissors or an knife over a leather garment.
If you're looking for knitting inspiration check out this beautiful sweater from Just Cavalli with very unusual sleeves.

Stoffe tagliate a laser o effetto intaglio per un look moderno da ottenere con solo con l'uso delle forbici su un capo in pelle.

Le appassionate di maglia apprezzeranno molto il capo in cotone di Just Cavalli leggero e traforato con maniche decisamente insolite!

A plastic garden: Blumarine inspired flowered top DIY

Blumarine inspired 3d flowers DIY top

I covered the whole top with plastic flowers I cut out these flowers from book plastic covers and white pvc

one of possible uses of the top: a flower bed

I made this top with stretch fabric and  I added a cowl neck at the back

3d flowers Blumarine - Dolce Gabbana - Comme Les Garcons

Blumarine s/s 2012 show has been one of my favorite: fun and feminine with girly white 3d flowers that decorate dresses, shoes and bags. I couldn't resist at making an inspired top. Today's diy is for those with green thumb. I'll show you how plant and to grow a vertical garden on a top. Incredibly such a lovely bloom won't need to be watered and will remain fresh forever (power of plastic). It is also portable. Just lay it down grass, a bed, hang if on a wall and you'll have an istant bold flower bed. There is also another use, less known but workable, you can actually wear it.  I'll show you how to make a flowered top on Style.it.
Today you get for free also an italian lesson: yes instructions are in italian today (sorry!) but images will help, if not I'm here, feel free to ask

Click here to discover the Blumarine inspired flowered top tutorial

La sfilata s/s 2012 di Blumarine è spensierata e divertente. Con la primavera che tarda ad arrivare non ho resistito alla voglia di realizzare un top sul quale far sbocciare tanti fiori candidi impreziositi da luminosi cristalli. Il tutorial di oggi ha il pollice verde. Vi mostrerò come piantare e far crescere un  giardino non convenzionale che fiorisce in verticale, indossabile e sempre fresco visto che i fiori sono realizzati in plastica. Uno step alla volta potete realizzarlo anche voi. Troverete il tutorial su Style.it

Milano fashion week: my report part 2

The report from Milano fashion week continues...

Entering Versace palace feels like entering a temple, the sanctuary of the Medusa that stares the invited taking their seats from enlighted arches. There was a lot of electricity and excitement in the air from the upcoming show. The models started to appear on the catwalk and every look was a killer one. This is a celebration of Versace style: studs,colors and prints are mixed together to create a number of breathtaking dresses. The colors are:white, black,mint,yellow and light blue.The theme is the sea so sea stars and seahorses both decorate the cloths. Dresses are really feminine and sexy: they are either tight to follow and enhance women curves or  floaty with deep slits. Models look like both like greek goddesses and like Donatella clones. Most dresses are heavy covered with studs but the effect is not punk or aggressive (except for the black dresses) is more an heavy embellish that give an idea of extreme luxe.
As Donatella Versace appeared there was an ovation and she walked down the catwalk with confidence among the claps.
Omg she has the tiniest waist!...just saying.

Another much awaited show (more crowded than a rock concert!) was Blumarine. The collection is all about flashy,saturated colors and 80s kitsch.  Plastic flowers have the leading role, they cover shoes and entire dresses. Orange, pink,yellow and white are dazzling. The concept of sensuality and its symbols are taken to the extreme: flowers are big and cover most shoes and dresses, lips are used as a pattern, colors are bold and dresses are tight. The 80s are quoted often: there are funny leg warmers, mini motorcycle jackets, neon colors and mini pouches attached to belts! It a colored,funny, excessive collection, I mean, there are furs for summer!
The details I liked more were the rafia trimming onto the skirts and the rafia bags, they really make me think of summer. The plastic flowers are funny too (and so diyable) and I liked them more onto the dresses that on shoes and I definitely wouldn't mind a small jackets covered with flowers.

This is a view of the set of Gabriele Colangelo show. Colangelo is one of the young designer who showed his collection during Milano fashion week. His collection is wearable and artistic at the same time. His dresses look like walking paintings. The inspiration is the sunset at the sea and its colors: white, pink,blue,yellow.
What I like of Colangelo design is that the focus is on new fabrics and materials more than on shapes. This time fabrics are translucent, rarefied or printed, they really look like water.