Menswear S/S 2011 - Part 2: Milan fashion week

I have really too little time to blog these days, because I'm going on a 15 day trip to London in July and now I have already to organize, renew my documents, deposit money on my prepaid card, buy things I need and much more stuff like that... Anyhow, I don't wanna bore you with my problems, I just want you to know that I'll try to do my best, but, at least this week, I can't be very "active" on my blog.
Having said that, let's move on menswear again. The fashion shows and parties marathon at Milan fashion week has just gone and now the attention is completely heading for Paris. I followed the past fashion shows religiously via Internet, watching some of them live in streaming or reading The Fashionisto all the time to keep up on the others.
I chose my favourite looks from the catwalks, so here are the highlights:

Foulards for (in order) Giorgio Armani, Iceberg and Salvatore Ferragamo

Vertical stripes at Dolce & Gabbana, Iceberg (with polka dots) and Salvatore Ferragamo

Prints from Giorgio Armani, Alexander McQueen (designed by Sarah Burton), and Versace

The new jeggings by Versace (which presented a very bad boy on the catwalks), Emporio Armani, Burberry Prorsum and Frankie Morello

Short tops at Calvin Klein and Frankie Morello

Fluo colors like Jil Sander for Dsquared² and Giorgio Armani (the last one)

Dark atmosphere at Burberry Prorsum, Emporio Armani (with clear recalls to the collaboration with Lady Gaga for Alejandro) and Versace

I also loved the traditional Sicilian caps (coppolas) shown by Dolce & Gabbana

And finally the Prada collection, which has been so controversial that I couldn't compare it with any others.

And that's all. What do you think?

Menswear S/S 2011 - Part 1: Pitti Uomo 2010

I must admit, before this year's Pitti Uomo and Milan Fashion Week, I wasn't that interested in men's fashion. But there is always a first time, so I left my biases and I plunged into menswear world.

One of the first shows at Pitti was Haider Ackermann's. How would I define it in a single word? Regal! I would hardly imagine a man could dress in that costumey way, but after all the collection just enchanted me as well as many other fashion passionated people. Finally the icing on the cake was the location where the show took place: the amazing Palazzo Corsini in Florence.

The collection is definitely a triumph of patchworks and dreapes, which reminds me of royal ethnic style. Enjoy it:

I guess you've never seen as many shocking colors as in Jil Sander Spring 2011 menswear collection. It almost seems like a Andy Warhol's picture and that's just why I truly love it!

I just can't take my eyes off of it! Well done, Raf Simons!