Fashion in the Bag – The Gleni Blog

The countdown has started to the beginning of the 78th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, which opens its doors to the Spring/Summer 2011 menswear fashion collections on June the 15th, offering four days of important and interesting events, exhibitions and…lots of fashion shows, of course!

On 10th March, Paris switched off its spot light on one of the most anticipated and controversial fashion events of 2010: the Paris fashion week, which started March 2nd and lasted eight days. Yes, we can define this Paris fashion week as “controversial” because it played out in a climate of polemic and criticism, in part due to the greater length of this event

After the controversy and the high level of stress which surrounded this year’s Milan Fashion Week, the lights have finally gone down on the numerous catwalks which transformed Milan into an elegant and extremely refined fashion capital from February the 24th to March the 2nd.

Although the usual big names and iconic designers were obliged to concentrate the presentation of their collections into just a

Elegance and the desire to be free from any kind of rule or convention: this is the recurrent theme that ran through the recent edition of Milan fashion week, from January the 16th to January the 19th, one of the most anticipated fashion events, which saw the presentation of the new men’s styles and trends [...]

Another year has gone by and Christmas is around the corner once more! Many people are already excited, looking for original Christmas gifts for their friends and relatives, while shop windows and streets are decorated more and more with shining lights and Christmas trees, looking forward to this wonderful time of celebration and joy.
Yes, Christmas [...]

The “supreme elegance” of Roberto Capucci on view in a new exhibition at Bracciano Castle
The wonderful Odescalchi castle of Bracciano near Rome, till December the 13th, is the magnificent setting of a long anticipated event in the art and fashion world: the exhibition in honor of  Roberto Capucci, one of the historic founders of Italian [...]

In our previous article, we focused our attention on the first fashion parades at Villa Torrigiani in Florence, conceived by the Florentine aristocrat Giovan Battista Giorgini. It was in Florence that Italian fashion was officially born, spreading all around the world and becoming established as the undisputed symbol of refinement and elegance. Some years later, [...]

[...] At this point, you might easily assume that fashion was really born in Milan many years ago, that the first fashion designer was an Italian and that our country has always been the undisputed leader of fashion all around the world!!!!

Italy, and in particular Milan has certainly given a valuable contribution to the development of fashion trends and styles in the world, but it can’t take the credit for having given birth to the very first “fashion designer”. [...]

Spend your money wisely this season: invest in quality statement pieces for your wardrobe that you will wear and wear, pieces that define your look but are also classic enough in style to last you for years …