On Wednesday 21 September 2011, as London Fashion Week said goodbye to its last collections for menswear spring/summer 2012, Milan Fashion Week also opened.
Amid rife and rumors that Gucci had requested staple models hours before shows started in London, designers spent most of its short-lived fashion week in a chaotic panic.It all started with Marc Jacobs whose design team had lost important time during Hurricane Irene when it hit the East Coast of America.
Having to push his show back made everything drop out of sync, and models were left waiting till the last hour on Friday – when the London shows started – in New York to see whether they were still being cast or not.
Then came a further blow on Friday as major Italian brand Gucci, and creative director Frida Giannini demanded a pre-casting request in Milan. Models were expected to fly out for the casting, then fly back Saturday to meet with Giannini again if they were successful and stay over for fittings the next day, thus creating a mess due to the fact that models were pulled from shows without designers being told, or just not turning up to fittings.
This comes as no surprise though as for years London has been fighting against time schedules with New York and Milan, being squeezed of hours/days each and every season.
This time however it seems that the UK based designers and model agencies have had enough and are threatening to boycott London Fashion Week altogether if the British Fashion Council does not step in and intervene.
However, from London to Milan Gucci did kick off in style yesterday with Giannini’s
The look was 1920s flapper girl met with bellhop attire for day wear that was reminiscent of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Art Deco style lines were used throughout the collection, alongside floaty chiffon dresses and tops, worn with skinny piped black trousers dressed with gold buttons on the ankles.
Drop wait tuxedo-style jackets with smart gold chain’s attaching them were also paired with monochrome trousers and tops worn with statement quiff hair and dramatic dark eyes. Green and orange hues also appeared throughout: one thing is for sure though Gucci’s opulence will continue no matter what the economic downfall may be.
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