{"id":62584,"date":"2015-10-07T19:49:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T11:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=62584"},"modified":"2016-05-31T10:29:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:29:28","slug":"sophia-loren-graces-armani-front-row-at-milan-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/07\/sophia-loren-graces-armani-front-row-at-milan-fashion-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophia Loren graces Armani front row at Milan Fashion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sofia Loren (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MILAN \u2013 Giorgio Armani had the last word at Milan Fashion Week, which wrapped up six days of womenswear previews for next spring and summer on Monday, launching a book that looks back on his life.<\/p>\n

Armani, one of the founders of the Milan ready-to-wear scene, celebrates 40 years of his fashion house this year, and he said he wrote the book because \u201cinside of me there are memories and sensations that I needed to let out.\u201d But the 81-year-old designer said the book was less than an autobiography, which he still intends to write, describing it instead as text accompanying photographs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn autobiography involves people that are close to you and you don\u2019t always feel authorized to expose them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Armani\u2019s long-time friend Sofia Loren sat in the front row both for his runway show and the book presentation. The 81-year-old actress said she planned to take the book on vacation to read. Asked if she expected to find surprises, she replied: \u201cIt\u2019s possible. You never know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vogue international editor Suzy Menkes, who introduced the book, credited Armani with being a revolutionary in the fashion world and praised him for never falling prey to some of fashion\u2019s more vulgar tendencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is probably very hard for a generation much younger than me, who was brought up on stretch fabric and bomber jackets to believe that a comfortable jacket was actually a revolution,\u201d Menkes said.<\/p>\n

She said the principle behind Armani\u2019s creations \u201cwas to make women and men to look good but look free, to feel free, to be energetic.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hefty volume is being published this week by Italian publishing house Rizzoli in both English and Italian.<\/p>\n

Giorgio armani<\/strong><\/p>\n

Giorgio Armani took a fresh direction for his next collection, designing gauzy pants that lightly reveal the body and jackets that wrap the figure.<\/p>\n

The colors were also a departure for Armani, with a calm red the sexy protagonist, setting off accompanying shades of blue, white and silver.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe focus is on the body, revealed by a play on elegant veils,\u201d the designer notes said.<\/p>\n

The technical organza created see-through but structured trousers, shorts and skirts for day and evening that formed the centerpiece of the collection, anchoring elegant looks with open swing jackets with liberating three-quarter sleeves and organza tops. Ribbed organza trousers were sometimes worn under skirts and dresses for a textured effect, while what appears to be a silken mini-dress is actually a jumpsuit that reveals the legs. A wavy big-brimmed made a statement.<\/p>\n

Armani\u2019s nighttime collection received multiple rounds of applause form the fashion crowd, primarily for the jackets elaborately embroidered with beads and crystals paired with Bermuda shorts. To end the show, three models swirled down the runway in black evening dresses to show off a cloud of red organza peeking from the hemline.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to say that this collection here is very fun, very beautiful, different than his usual things. The colors are fantastic,\u201d Loren said.<\/p>\n

Arthur Arbesser<\/strong><\/p>\n

The young woman expresses a sense of ennui as she lounges on a velvet chair, dressed in satiny shorts and polo shirts, shoeless in ankle socks. Live music by British singer Jordan Hunt emphasizes the fragility of the moment.<\/p>\n

The scene is emblematic of that passage from girlhood to womanhood that Austrian-born Arthur Arbesser was working to capture in his debut Milan runway collection. \u201cLolita\u201d is the obvious reference. Live music by British singer Jordan Hunt during the runway show emphasized the fragility of the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is very unaware of her charm of her beauty, of her appeal,\u201d Arbesser said backstage before the show, adding that he focused the collection on elements \u201cthat are fragile very transparent, event things that are very naive.\u201d<\/p>\n

The silhouette of the collection is simple, with familiar scholastic elements like school-girl collars and polo shirts out of materials that offer a sense of comfort, including knitwear and muslin. She wears a crocheted striped mini-dress in infantile lavender and baby blue stripes set off by red. There\u2019s also a full white skirt with a proud-sitting white cat that fades into the background, paired with a transparent mesh polo, which off the runway would be worn with a camisole.<\/p>\n

Arbesser is having quite a coming out during Milan Fashion Week. The 33-year-old Austrian-born designer who spent seven years at Armani made his debut as creative director at the well-established label Iceberg, which is rooted in knitwear, and as well as bringing his eponymous brand to the runway for the first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is very important for me is that they are two different worlds,\u201d Arbesser said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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