Letizia Bellitti

Essential decorativism, an oxymoron that well expresses Fendi’s Pre Fall 2019, the new collection designed by versatile talent Karl Lagerfeld, who has been creative director of the maison for fifty years, working together with Silvia Venturini Fendi

At the beginning it was the chintz, the fine fabric of Indian antique origins, with floral subjects to inspire the entrepreneur Christophe Philippe Oberkampf to creare a similar textile to the exotic one but reviewed with a provencal mood. So in 1750, in a town near Versailles, it was born the iconic Toile de Jouy, a fabric that represented illustrations as landscapes, bucolic elements and chinoiserie in only one color on light background by using copper sheets

Just two years after his beginning, Raf Simons is exiting the creative direction of Calvin Klein. A retirement announced a step to the holiday but it was expected from November when Emanuel Chirico, PVH CEO, the American company that manages the brand, focused on unsuccessful performances of some CK’s labels

In less than a month, men’s fashion will move to Florence, which will host, as usual, Pitti Uomo 95 from 8 to 11 January 2019. An international point of reference for menswear and lifestyle, the Pitti trade show will bring more than a thousand Italian and foreign brands to the Fortezza, covering 60.000 square meters. There also will be new expositive layouts: projects that reflect the contemporary essence of an historic company born in 50’s, that has always promoted fashion and design since the very first catwalks featured at the Sala Bianca of Pitti Palace in the Tuscan town.