14 days ago | By WWD

“Good morning, my name is Matteo and I'm an actor. Mr. Kean Etro would like to invite you to the show by asking me to read you a poem. For you, he has chosen ‘Alda Merini.'”
Several days ago, guests of the Etro show all received a phone call that started along those lines, which enabled the listener to briefly connect with a stranger and distract themselves from whatever daily task they were stressing over. In an industry of fancy invites and impersonal, digital save-the-dates, Etro's invitation was unique as it gave guests something that can't be bought: a memory.
“It was a way to say...
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ERDEM's SS23 Men's Collection Pays Respect to Artist Cedric Morris' Benton End Refuge

14 days ago | By Hypebeast

Following the launch of its first-ever menswear collection in November of last year, London-born fashion label ERDEM has expanded its men's offerings with a dedicated Spring/Summer 2023 range. For this collection, founder and creative director Erdem Moralioglu sought sartorial inspiration inside the world of artist and plantsmen Cedric Morris at Benton End in Suffolk. The location served as the backdrop for the line's lookbook, paying tribute to the creative's refuge, where he painted, gardened and mentored a slew of artists and writers alongside his lifelong partner Arthur Lett-Haines...
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Prada Men's Spring 2023

14 days ago | By WWD

Watching guests file into Prada's runway theater in Milan, it's obvious that fashion-forward men are embracing shorts, finishing them off with a variety of footwear: most often dress shoes and socks, but also futuristic sneakers, and occasionally rubber boots.
Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons are similarly enamored, devoting most of their spring show to very short leather and denim shorts, with bare legs ending in snug ankle boots with cowboy heels, the pointy toe box swooping up toward the ceiling.
Here was a Prada show with a laser focus on leggy looks, topped with Macs in kooky tablecloth...
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