Milan Fashion Week

In an era of little sensory contact, Italian designers at Milan Fashion Week double down on tactile pleasure

Can fashion be a form of self-care?

With COVID-19 transforming fashion, Milan designers swap extravagance for slow, sustainable clothing

While the bustle of live shows with the parade of itinerant fashionistas decamping from New York to London, Milan and finally Paris was missed, designers also were stimulated by the slower pace of the pandemic-era fashion cycle.

Milan Fashion Week: Borsalino presents collection inspired from the British Arts and Crafts movement

The company, which relaunched three years ago, was in the process of scaling up production from 150,000 hats a year to a goal of half a million when the pandemic hit.

Milan Fashion Week: Five designers of African origin open event with their runway debuts

The designers, dubbed “the Fab Five", are the first crop of creators nurtured through a collaboration between the National Chamber of Italian Fashion and the Black Lives Matter in Italian Fashion movement.

Milan Fashion Week: Armani hosts a virtual runaway show, Ferragamo premieres short film

Giorgio Armani's videotaped runway show ended with a close-up of a model looking steadily into the camera, instead of the usual view of Armani taking a bow from the stage door.

Reviving the Azarband: How a group of women are rallying to save Punjab's forgotten craft of woven drawstrings

The art of making 'azarband', or elaborately woven nalas or drawstrings, was slowly fading out, until recently. A group of dedicated women are trying to revive the lost craft, which used to be an integral part of every Punjabi household in the past, with Project Nala Wali.

Milan Fashion Week: Zegna, Ferretti's present menswear Spring-Summer 2019 collection

Alberta Ferretti and Ermenegildo Zegna collections featured in the Milan Fashion Week on Friday

Milan Fashion Week highlights: Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Nakashima bring vivid colours to the runway

The runways of the Milan Fashion Week Spring 2018 were dominated by satin and snakeskin, with many brands also using elements of sportswear in their collections.

Giorgio Armani criticises Gucci's 'overboard' Milan Fashion Week collection: 'I have never wanted to trick consumers'

Giorgio Armani condemned Gucci's collection that saw models walking the runway holding realistic-looking dragons and replicas of their own heads.

Milan Fashion Week: Dolce & Gabbana's menswear targets millennials, social-media generation

At the Milan Fashion Week, Dolce & Gabbana's show, King's Angels, featured sharp tailored suits embellished with patterned lapels and gold embroidery.