Albino Deuxèmie F/W 11

Pics Eleonora Carisi

"A look at the Northern countries, at the harbors of the Baltic sea, at the ice- breakers that go through the fjords". This is the mood ispiration of the Albino Deuxième F/W 11 collection that i saw during the Milan Fashion Week. Albino Deuxième is inspired by the Scandinavian minimalism with a street- wear attitude with a fresh and energetic image influenced by the dreaming spirit of a young traveler. Straight lines, essential structures and precious fabric recalling the modernist North European buildings, the oversize fit emphasize the confidence of a formal sportwear with a vintage touch. Warm and cold natural colors are accentuated by special dying techniques, washed and treated as to accentuate the softness and the vintage flavor, giving to the collection a taste both urban and sophisticated. Wool mixed with cashmere or mohair are a perfect choice for the slim- fitted sweatshirt by baltic blue colors, or the ottanio blue and rock green. The long to feet and oversize coats are the masterpieces of the collection, reversible, really soft in cachmere; Albino Deuxèmie plays with the shapes and with the possibility to create a multifunctional piece, ready for different situations; in the showroom the collection is completed with jackets with padded waistcoats not in the inside, but in the outside for a really unique and unconventional piece. Touch and test the mohair scissored shirts in strong colors without any structures, with short sleeves, to wear with long sleeves shirts in silk, that Albino shows matched with slim ties suitable for any occasion. Click on Read More to see more pics.

PhonzSaysBlack F/W11. Officine

Pics Eleonora Carisi

The brand Phonz says black leaves the Circus, theme of the SS/11 collection that will be soon in my shop, to go back to work, exactly to the “Officine”, theme of the season FW/11 shown at Pitti Uomo 79. But their factory isn’t like the other ones, the Gang customizes a lot, fixes and changes pieces, gets dirty till night when the “Officina” turns into a meeting place for Bikers and Musicians; just like their last party to display the brand at the Babylon in Florence, where we had fun and danced rock n roll all night long.

Those are the ingredients that since three seasons ago build the heart of the brand, loud music, fast bikes, foulards around the necks of beautiful women and lots of lead in doing not being afraid of getting dirty.
The instruments, the bikes, the screws, the bolts, the monkey wrenches, are the main inspiration for the fantasies of the foulards, leaving the panthers behind (but we still find them on the clothes) to give space to the elements of the factory; for the second time here there is the limited edition foulard customized by the tattoos maker Massimo Gurnari that leaves (sadly) the yellow-eyed panthers and the characters of the circus to draw bolts and skulls to give a more “factory worker” touch.
The mood of the all collection remains a bit “dark”, their classic piece, the blazer, is enriched with leather applications on the elbows, or to cover the all sleeves, the revers customized with silver studs and leopard skin velvet, so rock n roll that I can’t imagine to wait till next winter to wear one of them, ‘cause, for the few ones who doesn’t know it yet, from this summer season there is a women’s line too, more long and skinny.
But this is not the end ‘cause Phonz says black has a new entry for the next winter, giving us a new point of view on the classic trench, with skinnier volumes in one fabric and three different colors to match with the blazer. Now you have just to wait to wear the one that makes you feel more rock n roll . Click on Read More to see more pics.