Many men wish they could look like someone else. There’s who prefers Steve McQueen, or Marcello Mastroianni; who dreams to be Jude Law, or Colin Firth. They are male audience’s favourite actors, so I gather that their classic style is the successful one. It’s not a coincidence that styling’s simplicity and shapes’ linearity are the common denominators of avant-garde designers’ collections, except for rare cases. Advertising campaigns and “strong” window fittings are ideas’ displays that strenghten the image’s media power but, in those same shops that propose that creative level destined for selected connoisseur, there are suits dedicated to timeless demand. Choose your attire paying special attention on modernity (“classic” is not sinonimo of antique, but you can’t keep on wearing the long jacket if now it has shortened), and, above all, try to be nothing else that yourselves. Marcello Mastroianni in 1979 on the set of “La città delle donne”, shot by Tazio Secchiaroli.

CORNELIANI

Dalle tonalità dei beige fino al grigio ferro. Rigorosamente semplice nelle zone classiche e sperimentale nel casual/sportivo.

ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA

Pilati dimostra di sentirsi a suo agio in un ambito di tradizione formale che gli ha permesso di sviluppare un’essenza raffinatissima, disinvoltamente lussuosa e ricercata. Il nuovo classico è questo.

ANDREA POMPILIO

Principalmente puntata sull’appeal di un “street-fashion-style”.

COSTUME NATIONAL HOMME

Devota al suo pubblico: fashion rock.

DOLCE & GABBANA

I disegni delle stampe rimandano all’arte classica e si mescolano con naturalezza a pezzi d’abbigliamento formale. Un salto in avanti sul taglio degli abiti: più moderno e sartoriale che mai.

ANDREA INCONTRI

Una sintesi delle passioni maschili: il viaggio, l’avventura, il blu. E la moda. Bella e accattivante la  scelta delle stoffe.

JIL SANDER

Il primo impatto è complesso: chi è affezionato alla moda dei suoi esordi resta deluso. Ma la perfezione dei tagli e la ricerca sulle forme e sui tessuti, fanno della Sander una delle più straordinarie designer dei nostri tempi.

LES HOMMES

Grande “pulizia” e sintesi nello styling, che hanno messo in evidenza la bravura dei designer anche sugli abiti e sui capospalla.

JOHN VARVATOS

Un uomo che ricorda l’animo maudit  à la Gainsbourg.

NEIL BARRETT

Alla perenne ricerca del punto d’incontro tra moda e sperimentazione.

VERSACE

Dimostra di saper trattare il classico con elementi moda molto precisi. Le pennellate di colore sui capi, che siano giacche o felpe, “spezzano” in maniera sorprendente la tradizione delle fantasie geometriche.

Choosing what to wear on a mountain summer holiday can be more complex than you think. The habitués know what to do, but random tourists never know how to pack.”Is it going to be cold in the evening? And what if it’s not going to be sunny during the day? What shall I wear?”. A simple advice for those less accustomed: when in doubt bring more options, expecting to layer your clothing.
This year two historical brands, Lacoste and Colmar are 80 and 90 years old, respectively, so why not to celebrate the anniversaries by opting for a remarkable wardrobe? Traditional formal, practical elegance: you can’t go wrong. If I may, I’d like to suggest a destination: Ortisei in the Dolomites. At the Adler Balance Hotel especially, connected with the “historical” but more recent Adler which has been decorated in modern contemporary designs, you will get to enjoy an amazing outdoor swimming pool and fantastic relaxing Spa treatments. In the picture the Adler Balance Hotel in Ortisei.

Dinner in Versilia.

There are fashion pictures and photos of actors and actresses hanging on the walls just like at Paper Moon in Milan, the Via Bagutta restaurant which since the 70s  has become the meeting place for all fashion insiders. We are in Tuscany, more specifically in Massa, Versilia..totally different atmosphere and habits and a wholesome yet quite special menu, to avoid the obvious. Convitto it’s a refined 50s style restaurant,  recommended twice in the Gambero Rosso’s Guide: not the typical restaurant as they also sell design pieces, clothes and accessories (everything in the restaurant it’s available to buy, from the chandelier to the chairs). The high standard fashion selection includes coats, denim and footwear: it is basically the only “boutique” in the area where’s possible to find Church’s Shanghai shoes, which have been realized in the same shape of those worn by Galeazzo Ciano, when he was Italian Consul in China. On top, the Convitto restaurant in Massa, Versilia.

JIL SANDER

La prima vera stagione di Jil Sander: perfetta armonia tra moda e classico

CORNELIANI

Stoffe bellissime e silouhette morbide.

COSTUME NATIONAL HOMME

Flanella o nappa: grintosa, “ruvida”, e, come sempre, rock.

FRANKIE MORELLO

Nuove stampe di ispirazione architettonica.

DOLCE & GABBANA

Una straordinaria, moderna evoluzione delle origini. Sfarzosa, contemporanea, bellissima.

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