Jeremy Scott ha scelto Londra per debuttare il menswear Moschino. Alcuni pezzi sono indovinati, altri meno; l’impressione generale è che il designer possa fare di meglio, come del resto ha dimostrato con talento e intuito nella collezione donna che, rispetto a questa, era più omogenea nella sua stravaganza e nella sua freschezza. Trasportare l’ironia e la vitalità di Moschino nell’uomo è più complicato. E il casting non è stato d’aiuto, anzi.

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Tecnologic accessories are being involved and actually used to create different forms of art, from filmmaking to fashion. Everyone remembers some scenes from 2001 Space Oddysseyand also the more recent Rick Gentry’s artworks which have been realized with floppy discs. There are many different cases of digital contamination even in fashion, (one among many the electronic circuit inspired prints by Christopher Kane). It’s even more surprising when a brand founded in 1837, it’s experimenting with this kind of creativity on the most traditional of man accessories: the tie. 8 Ties is a project the maison Hermes has commissioned to the french artist with mexican roots Miguel Chevalier, which uses computers as his main media of expression, (exhibition till october 27, Palazzo Morando, Milan).The installation, (at the bottom) has been realized so that each one of the patterns created by the artist becomes animated by the viewer’s movements, creating a special soundtrack. A second artwork, shows the patterns in addition to the french philosopher Christine Buci-Glucksmann’s words. The harmony in the classicism of Chevalier’s patterns, it’s incredible. It makes us see how pois and lines are really coming from a usb key and electric cables.