FORTE DEI MARMI : HOW TO EMBRACE ITALIAN STYLE
FORTE DEI MARMI : HOW TO EMBRACE ITALIAN STYLE
ere’s been a crisis at the heart of Italian masculinity of late; to the flouncy, frilly, foppish man-boy that Italian fashion has offered on the catwalks in recent years and continued in some pockets of Milan men's fashion week this week. It’s hard to imagine a Francis Ford Coppola mafia boss donning a plush silk Gucci robe or a petal-fine Prada poet blouses.
But, as an antidote to these flyaway haired princelings, this season there were also plenty of examples of sprezzatura - aka the distinctly Italian emphasis on looking considered and together, but effortlessly laid back. Being polished but undone, easy but never sloppy, is a tricky knack to finesse - much like the Italian ability to conjure up a perfect espresso.
Via Telegraph.co.uk