Milan-based designer Alessandro Dell'Acqua has got the market covered when it comes to matriarchal gear amped up with a dose of sex appeal. It's an unlikely combination but one that Dell'Acqua has finely honed at his label No. 21. This season he reprised his famous elderly-home slippers but constructed them in stiff, couture-worthy satin that was tied into a dramatic debutante bow over the foot. The same bow motif was applied to naughtier - and more sprightly - high-heeled mule versions that gave a sassy twist to high-waisted lace pencil skirts worn with crisp poplin shirts. Dell'Acqua's workmanship is always a superb example of why the effort and cost to continue to 'make in Italy' is worth it: his crystal crusted corsages and squiggly floral beading beamed with top quality grandeur, even when they slithered over poor fabrics like army khaki or black and slacker red wool plaids.
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Gucci’s ‘Design Ancora’ reimagines furniture classics in rich redGucci launches new editions of Italian design icons in an alluring deep red, showcased during Milan Design Week 2024
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Loewe’s Jonathan Anderson drafts artists to create 24 extraordinary lamps at Milan Design Week 2024Loewe creative director Jonathan Anderson commissioned international artists and artisans to explore ‘illumination within the house’ with a series of lamps and lighting installations, shown at a group exhibition at Milan Design Week 2024
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What are polynucleotides? Trying the skin injectable made from salmon spermPolynucleotides are the latest in skin injectables, containing DNA derived from the gonads of salmon. Wallpaper* Beauty & Grooming Editor Hannah Tindle tries them to discover exactly how they work
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Milan Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2023: Fendi to PradaFrom Prada’s exploration of archetypal menswear garments to JW Anderson’s much-anticipated debut in the city, the best of Milan Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2023, as it happens
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Milan Fashion Week S/S 2022: ‘Fendace' to FerragamoFashion Week returns to form in the Italian home of style and design. Here is everything you need to know about Milan Fashion Week S/S 2022
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The filmic vision of Paris’ virtual men’s fashion weekTake an in-depth look at the trends of Paris' fashion week for Spring/Summer 2021, where brands turned to the moving image to express their collections virtually
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