Fashion We Like

Miami Art Basel Report for Vogue Greece.

A fashion project for charity

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Twin brothers Dean & Dan are inarguably one of the fashion industry’s hottest names. We’ve spent, exclusively, a whole day with them and they showed us their favorite hot spots in the Italian capital city of design.

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Four designers share their hot spots in Milan for Vogue Greece.

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I chose to live in Milan as it made my life easier. I used to spend 5 days a week here and go back to England for the weekend, but after a while it all became a little too much. The nicest thing about Milan is that nobody knows you. Most of the time I can hang out and chill, without being recognized, which is ideal. Of course, going to a club or a trendy bar or restaurant is a different matter. People recognize you, talk about you as if you are not there, or think that because they know who you are, you are their friend. Italian friendly can be miss-construed as stalking, and on occasion I have had to be rescued.

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How do you define style?

Style is something you’ve got inside. You can appear elegant and stylish even with a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, because everything comes from your education and how you behave.

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How involved are you in the design process of a collection? Obviously, you have the final word in everything, but up to which level do you roll up your sleeves and get work done?

Many of the items available at our stores were at first conceived to answer the specific needs of a customer (or group thereof), friend, or even our own. Think about the Horsey®, a technical garment especially designed for the Italian riders at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, also approved by the FISE (Italian Federation of Equestrian Sports). Every detail has been considered to satisfy the specific needs of a rider. Or the Icer, originally designed for winter sports and chosen by the Rossignol Racing Team for the 2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup. Barrage was instead expressly designed for the riders of the Italian team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Although such iconic pieces were developed in collaboration with Loro Piana sports teams, or in order to respond to the specific requirements of outdoor sports, their versatility has made them exceptional all-purpose garments for the city, leisure and travel. All Loro Piana products are created on the basis of the search for authentic quality, and translate our values into fabrics and garments that reflect a profound knowledge of the final customer and his/her lifestyle.

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How did growing up in Korea influence your designs?

Growing up in Korea means growing up under the influence of Buddhism, and Confucianism. Self-restraint or moral cultivation is one of the virtues they value the most. Maybe that is the reason why I think beauty is about concealing rather than revealing, and I think of design as a way of harmonizing. The clothes are not to alienate the wearers but to harmonize and balance the wearers with their surroundings.
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Alessandro Sartori

With the famous Italian house celebrating 100 years of existence, the designer of the younger and modern line “Z Zegna,” is as relevant as ever.

You have been working for Zegna on and off for around fifteen years. Isn’t this a little bit unusual for a designer, when the norm seems to be the opposite? As they say, changing jobs in fashion is like a game of musical chairs but with designers…

I have indeed. I think that it’s easy to stay when you work with a brand that you admire and with a family that you also admire. Each season we are doing something new and fresh for the collection. To keep a brand moving and evolving is the greatest of challenges.

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The designer and former creative director at Bally takes a trip back in time…

Which scent takes you back to childhood?

The scent that takes me back to childhood is my mother’s spaghetti and meatballs.  She cooks it forever! Delicious!

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