Y's Yohji Yamamoto F/W 2014-15... from the Paris showroom
Click here to see IVO MILAN at work at Y's Yohji Yamamoto showroom in Paris. The season sales could be boring, with the pedantic reappearance of garments already seen and maybe perceived, euphemis...
...Things you couldn't even imagine!
Packaging by Maison Issey Miyake for the circular pleated jacket. Issey Miyake 'sculpture’ short and fitted at the waist jacket in triacetate and polyester circular pleated printed with regular sm...
Daniela Gregis Autumn/Winter 2014-2015
It is a lash of autumn icy wind, suddenly taking us away from the tepid wakes of an already gone summer, dazing us with nostalgia, domestic promises and burning fires, with wood scents and longing ...
Here the project presentation video produced by Cà Foscari University. Sorry, we are still waiting for the English subtitles but here you can watch some IVO MILAN ordinary life moments with the Cà...
Assisted by a definitely late autumn, the insistence of our ‘picture coming soon’ starts, day after day, to reduce itself, restraining the embarrassment of who, much to his regret, suffers of the “...
Yohji Yamamoto Autumn/Winter 2014-15
Celtic harsh resonances support the presentation of a simply great Yohji Yamamoto’s Autumn/Winter collection, in an alternation of folk melodies suggesting the thematic references chosen for the co...
Final Home...Life, Survival, Protection!
Sun, rain, hot, cold…It’s really difficult to decide what to wear when the weather is unsettled, maybe we are even far from home and it’s not possible to sheltered from sudden meteorological change...
The placid summer calm of the sunny and semi-desert city alleys during August bank holidays clashes with the rapid pace of IVO MILAN shop... Couriers, boxes delivered, boxes to be opened, pictures ...
Summer time, holiday time, time for yourself...
Summer time, holiday time, time for yourself. Departures time and packing time. For this new tour through our summer suggestions we took inspiration from that pre-departure trepidation, recurrent o...
"No Clothes" - Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2014
The dresses of Comme des Garçons are asymmetric, essential, pure expression of a deconstructionism deeply rooted in the brand identity. In these dresses it is possible to perceive a sort of charm f...
Paamboli?... Daniela Gregis spring/summer 2014
Paamboli, the name of a very simple Spanish dish consisting of bread and tomato, becomes the title of a summer collection which the Italian Elle editor-in-chief pointed out at the beginning of the ...
Spring/Summer 2014 Mix-and-Match
In the middle of spring and with the catalogue almost complete, we can finally give life to some suggestions with the colours and the movements of the real life. Yes, because it is inside the most ...
Issey Miyake: But don't call me a fashion designer!
He just turned seventy-six years old and he spent forty of them doing what he loves the most, the designer. And not a fashion designer but “simply” a designer as Issey Miyake prefers to be defined....
Have you ever thought about communicating through what you wear? Silvia, a very fond client of IVO MILAN, talk about this in a text she sent us after choosing with great determination the dress tha...
The first arrivals (Comme des Garçons, Junya Watanabe, Vivienne Westwood, Yohji Yamamoto, for example) for the next spring/summer season are starting to appear in store, in anticipation of a se...
Events, tips and... Heart Box!
Before we give you our usual wishes for the upcoming holiday season, here is a look at the latest happening in the store, the exhibition by Laura Stefani, Eva Franceschini and Alessandro Zaffagnini...
Future Beauty: Avant-Garde Japanese Fashion
Are you planning a trip to the U.S. soon, or perhaps you are already in the vicinity of Salem, Massachusetts? If so, then don't miss the opportunity to visit the Peabody Essex Museum exhibition goi...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE...Reportage!
This obvious borrowing from Apple's famous 1997 ad campaign Think Different is meant to introduce an event which, for the first time in Italy, will bringing together the works of two Finnish desig...
This week we would like to be your guide to the store as if it were another stop on a sight-seeing trip through the charming streets of the historic centre of Padua. As you admire the last remainin...
Fall/Winter 2013-'14...proposals!
A week after the Milan Fashion Week and the Paris Fashion Week, we are finally back with an appointment with our tutor Sari and her brand new combinations working beyond the catalogue. Some supp...
Paris Fashion Week, S/S 2014, part one!
Paris Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2014 ended a few days ago and, though a lot has already been talked about in various online magazines, we can't help but share our enthusiasm and our experienc...
Paris Fashion Week, S/S 2014, part two!
Sari and Orlando Milan, among the people for the Vivienne Westwood fashion show...September, 28th, Rue du 4 September, Le Centorial ...and then, showrooms! To the Trippen...landscape shoes! ...
"The infinity of tailoring" are the laconic words Rei Kawakubo used to close the Comme des Garçons Autumn/Winter 2013-2014 fashion show. The expression is well suited to being used as a pithy title...
What’s in fashion this year?...still asking these questions?
After many years working in stores, it still happens that someone stops by with a bewildered expression and asks the same fateful question: So, what's in style this year? A professional, objective ...
Behind the scenes: first autumn/winter 2013-'14 arrivals
The relentless heat we are currently experiencing is not slowing down our preparations for the upcoming fall season. As the courier services continue to bring us deliveries, opening the boxes to f...
But we could also say “young prospects!” to introduce that curious collaboration between the proactive enthusiasm of a group of twenty-year-olds, lovers of photography, music, art and the long IVO ...
As many of you know, IVO MILAN of Padua had the honour of hosting the first exhibition by the Friulian designer Lucia Venturini from 5 to 18 June this year. It was an exciting experience, not jus...
By taking the opportunity to look beyond the offerings of the online catalogue we indeed find not so well-known combinations of clothing with unfamiliar names and limited shop distribution that hav...
From virtual to real, part II: the storefront...
The aesthetic dimension of the showcase... We have spent many years arranging our shop window as the natural showcase for the collections that change from season to season inside the store. It is ...
From virtual to real, part I: Elio Armano sculptor...
Flowers and Terracotta... Cultural encounters and events allow us to remember that IVO MILAN is more than just an online catalogue available anywhere in the world and that it is first and foremost ...
The first impression one gets from Rei Kawakubo's summer collection is that it is suited for the Tin Man from Frank L. Baum’s famous book, The Wizard of Oz. This impression is highlighted by eccent...
During an interview given shortly before the Spring/Summer 2013 fashion show, Yohji Yamamoto said that he was not in the least interested in producing recognizable clothing styles bearing his name ...
Issey Miyake...Spring-Summer 2013!
"[W]e find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates". Junichiro Tanizaki - In Praise of Shadows It is no co...
F/W 2013-2014 Previews: Daniela Gregis!
From Milan, our simple and personal reportage about Fall-Winter 2013-2014 Daniela Gregis collection...good show!!! and then...the skilled workers!
Mentaelimone (Mintandlemon) - written as one word - is the name of the Spring/Summer 2013 collection by Daniela Gregis. It calls attention to the goods that the earth has to offer and provides a c...
F/W 2013-2014 previews...from Paris Fashion Week!
The incredibly hectic days of the fashion week in Milan and Paris have come to an end. So, there is no better time than now to share our wanderings with you: catwalks, showrooms, people, encounter...
No-one can say with certainty that winter is over, but the upcoming spring-summer is really taking the lead in store. It’s probably true that we aren’t able to observe the absolute sense of timing ...
Bubble wrap...Issey Miyake style!
The online catalogue is just about to be updated with the new Spring-Summer collections now in the shop. But while awaiting milder temperatures, let's go on a trip to find out more about one of thi...
Winter sales and garments with a story to tell!
The idea of focusing so much attention on a single piece of clothing stems from the slightly didactic need to show off its quality and detail that are impossible to capture when skimming the pages ...
Winter sales...and brand-new outfits!
Dressing on the sale doesn’t mean having to make do with clothes that are uninteresting or even mediocre. When there is an extensive choice, only a cursory glance, and items characterised by a cert...
...Waiting for the year to come!
After a year of shots, recommendations and sharing of timeless clothes...our wishes for what's to come? ...that 2013 can turn feelings, spirits and strain into profitable occasions for making life ...
THE REDEMPTION OF THE OUTCAST...previews!
The IVO MILAN shop in Padua is currently presenting an exhibition entitled: REDEEMING VALUE The exhibition will be on display until Wednesday, December 13, 2012. A space has been set up for the ex...
Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto, books!
After the recent volume by Taschen on the Pleats Please by Issey Miyake, the most important European publishing house specialised in art, architecture and design is about to publish two monographs ...