Tiago Espirito Santo looks at Lisboa’s spring–summer 2012 catwalk, with its fashion week entitled Transfusion. The four days of fashion brought the city to the world PHOTOGRAPHED BY RUI VASCO
Nuno Baltazar
Inspired yet again by Paris, the Ma dame collection is dedicated to the cosmopolitan and
dynamic women of the world. The looks are
eclectic, urban and feminine with a fluid silhouette
and geometrical necklines in a collection that
varies between demi-couture and easy-wear.
Ricardo Preto
A path for a new and geometrized silhouette
was inspired by Claudia Effe’s original patterns.
Ricardo Preto brought us a collection, where
pearlscent and pastel tones are lightened with
fluorescents and broken by primary colours,
reminding us that dressing can be entertaining .
Miguel Vieira
Inspired by the cliffs of Capri, Miguel Vieira showed us structured pieces and tailored cuts in his men’s collection; and hourglass figures and alternating long and short pieces for an elegant look in his women’s collection. The focus goes on the printed and pleated silks, satin and embroidered tulle.
Aleksander Protic
A sentence in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner inspired the whole Aleksandar Protic summer 2012 collection. Cotton, silk, leather and linen were the main fabrics; colours like red, black, white and ivory ruled the runway.
Ricardo Dourado
A collection inspired by street environments where gangs rule with violence and attitude. Ricardo Dourado gave us the crepe wires and dry-touch materials in false white and washed black that combine in unlikely looks.
New York’s flawless fashion, and beyond Lola Saab and Jack Yan look at some of their on-trend favourites from New York’s spring 2012 catwalk as the items hit the stores photographed by Stephen Ciuccoli, Dan Lecca, Frazer Harrison and Mike Coppola
Milano: sophistication
through subtlety
Jazz, Spain and the American west all played their part in inspiring
Milano designers for springsummer 2012, write Katherine Thomson and Ella Garland-Levett photographed by Thomas Salme