Given that Kean Etro has the restless spirit of a natural nomad, it was a surprise to hear it was eight years since he was last in London. Nowadays, Kean prefers to spend his spare time in Mexico with his wife, Constanza, so it was family patriarch Gimmo who attended to the 18-month renovation that [...]

Resort shows brought a tropical breeze, and editors went bananas for Hawaiian prints. But lately, street-style stars have been stepping out in a different motif: paisley. The retro seventies pattern has long been synonymous with names like Etro, but Oscar de la Renta (Fall ‘11), Carven’s Guillaume Henry (Fall ‘11), and Chloë Sevigny for O.C. [...]

Noticed at the Italian menswear shows: a curious incidence of brilliant orange, from fiery ochres (at Prada) to more golden tones (woven into embroidered pants at Haider Ackermann and used for supple leathers at Etro).Clockwise from top left: Prada, Prada, Z Zegna, Haider Ackermann, Jil Sander, Etro.

Photos: Marcio Madeira / FirstView.com (Prada, Etro, Z Zegna); [...]

Jennifer Lopez played Queen for the weekend—hubby Marc Anthony was named King of New York’s Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday. The regal bearing hasn’t worn off yet. J. Lo looked positively royal last night at the Apollo Theater’s Spring Benefit, where, along with Anthony, she picked up the Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis Arts [...]

Call it a sign of the times. With the old world order seemingly hanging by a thread, designers kept things together by lacing and tying and weaving outfits all over the Spring runways. At Celine, Etro, and D&G, the approach was fairly straightforward, with looks lashed shut safari-style. Things got more interesting at Gareth Pugh, [...]

Is it just us, or have recent red carpets been a sea of banded body-con frocks, strong-shouldered sequin minidresses, and other paparazzi-provoking looks? While we’re not immune to the appeal of a little (or even a lotta) va-va-voom, we have to applaud Amber Valletta for striking a blow for originality with this Etro wrap gown. [...]

Recycling was the word that bounced out from Etro’s preshow blurb Saturday, so we went backstage to find out more. “I looked through the Etro archives and collected all the leftover scraps,” Veronica Etro
explained. “And I dreamed up new ways of stitching them together. I was even able to create imitation feathers, which is a [...]

Etro does not begin and end with paisley. Watching the collection come down the runway is like opening a book full of well-researched chapters on anthroplogy and art. This catwalk mix of artistic and cultural influences, both contemporary and ancient, is not accidental—the Etro family has been collecting art and artifacts for years. “My father [...]