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Nov 20, 2021
In General Discussions
For this collection she commissioned a film inspired by Fellini that showed an Moncler Jacket agitated ballerina descending into disquieting dreams. "It's a beautiful nightmare," she said of the film. No brand achieves the balance of utility and fashion quite like Moncler. Drawing inspiration from couture designs, their structured down jackets with the finest of trimmings often (and understandably) get pigeonholed into the category of a high fashion therefore "Dry Clean Only" garment. Definitely. I mean, it's definitely changed the way that we work and also the way that I think about it. Skate culture in Japan has been steadily on the rise since the early 90s. Imported from the States during the early days of the Ura - Harajuku era - where industry legends such as Hiroshi Fujiwara popularized the sport and combined it with streetwear - skateboarding has made its way into the Japanese mainstream, and has even been acknowledged as an official Olympic discipline for the very first time this year. She explained: "I was in the middle of my complicated and conceptual process of design. First, a warm embrace. There is a jacket [in the collection] that has a kind of twisted monogram, almost like an allover pattern rather than a centralized graphic. The "rid the mid" movement is more of a spiritual quest to be your best and defy the merely average, he said, describing it as "more of a self - reflecting campaign," or "quality control of yourself. There's a new one, too. The imagery needed to feel not just like a portrait, but rather like a moment in time. It's "anchor's away" for Moncler Gamme Bleu Spring 2013 and under Thom Browne's creative direction we imagine any nautical notion is fair game. Fall 2012's ode to Formula One racing, www.monclersoutlets.com complete with puffer - paneled bodysuits and racing stripe accents, made sense for the season taking cues from protective driving gear to keep Gamme Bleu guys warm in the winter months.
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monclersos
Nov 19, 2021
In Training Log
7 MONCLER FRAGMENT HIROSHI FUJIWARA acts as a crossover collaboration, taking the core outerwear foundations that have become Moncler's signature, and tweaking them with Hiroshi's vintage, military, urban, and tech references. The resulting collection is daring: taking bold bases and further elevating them with a functional edge. As expected, outerwear remains the collaborative core, offering up the Japanese designers take on puffer and bomber jackets, with compliments courtesy of updated buffalo check shirts and sweats that reference Aviator, Mod, and Americana styling. A deal for Moncler would give Kering, which is now run by Pinault's son Francois - Henri, a label whose growth has stood out over the past decade, even in a booming luxury sector. As bankers shuck suits, ties and overcoats in favor of more casual attire, its 2,000 puffy down jackets have Moncler Jackets moved beyond the ski slopes of St. Moritz to the conference rooms of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Experimenting with angular additions, Green proposes featherweight zip - up jackets with padded hoods, parkas, and base layers made from a sum of light modules that can be folded, flattened and packed. Each outerwear piece can be separated and condensed into smaller cubes. Meeting the Genius challenge with genius moves, Green uses special zippers, www.monclersoutlets.com clutch for extracting air as they are being closed, and designs a new structure for down panels (adding a a 2.5cm gap in - between every single pillow to be precise) so they act as a hinge so garments can be folded.
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monclersos
Nov 18, 2021
In Training Log
Moncler is an Italian apparel and lifestyle company, most known for its luxury down jackets and sportswear. Moncler was originally a French brand, but was acquired by an Italian entrepreneur in 2003. The brand was subsequently listed in Milan in 2013. A representative for Kering had no comment. Ruffini downplayed the reports, saying in a statement that "he maintains contacts and interacts with investors and other sector participants, including the Kering group, in order to explore strategic potential opportunities to further promote the successful development of Moncler." But at the moment, "there is not any concrete hypothesis under consideration," he said. I bought the company in 2003 and at the beginning, it was really something different but I immediately realised that the culture was already very strong and really interesting. Elements of it had to change, but I wanted to respect the DNA while improving the perception of the brand. From 2005 to 2009, we did a lot of things and the company culture evolved 100 percent. We always respected the roots, always Moncler Jackets respected the DNA. But that phase was totally different to the previous five years. Almost A Perfect Day, Wurm's other contribution, is a trio of photographs wherein models wear current season Moncler 1952 in unconventional ways. Unconventional shapes - including a besandaled egg and Dali - like figure - result. Moncler chairman www.monclersoutlets.com and CEO Remo Ruffini commented: "The world is facing ever more urgent social and environmental challenges. The pandemic is a reminder that we can, we must, always go beyond what we have already achieved if we are to make our future better. To rise to these great challenges, as individuals, as organizations and as companies, we must mobilize extraordinary energies."
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monclersos
Nov 17, 2021
In Training Log
Definitely. I mean, it's definitely changed the way that we work and also the way that I think about it. While we haven't seen too many people outside, there were a few fashionable faces out and about (safely, we hope!). In the French alps, model Ophelie Guillermand posted on top of a snow - covered mountain while skiing in a beaming red Moncler jacket. That each of the collections bears little in common stylistically is a reminder that genius has no single look. Indeed, while the 21st - century image of a genius may wear a white lab Moncler Sale coat (or, perhaps, a black turtleneck and wire - rim glasses), for most of human history, the word's meaning defied such distinctions. The result is a line - up of recognizable Rick Owens tropes: the sleeveless tunic, the elongated sleeve - but expressed in Moncler's featherweight volumes of down. Exploding shapes and tumorous proportions in scarves and cropped bolero jackets contrast elegantly with sleek bonded nylon layers and radiance quilted jackets in a palette of matt black, silver and dust. Because the piece is made of a bunch of different materials, the effect is striking. Black - suited, hair slicked back and under - cut, Matthew Williams stood in his show space considering a series of huge printers that were pulsing back and forth so rapidly staff had placed kettle bells on top of them to prevent toppling. Also braving the frost in New York was model Irina Shayk. Cardi B is making us want to go back and live our best lives in the early 2000s. In essence, MONDOGENIUS created 11 shows in 1 and spotlighted the worlds that birthed each collection. Starting in Shanghai, the show was led www.monclersoutlets.com by 3 Moncler Grenoble, leading into Hiroshi Fujiwara's FRGMT, and DingYun Zhang.
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monclersos
Nov 15, 2021
In Training Log
Ruffini's strategy appears to be working. The boiserie paneling is also black, in crisp contrast with the camel - colored tailoring - effect ceiling, as is the mosaic of smooth black stones used in the Risseu decorative effect. Moncler has taken decades of making great jackets and injected the process with the buzzy energy needed to stay on the top of the game - and they've done it in a way that is sure to satisfy their own fans, as well as Fujiwara's. I didn't want to skip the physical event," he continued. In the stark 1017 Alyx 9SM tunnel, models looked ready to conquer both Berghain and K2 draped themselves on scaffolding. For this collection she commissioned a film inspired by Fellini that showed an agitated ballerina descending into disquieting dreams. Lacquered - finish nylon was used to clad long coats whose down panels were interlinked by Williams - at - Alyx's trademark hardware, and extreme - collar tabard tops were presented in latex to create an impression that mixed the vaguely industrial with the vaguely kinky. While you can browse the many Moncler Sale stalls to explore the diverse variety of wares on offer by day, the alley truly comes to life at night, when the red lanterns of the small standing bars alight and the eateries become crowded with locals and salarymen alike. What may initially be deemed radical or impossible has the potential to become genius. For some unexplained reason, DingYun Zhang www.monclersoutlets.com hasn't bagged a squad number in Moncler's Genius roster for this, his first collaborative collection with the Italian house.
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monclersos
Nov 14, 2021
In Training Log
It still feels like Moncler, but Fujiwara adds a hard - to - pinpoint youthful energy. The live show was hosted through a dedicated microsite, as well as utilising multiple social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, WeChat, Weibo and YouTube. Featuring classic colours, contrasted with bold branding and prints, the Moncler collection is one that is not to be missed. For Rocha that meant amping up the femininity on Moncler's signature utilitarian designs by incorporating floral prints, ruffles, and all manner of embellishments. A futuristic allure that softly shapes the silhouette in a high - tech, performance interpretation with a feminine feel. Boiserie paneling, a key leitmotif which runs through all Moncler boutiques gets its own special treatment; taking this Moncler Jacket signature element to a new level. "So we don't have the crowd and that feeling it gives you. But still, despite all the different elements, what we are doing is very simple. Everyone has a concept, and everyone is making a contribution; sharing their creativity in order to make something new." Pulling this all together www.monclersoutlets.com in a few weeks must have been even more mind - frying than watching it - so piuminos off to the MondoGenius massive. They demand and expect more from brands. Today, we must find new ways to connect and engage, becoming pioneers of new messages. I'm available for hire if you need a PI. The Google translate produces some pretty fucking broken English, but enough to get the gist of what's happening here.
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monclersos
Nov 13, 2021
In Training Log
If you are here, you are viewing the lookbook images for Genius Collection 1: JW Anderson. Ruffini's strategy appears to be working. I worked with a portrait photographer in a small town in Australia before I moved to Melbourne, and then eventually Sydney where I started in fashion photography. Its new flagship at Via Montenapoleone 1 celebrates the brand's close relationship with the city of Milan, as the new Moncler flagship store is located at the heart of the city's fashion epicenter. Ruffini's strategy appears to be working. And besides expanding its customer base, one of Moncler Genius's brightest ideas might be its influence on the designers themselves, whether Moncler Outlet that means helping them execute new ideas, develop highly advanced product, or simply see the inner workings of a massively successful luxury brand. "What I find really impressive about Moncler," Green says, "is that they're a brand that has huge commercial success and heritage, but they are still taking risks. Other luxury goods companies have either scrapped or cut their dividend payments. Prada said earlier on Wednesday it would no longer pay a www.monclersoutlets.com dividend on 2019 results, as did Tod's last month. The Bady jacket is the transformation of sporty aesthetic features intertwined with creative freedom and a sensual attitude. A futuristic allure that softly shapes the silhouette in a high - tech, performance interpretation with a feminine feel. In this women's edition of the 1952 line, Leoni mustered a uniform for what she imagined as: "an army of women fighting to go back to a lost paradise, a radical nature where everything could happen again with spontaneity, and beauty and freedom can be the principle of life." Tubular padded bags and soft - passed bangles in a snakeskin finish hinted at the serpentine and paradise lost, and the red sand - scape through which the models walked was aridly purgatorial.
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monclersos
Nov 12, 2021
In Training Log
Moncler's 1952 origins in Monestier - de - Clermont, Grenoble, were reflected in the geographically specific print on an opening parka, as well as the GPS coordinates on some of the garments. Shod in '70s - style sneakers, the collection descended to sea - level - Life's a Beach-bright florals, abstracted leis of nylon blossom - through a brand - essential basecamp of mid - weight down jackets with nehru collars in pungently powerful colorways. The collection was beautiful too, but no nightmare. Rocha heaped skirts Moncler Sale of tulle under voluminous nylon outer layers studded with flower beads and pins, adding tulle or nylon bibs and hoods set into the body of the garments. Jet - lag aside, the toughest thing about spending a few weeks in the southern hemisphere is coming back to realize that winter, with its frosty bite, invariably awaits in New York. It's not that I can't handle the cold - four consecutive Scottish winters proved I can. But it's also important to make people think, or push it forward in some way." Moncler asks its customers to do both, he said. As of September 30, 2020, Moncler's mono - brand store network consisted of 217 directly operated stores (DOS), an increase of eight units compared to December 31, 2019 and 63 wholesale shop - in - shops (SiS), a decrease of one unit compared to December 31, 2019. With no physical presentation possible, he had to consider how to deliver the message of the collection through photography rather than an arrangement of space. The result is striking: two fantastic images of his www.monclersoutlets.com new, rune - like symbol for the brand, which was transformed into two rafts and then shot from above.
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monclersos
Nov 09, 2021
In Training Log
"There's knit, and webbing, and lining, and all the top - stitching. It all takes on a different tone, each material," he says. Also braving the frost in New York was model Irina www.monclersoutlets.com Shayk. Zip - up windbreakers and jackets come in lightweight cotton and nylons. Uniform jackets are cut in sturdy cotton and paired with chinos. Looking at these pieces before, it had been tempting to extrapolate from them a shift from the urban - technicality of early Alyx to a couture - ish inspiration seeded by his move from Milan to Paris last year in order to take on the Givenchy gig - but Williams reckoned this was not in his mental foreground while shaping this collection. On Osea Island, on the River Blackwater in Essex. It's amazing. Weirdly also, it was interesting that we shot there because the road that leads to the island gets covered by the tide twice a day, so you have very specific times that you can access and exit the island. Some came with shirred ruffles at the bosom and were teamed with tulle opera gloves whose fingers dripped with more beading. In white they Moncler Outlet looked like military snow capes hybridized with tutus, and in black they bore all of the mystery of Rocha's mainline looks with a more utilitarian air. There was a future - facing red riding hood look, semi - transparent, that seemed particularly strong: "I'm just always trying to bring some femininity to the technicality of Moncler," said Rocha. Our voices are unique. They are the inimitable representations of what is true to each of us, and our purest form of self - expression. "It was actually a request from the Moncler store staff: they were asking for more waterproof boots," he says.
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monclersos
Nov 08, 2021
In General Discussions
2020 ended on a high note for corporate activity. Tiffany's shareholders approved the LVMH takeover and, with all regulatory approvals secured, the deal is expected to close in early 2021. Moncler announced its first - ever acquisition agreeing to buy Italian outerwear brand Stone Island for 1.2 billion. One that led the designer, his 'Hun' Michele Lamy and Moncler on a wild and introspective road trip back to his home town of L.A. "The assignment I gave myself was simple and authentic," says Owens, "what would I personally wear on a road trip in an aesthetically focused self - contained moving spaceship I was trying to strike a balance Moncler Jacket between strictly functional and flamboyantly deranged." In order to create this exceptionally nuanced wardrobe, he stripped everything back to basics. That meant returning Moncler to its DNA of the duvet, and using that as his primary tool for the collection. Teezo's manifestation of nail - driven success appears coming to fruition. He had a feature on Tyler, The Creator's Call Me If You Get Lost, and will join the rapper on tour in early 2022. And on Saturday, he performed at an intimate show for Matthew Williams's latest collaboration with Moncler, as a part of the Italian luxury line's ongoing Genius partnership with his brand 1017 www.monclersoutlets.com Alyx 9SM. "There's knit, and webbing, and lining, and all the top - stitching. It all takes on a different tone, each material," he says. Also braving the frost in New York was model Irina Shayk. There are no rules in fashion photography, you can experiment. My inspiration comes from art, architecture and fashion. We wanted to depict the visual representation of 'the zone', a place that your mind escapes to when you perform and also when you watch a performance.
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monclersos
Nov 07, 2021
In Training Log
As part of the brand's Genius initiative Green was given free reign to develop a puffer - friendly capsule for the Italian brand. The pairing was, for all parties, intuitive: "The idea of protection and functionality are at the heart of what I think Moncler is, whilst also being something that I have always explored in my own work," Green tells GQ. But we mustn't forget that while the jacket does now "live in the city" it was actually "born in the mountains". This iconic piece was (and still is) the top choice of world - renowned athletes and explorers and can withstand the harshest of elements. The Fulmarus is the down jacket for women rich in traditional references and performance details. This Moncler Sale style is crafted in Moncler's classic nylon laque with allover down filled chevron quilting that has a slimming effect and accentuates the silhouette. Moncler announced its first - ever acquisition agreeing to buy Italian outerwear brand Stone Island for 1.2 billion. Shang Xia, founded in 2010 by Hermes in partnership with Chinese entrepreneur Jiang Qiong Er, received 80 million in investment from Exor, the holding company of Italy's Agnelli family. So why does Green think the Moncler project works so well What's kept him coming back for more (six times) "As a designer, I always think it's equally important to have an accessible reality to what you're doing, or a version that can be accessed. But it's also important to make people think, or push it forward in some way." Moncler asks its customers to do both, he said.
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monclersos
Nov 06, 2021
In General Discussions
Between the Moncler show and his tour with Tyler, Teezo said he feels things taking off. "I can definitely tell this slippery slope with just how fast my career is going," he said. "I just always have to stop, smell the roses, and be very, very present even in the smallest detail. The word "uniform" has some Moncler Sale boring connotations - until used in reference to the creative eyes of Hideaki Yoshihara and Yukiko Ode. Both have a knack for product innovation and a shared fluency in hype, and at the unveiling they explored just how far the horizon of tech - y sportswear extends. After finishing the central exhibit, I moved on to Spazio Maiocchi, one of the city's hotspots for fashion and design. Right there was The Dune, an installation that included a mountain of red earth inspired by the torrid desert vistas of Santa Fe. Entering the installation, one found helmets, Texan boots, blankets, magazines - all a paraphernalia of authentic vintage pieces found and chosen in collaboration with Mask, a Santa Fe vintage shop, while, on the wall, there was a mix of Moncler garments hung together with vintage and collectible pieces. The idea for the format came from Palm Angels designer Francesco Ragazzi, as a tribute to American fashion and history, of which he is a lover and great enthusiast. I found the whole thing so enjoyable that I bought two garments, respectively from the '60s and '70s, to add to my personal collection. Commenting on the first quarter results, Remo Ruffini, Moncler's chairman and chief executive officer, said in a release: "We finalised the acquisition of Stone Island on 31 March. Now, we are working together on bold plans to develop the group, all with a clear goal in mind: to enhance our brands' identities, honour their uniqueness and, at the same time, build a solid framework to support their evolution and future development.
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