I'm preparing hair and makeup for a full day in TV. Meanwhile you can order the pizza, pop the popcorn, open the bottles: it's fili showtime! Starting at 11.40am with That's Italia going fashion, Romeo Gigli is visiting the loft and I'm off to Milan fashion week. I'll let you have lunch before hitting Rai2 with the special on fashionweek "La moda che verrà": shows, backstage, models, photographers, fashion victims...
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Still have some good ones to tell you from Milan fashion week. One evening I was invited to see the new collection of Bianchetti, the highend part of the succeful brand Siviglia. I was very impressed by the garments. Great innovative cuts, lovely warm colors, just the right lenghts on the dresses, leather pieces aswell and warm and flattering jackets and coats. Some long dresses to top it off too! I've already flagged my favourites for next fall! kiss.fili ...
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Fashion week is making me forget everything else, or almost. Our show, That's Italia was on air this morning...
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Fashion is always (at least) 6 months ahead. We're still dressing for the current winter while the new F/W collections are being showed on the runways in the fashion capitals. When I worked as a model this meant shooting winterstuff in the boiling summer heat and summerstuff, when the client didn't have a budget to fly somewhere hot, on a freezing beach somewhere in Europe. The model had to stand it and shut up. Once in Arizona, all bundled up in wool winter stuff, with a fresh 40 degrees C (!) I fainted. They threw some water in my face, had me rest for 5 minutes and then I was on it again...
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