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Preview the Upcoming Marni and H&M Collaboration

fashionologie — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:14:18 PST

>> H&M already has its next designer collaboration lined up: Marni. The collection, which encompasses womenswear, menswear, jewelry, shoes, bags, and scarves, hits 260 H&M stores worldwide and online on March 8, 2012.

Look forward to tribal prints mixed with colorful Bauhaus graphics: "I wanted to create a true Marni wardrobe by revisiting all our favorite pieces in signature fabrics and prints," explains Consuelo Castiglioni. "As always, I love juxtaposing prints and colors, mixing modern tribal with Bauhaus graphic adding sporty utilitarian elements."

According to the collection's press release: "For women, the colors are vivid and the prints are bold, be they African inspired or simpler color blocks. The silhouettes are all Marni staples, with full pleated skirts, dresses, cropped trousers and jacquard knit, and fabrics range from silk to crisp cotton poplin. For men, the colors and fabrics are softened for a relaxed take on menswear staples that is truly Marni. The use of print is subtle, often as a lining or as a contrast detail for shirts, the silhouette a modern and relaxed take on masculine classics."
A further peek at the collection in the video below.

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Marni Fall 2011

fashionologie — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:05:29 PST

Source: Catwalking

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Consuelo Castiglioni Creates a "Witty, Easy, and Oversized" Collection for Marni Pre-Fall

Chi Diem Chau — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:48:10 PST

>> Marni never fails to bring home the eclectic splendor, and its Pre-Fall collection only solidifies Consuelo Castiglioni's creative edge. Castiglioni describes the collection as "witty, easy, oversized - a complete wardrobe for a total individual." Take a look at the complete mix, featuring bold striped knits, silk sweatshirts, abstract floral print dresses, and quilted skirts, in the slideshow.

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Consuelo Castiglioni Gives Ladies Who Lunch a Little Slouch for Marni Cruise 2010

fashionologie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:07:06 PDT

>> Consuelo Castiglioni's husband (and Marni CEO) Gianni Castiglioni showed off the first peek of his newest acquisition via Vionnet's Cruise 2010 collection yesterday, and today it's all about Consuelo's ladies who lunch-inspired Marni Cruise 2010 collection. Styled with loafers and clashing mannish dark socks, the goods are less about frills and more about her quirky cuts, crazy patterns, bug-eyed glasses, and a few contrast button-downs similar to those at Prada.

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Marni's Mixmaster Does It Again for Fall 2009

fashionologie — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:18:08 PST

>> While her husband's got his fingers in the new Vionnet pie, Consuelo Castiglioni worked her hand at Marni, earning rave reviews across the board - reviews that probably weren't hurt by the fact that more than one fashion editor left the brand's outlet in Milan happy. The eternal mixmaster may have turned down the brights from Spring, but there was still plenty to look at - bib necklaces, fur earmuffs and mittens, patterned tights - and let's not forget those standout geometric jacquard dresses, done just right in jeweltone metallics.
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Milan Fashion Week: Marni Spring 2009

coutorture — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:00:00 PST

Milan Fashion Week Marni Spring 2009 Photos Stefania D'Alessandro

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Marni's Magpie

coutorture — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:07:08 PDT

We have always loved Consuelo Castiglioni's Marni more for her signature shapes, tunics, belted sack dresses and cardigans, than for her quirky grandma magpie aesthetic so it is with some disappointment we see her kooky side got the best of the Spring 2009 colection.

Bright neons, crazy mixed prints, cartoonish combinations and enormous accessories are all things we have seen in the past from Marni, but they were colorful additions to the core basics of innovative technical fabrics and subtly over the top silhouettes, they were never the line itself. It was all a little too animated, even a bit too ecclectic and this is coming from an editor wedded to the to the kind of individual dress for yourself aesthetic that has become the Marni way. We are confident we can break down the sheers and the polkda dots into something closer to our preferred Marni. So perhaps this is Consuelo's way of making her customer think a little harder to be a Marni girl.

Vera Marni?

coutorture — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:56:50 PDT

We really hate to compare legitimately unique designers to their peers, preferring to judge each collection on its own merits, but we couldn't help but see a little bit of our beloved Marni in Vera Wang's Spring 2009 collection shown just a few hours ago. Vera has always had a signature aesthetic that borders on the dark and dreamy, one which we find quite compelling by and large.

But with her Spring 2009 collection we felt it had a kind of brooding maturity that we often associate with Consuelo Castiglioni. Vera has often as if she were appealing to the young and Gothic among us even if beneath that darkness it was a very pretty girl with a yen for ballet. But this collection had a kind of studied seriousness that made us do a double take. Dark loose dresses, cardigans, full skirts, boxy proportions and easy styling said this is a woman's wardrobe.

We long to be 40, casually creative (but moneyed) and graying just to have the gravitas to pull off the kind of clothing that says I am relaxed, older, confident and much too stylish to require any frippery but the most intellectual accessories. Marni has always helped us aspire towards that goal and now we feel Vera might be on our list as well.

the run through

philleif — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:32:00 PDT

UPDATE 5/5/08: New additions have been made, with asterisks.

>> The Costume Institute Gala is less than one week away, and Anna's already sending her message: If you want your picture in Vogue's coverage of the event, you need to go bold with the superhero theme. No surprises there, but as for the who, what, wear, here's the list that's rumored so far:

Alberta Ferretti: Diane Kruger, Jennifer Lopez, Ivanka Trump*
Bill Blass: Jourdan Dunn*
Burberry: Lily Donaldson, Rose Huntington-Whiteley
Calvin Klein: Fergie, Eva Mendes, Rachel Bilson, Chace Crawford*
Chanel: Kate Bosworth, Thandie Newton*, Audrey Tautou*, Anna Wintour*
Chris Benz: Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann*
Christian Dior Beaute: Cameron Diaz*
Diane von Furstenberg: Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ellen Barkin*
Dolce & Gabbana: Scarlett Johansson, Iman, David Bowie, Jason Lewis*
Giorgio Armani: Julia Roberts, Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Camilla Belle, Sarah Larson*, David Beckham*, Victoria Beckham*
Givenchy: Christina Ricci
Marc Jacobs: Sofia Coppola, Karen Elson, Rachel Feinstein, and Helena Christensen
Marchesa: Eva Longoria*, Dita Von Teese*
Marni: Amanda Brooks
Michael Kors: Kristin Davis*
Miuccia Prada: Tilda Swinton, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Betts
Missoni: Mischa Barton*
Nina Ricci: Bee Shaffer*
Oscar de la Renta: Iekeliene Stange
Peter Som: Maggie Gyllenhaal*
Phi: Emmy Rossum, Natasha Poly
Philip Crangi: Caroline Trentini
Proenza Schouler: Tory Burch, Jessica Stam
Pucci: Joy Bryant, Anja Rubik, Coco Rocha
Rag & Bone: Sasha Pivovarova
Rodarte: Guinevere van Seenus
RM by Roland Mouret: Rosamund Pike
Stella McCartney: Kate Moss
Thierry Mugler: Naomi Watts*
Vera Wang: Karolina Kurkova
Versace: Molly Sims, Isabeli Fontana, Mario Testino*, Janet Jackson*, Matt Dillon*
Yigal Azrouel: Katie Lee Joel*

Other celebrity attendees: Renee Zellweger, Mary J. Blige, Claire Danes, Mischa Barton, LeBron James; Rumored: Hilary Duff, Zoe Kravitz, Lake Bell, Gisele Bundchen, Tom Brady, Liev Schreiber*, Kimora Lee Simmons*, Djimon Hounsou*, Alexis Bryan*, Andy Roddick*, Brooklyn Decker*, Monica Seles*, Ed Westwick*, Blake Lively*, Zoe Kravitz*, Olivia Thirlby*, Lily Collins*

Other model attendees: Natalia Vodianova, Chanel Iman, Stephanie Seymour, Lauren Hutton, Raquel Zimmerman, Amber Valletta, Carolyn Murphy, Claudia Schiffer*

Other designer attendees: Valentino, Tom Ford, Donatella Versace, Stella McCartney, Consuelo Castiglioni, Christian Louboutin

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