SHOP: Net-a-Porter, Tod's
Despite rising unemployment, a deeply fragile banking system, and widespread corruption in all its branches of government, Milan Fashion Week aims to prove that if Italy can do one thing right these days, it's that it can always dress to the fucking nines.
I actually thought Tod's was a British label because it's, well, a British name. So I was super happy to see their latest collections and realize, nope, they're definitely Italian. They've taken the best elements of European fashion during the 70's — the colours, the fabrics, and the confidence — but with a spaghetti western theme and that rocking slim fit of the 2010's.
Maybe they have learned a thing or two from austerity after all.