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Hypebeast
6 days ago
- Business
- Hypebeast
Bally Resort 2026 Is a Timeless Act
Ballyis currently without a creative director, following the departure of designerSimone Bellotti, who switched over toJil Sanderin March. The Swiss label has yet to name a new leader, but in the meantime, the brand's design team is cooking up collections on their own. EnterResort 2026, Bally's first collection in its post-Bellotti era. The line, in the brand's words, 'crafts a dialogue between legacy and innovation with a contemporary expression of elegance.' That translates to a fine bunch of sharp formals, clean coats, smart shirting, and shiny leathers — many of which remix the brand's best hits — for men and women. On a color palette fusing cream, deep navy, black, and warm brown, the collection boasts the sophisticated sensibilities for the office-goer and the jet-setter alike. Standout silhouettes include perforated bomber jackets, posh trench coats, logomanic silk sets, leather shorts, and cute knit sweaters featuring illustrations of squirrels. Bally's Beckett and East Tote bags return in new buttery textiles, while archival sneaker models, like the Competition model (first introduced in 1983), make a comeback for the contemporary. Overall, this collection is a nod to Bally's rich archives, a reminder of the House's timeless codes in anticipation of its next era. See Bally's Resort 2026 collection in the gallery above.
Reuters
10-03-2025
- Business
- Reuters
OTB's Jil Sander appoints Simone Bellotti as new creative director
ROME, March 10 (Reuters) - Simone Bellotti is Jil Sander's new creative director, the fashion brand and its Italian parent company OTB Group said on Monday. Bellotti, previously creative director at Bally, will start in his new position with immediate effect, the two companies said in a statement. The Italian designer also worked at A.F. Vandervost, Gianfranco Ferre, Dolce & Gabbana, Bottega Veneta, and - for 16 years - at Gucci. "Simone embarks on this journey with extensive experience and a distinct talent," OTB Chairman Renzo Rosso said. Bellotti said he was "honoured to join Jil Sander, a storied house that created a new aesthetic with its unique approach and strong identity, and that has always had such a significant influence on the design community". here.
New York Times
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Sometimes, All You Need Is a Wacky Shoe
At the Ferrari fashion show early Saturday morning, I beheld a shoe that would surely make design professors yank their hair out, that broke several codes of good taste at once, that pretty much distracted me from seeing anything else in the show. As I said to a seat mate at the show, it was the most deranged shoe I could recall seeing in … years? I loved it. The toe was chiseled like the schnoz on a proboscis monkey. A belted strap spanned the width of the front, and then the rest of the upper was open in the style of a Venetian slipper. 'Everyone has some fetishism, and shoes for me are beautiful objects of design,' said Rocco Iannone, the designer of the collection, who wore a similarly chisel-toed loafer. With these, beauty, no doubt, will be in the eye of the beholder. But beauty isn't the point. For many seasons now, the most exciting garments and styling for men have felt a little off, a little odd, a little too, too much. Clothes that, outside the safe confines of a runway show, might strike us as peculiar, even ludicrous or laughable. Consider: Moschino, which showed a hat with a giant 'M' protruding from the top like a branded dunce cap. Or the black necktie knotted into an overcoat collar at Emporio Armani that made me wonder if the model had been dressed by Mr. Magoo. Or the way the models at Gucci held the bags not by their straps, but from the top side as if they were nabbing a puppy by the nape — a contrived ploy to distract us from the fact that these were basic duffels we've seen many times. These concepts also reflect how fashion brands now aim less at the masses than at their cult of converts. So often they are speaking a language their most loyal customers grasp (well, hopefully), but is Greek to anyone else. But occasionally you glimpse a new design vocabulary that doesn't make you turn away but instead makes you want to sit up and learn it. Thrilling! That was the case with a Marni show where the creative director Francesco Risso doled out men's clothes direct from 'Pee-wee's Playhouse': pants so expansive across the front that they could accommodate a Subway sandwich and fur collars the size of body pillows. Kooky, yes, but in a way that kind of made you want to be that guy in an overcoat rimmed with a fuzzy collar. Just for a day or two. And it has been the case with Simone Bellotti, who in two brisk years as Bally's creative director has made that Swiss brand's show a bookmark it, underline it, don't miss it event. For now: It's widely rumored that this was Mr. Bellotti's last Bally show. For a guy who took his bow wearing a faded Detroit Tigers ball cap, faded black jeans and a fox-gray sweater, he isn't immune to theatrics. (Realistically, we could all stand to dress a bit more like Mr. Bellotti.) A handful of models in the show had their faces painted silver, and there were some thornier ideas present, including a guy in a corset-curved denim trucker jacket, or another in a three-strap belt, like a luxury interpretation of powerlifting gear. But mostly, what Mr. Bellotti presents are men's clothes that could never be called alien but aren't entirely familiar either. Take the tumbled leather overcoat with the neck hanging down for liberal scarf room, or the swelling, barely-to-the-waist jacket in chartreuse, or the boots with a triangle of studs at the toe. Those were punkish but at a courteous volume. I left the show wishing I already owned one of the suits with squared off, four-button jackets and sloping 'just stuff your hands in' pockets. That, I thought, is how you casual-ify the suit without destroying its integrity. In it, I'd be me. Only, you know, cooler.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
An inside look at Erie police's Crisis Intervention Unit
From time to time, we've all felt overwhelmed in life. But for some, the stress can become too much and can lead to a mental health or domestic crisis. We got an inside look at the Erie Police Department's crisis unit and how it helps uplift people who feel like they're in their darkest moments. Erie City Council looking for new way to fund EPD crisis car The Erie Police Department's Crisis Intervention Unit was re-established in 2023 and since that time, it's answered thousands of calls for help throughout the City of Erie. When you or a loved one feels backed into a corner with no one to turn to, the Erie Police Department's Crisis Intervention unit hopes to be the one to bring you back on your feet. 'You're dealing with people who are in crisis, and sometimes they need a little more time to de-escalate from whatever they're going through, and our officers do a great job of being able to talk to people, get them to calm down, and open up to us about what's going on,' said Sergeant Marc Bellotti, supervisor of the Crisis Intervention Unit. The crisis car unit consists of nine officers specially trained in mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, children and youth services, and suicidal-related 911 calls. Erie students pay it forward ahead of Global Youth Service Day Those types of calls have continued to grow city-wide. 'We're answering hundreds of calls per month,' Bellotti said. Those calls could be a simple as checking on somebody to make sure they're ok, but could be as extreme as helping crisis services serve involuntary mental health commitments. One of the many organizations that partners with the crisis unit told us police act as a crucial first line of support to connect those in dire need to resources. 'We depend on the police a lot because the police department is one of the places that sees victims of domestic violence before they're killed. I hate to be so blunt about it, but that's one of two places either with police or in a medical facility. We depend on them to assess for lethality and put them on the phone with SafeNet,' said Robyn Young, executive director of SafeNet. Sergeant Bellotti said they don't claim to be mental health professionals by any means but they're committed to helping people out of what may feel like the lowest moment of their life. 'These people who are experiencing mental health crisis are not criminals. They're people who need help. Us as first responders, our job isn't just primarily to arrest people. We are a resource for people who are in need and we want to let people know that if they need to reach out to us, we are available for them,' he went on to say. Remembering one Erie's most influential baseball teams during Black History Month The last time the city had this unit was in the early 2000s, but thanks to ARP funding, it was able to be restored. Recently, the police department has a new way of funding the unit through a state grant. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
