01-03-2025
MSGM Women's Fall 2025: Tulles of the Trade
Tulle is a fascinating material: its stiffness, sheerness, and the way multiple layers create optical patterns when the light hits it.
No wonder it's a mainstay of the couture, and even a key material for people like Alberonero, an Italian artist and sometime farmer named Luca Boffi, who does performances tented in multiple layers of colored tulle.
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You can see why a designer like Massimo Giorgetti would be attracted to Boffi's work, given the lighthearted spirt of his MSGM brand. His fall collection included multi-layer tulle ponchos, capes and tops, or basic cardigans or crewnecks cloaked in a single ghostly layer.
He also folded in the word-based works of textile artist Caterina Frongia, blown up on roomy sweaters, pencil skirts and shawls, which resembled easy-to-decipher eye charts if you don't understand Italian.
Gorpcore was a third well of inspiration, which made for a hodgepodge of a collection, which sometimes looked like a more cheerful, colorful version of Balenciaga.
Mixed in were some supersized faux fur coats, complete with furry boots for a Chewbacca effect. The low-slung jeans in colorful washes felt more on-brand, as did the crisp shirts, sometimes worn in double-layers, and sometimes trailing fabric streamers – a detail seen all over the runways this Milan season.
The ebullient designer moonlights as a cheerleader for Milan's vibrant art and music scene – and emerging neighborhoods. He nabbed a raw subterranean space in the gritty, but artsy Corvetto neighborhood, which he prizes for its bookstores, museums and galleries. 'I like the energy of this area,' he enthused.
Launch Gallery: MSGM Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection
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