FASHION Magazine

Was it my imagination or did the maître d at the Charleston Restaurant light up when he saw me coming tonight, hugging me and my pasta partner in crime, Newsweek/the Daily Beast’s Robin Givhan, and proudly declaring “spaghetti rosa for you!”

One of the things I marvel about in Milan is the flawless service from a loyal cast of shopkeepers, hotel concierges, restaurant owners, and wait staff who lovingly keep the same job year after year, and have become my Milanese family away from home when I touch down twice a year. But enough warm and fuzzy. You want to hear about the clothes!

Josephus Thimister, who preceded Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga, has come out of hibernation. The designer presented a faux blood-spattered collection to mixed reviews at Couture Week on Sunday. [Fashionologie]

Grazia Daily was (publicly) miffed after having to watch the Christian Dior show through blogger Tavi’s enormous headpiece. [Grazia]

Alessandro Dell’Acqua is coming back to the runway after losing his line (and the rights to use his name) earlier this year. The Italian is presenting his new line, No. 21, at Milan Fashion Week in February. [WWD]

Finally, an excuse to share a clip from my favourite ever fashion doc, Signé Chanel. The director, Loic Prigent, followed Sonia Rykiel, Proenza Schouler, Jean Paul Gaultier and Karl Lagerfeld around for 36 hours before their runway shows for a new four-part series, The Day Before, airing this fall on the Sundance Channel. [Glamour]

Alessandro Dell’Acqua is publicly decrying his distributor for producing his spring men’s and pre-spring women’s collections without his approval. [FWD]

The British press is talking smack about Roger Federer’s Wimbledon outfit. True, it does include a white military jacket, waistcoat and duffle bag trimmed with gold lamé, but if you’re tight with Anna Wintour, you can wear whatever you want. [The Cut]