Noir Cowboy, Phillipp Plein’s Fall/Winter 2014-15 collection was full of Wild West surprises. After last season’s Casino themed show, we were pretty excited to see what this season’s line would be all about. As we walked into the Teatro Alcione, country tunes blared as a model rode a mechanical bull. As we stepped into the next room, fake “sawdust” (in the color noir, of course) was on the ground. We took our seats and the arena was packed. The show started with cowboys fighting in an old saloon stage, followed by cowboys on horses riding in and having a “shootout”. Following this, live rapper Angel Haze came out, and the show started.

The men were dressed as cowboys, but with a modern twist. A lot of leather jackets, some denim, fringe and plaid were all present within the collection. We saw a lot of luxurious materials like crocodile skin, calfskin and pony skin, which seems to be a reoccurring theme here in Milan this season. Plein explains that this collection is all about the modern cowboy: one must have boots, lots of leather, pretty much anything a man this day in age would wear while getting ready to defend his honor and fight for his love and rights!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by Lori Zaino and photos by Yulia Gromova.