Fendi Pre-fall 2015

With every collection, Fendi's style gets sharper and more unique. Their designer team are one of the greatest in industry and the results are overwhelming. The coat above is described in the website like a "Multicolor zipped mink coat with a delicately elaborate square crystal decoration in pastel hues and contrasting seashell pink collar". Crystal decoration? Absolutely stunning. The amount of work that they must have put into this piece is extraordinary. 

The collection is a continuous showcase of creativeness and beauty. It is funky, contemporary, young, irreverent and extremely luxurious. And that is supposed to be only pre-fall? I cannot wait for the Winter.

The Piece 5: Altuzarra's Resort 2016 Shoes

Thank you, thank you, thank you Altuzarra for letting me talk about you in my blog!

He is one of my favourite ever designers and I know how much effort and passion he and his team put in every single collection. 

The feathers shoes for the Resort collection are so original and so much fun! They will complement very understated looks to give them a much more chic and fashion forward connotation. I really hope they are available in store and we can start seeing them on red carpets! 

Street Style 3 : Rihanna

Since she did this, neon coloured furs are everywhere! Sometimes it takes a star to start a trend and she definitely did it. But she is not a stranger to the world of fur and whether is faux fur or real fur, she has given us a few over the top looks along the years. She is a great example that fur is not boring or old fashioned and that you can really put out a strong funky look with fur. Rihanna definitely loves her fur!

Yves Salomon METEO and ARMY

Yves Salomon has presented its more edgy/young/irreverent/affordable AW15 collection for its line METEO. I think it is adorable and the prices are so good that everybody can have a piece of it. And for all those lucky enough to live in London or be passing by London in the next months they can go and have a look at the range in Harrods, where they have opened a department in their Fashion Lab. 

The collection features Mongol lamb, shearling, raccoon, merinos wool, rabbit, fox and some mink. The looks are very actual with mix of fabrics and furry designs to give a chic and sophisticated look to the winter clothes without the classicism generally associated to fur. 

And if this is not enough, the department is also showcasing the celebrated ARMY range with military inspired parkas full of fur linings and trims. The leopard print on the rabbit is perfect for a great everyday look during winter. 

Fur is definitely back and thanks to Yves Salomon it could be in your wardrobe!

Gucci's kangaroo lined shoes

So Gucci is the protagonist of the controversial campaign of the season. And let me tell you that I am not so sure this was not looked for. Gucci has got all press talking about its kangaroo fur lined shoes and protestors going mental about them. 

I absolutely love them. I think they are fun, different and stylish. I am not that sure if they are for everybody and not only for the price, some people might have to take extra care with their foot hygiene this winter!

Street Style 2: Lady Fur

Lady Fur has actually a human name:  Samantha De Reviziis. This young girl launched in 2012 the blog welovefur.com as a way to channel the passion she has for fur fashion and this took her to collaborate with big names in the industry like Kopenhagen Fur or Saga Fur and fashion brands like Roberto Cavalli. 

I love Samantha's style and respect her so much for her brave approach to wear fur. She is able to combine the classic and luxurious essence of fur with her young and contemporary personality with an always inevitably elegant result, because fur is elegant above everything. 

Loro Piana

Loro Piana mink and baby cashmere vest via loropiana.com

The thing I love the most about Loro Piana is its understated concept and way to approach high luxury. When I think about Loro Piana I do not think in high fashion, but proper luxury. Cherished fabrics and processes are the trademark of Loro Piana, and as a result, cherished luxury products. You just cannot go wrong with Loro Piana. 

The fur is not its core product, but the few appearances in its collections are of high quality materials and designs. It is common to find mink as an insert in its coats or as best, like the picture above. I did not want to put a picture of the product but that drawing as a way of showing what that "cherished product" mean. That drawing comes from its website and it is a great example of how Loro Piana approaches high luxury.

Loro Piana is originally from Trivero (north Italy) and he started his company in 1924 in Quarona after many years working as a merchant for wool. Nowadays Loro Piana is part of LVMH and its products are sold all around the world. Loro Piana is well known in fashion as the forefather of the use of Vicuña fleece, originally from Los Andes. Loro Piana has protected its productions to the extend of creating a nature reserve in 2008 in Peru. 

I do not want to extend myself too much because I could be writing about Loro Piana forever and this is a blog about fur! I encourage and recommend to everybody to visit loropiana.com for more information and to enjoy the passion and respect for its products.