+PINK IS PUNK+:
A long-running but recently remixed party in Milan, is establishing itself as a music-meets-fashion epicenter.
"We're the BoomBox generation"
"They are responsible for our generation of people starting to dress up again, and our aim is to capitalize on this mood of going out as an event." Boombox may have sparked this latest movement, but the splinter culture in Milan has built up a momentum all its own.
"Anti-cheap" was the theme of Pink Is Punk's most recent party, with door doyennes Greta La Medica (wearing Givenchy) and Paolo Farcic strictly enforcing the right entries. The theme was taken so seriously that attendees turned out in head-to-toe Jil Sander and bespoke suits topped off with a variety of bow-tie shapes; one guest with showroom connections even turned up in a/w '08 Miu Miu that had yet to show on the runway. Adding to the glamour, fashion stylist Catherine Baba was flown in from Paris to serve as hostess extraordinaire, and Jerry Bouthier, BoomBox's longtime DJ, began his monthly residence (along with Nico and Fabee). However, it was the chic 20- and 30-something crowd who played the starring roles, showing up en masse decadently dressed and photo-op-ready.
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