Etrusca Made In Italy | True Italian Style and Quality for Every Man

Etrusca, Made In Italy, is a high end menswear shirt brand produced and manufactured 100% in Italy. It’s a young brand, and when founder John Bartello contacted me for collaboration, I did not know who the brand was.

For the past few months him and I have been in discussion regarding this collaboration brand, finally its here. 

When I saw the first images of Etrusca, I thought the collection had a collection for men and women, but it’s only a menswear brand. Luckily enough Etrusca sent me a polkadot shirt from Collezione Tre to see the product and feel the material, the design and for me to wear in one of my outfit posts as seen in their SS14 collection, where women are seen wearing the shirts.

THE BRAND

Etrusca is a young brand, but the name is not, it derives from pre-Roman history, during the Etruscan civilisation, and according to history they were the ones who came up with what Italy is known for today, style and quality.  

The brand goes by the tagline of “Professional with an Edge.”, a balance of elegance and true Italian style. Their main focus is on having an exclusive range, limited in the number of quantity. The collection materials are sourced from the best manufacturers in Italy, using the best techniques to ensure the right fit and the best design.

I can see that the Etrusca man can have three personalities, the business man, the man who loves leisure and the young sporty professional, all in the same man, wearing three different collections. 

Collezione Uno is the first collection from Etrusca. It is the collection made for the businessman, nothing more, perfectly worn with a suit and work attire, a man can easily take of his suit jacket and look smart. Collezione Due is a casual smart collection, which one can wear with a casual blazer and suit and change it up for a causal Sunday afternoon lunch or drinks in the evening. The colours of the shirts come in very deep colours of burgundy and purple, with floral motifs at the cuffs and bold pinstriped patterns. Collezione Tre is their latest collection for Spring/Summer 2014, yet to launch with a light and bright hued colour palette, floral details and embossed materials. It’s an ideal shirt collection for summer and I managed to get a sneak peak of it.

Shop all the Etrusca collection, and immediately get 30% off.

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THE COLLECTION

COLLEZIONE TRE SS14

COLLEZIONE DUE

COLLEZIONE UNO

Etrusca is young and the brand can do wonders with its Made in Italy label, quality, and style.

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La Maison Sartorie D'Amber on SROTA | Men, Menswear, Style, Tips & Sins

The Boys, The Men & The Gentlemen | My Men

The menswear brand SROTA featured me on their blog this week in their section Learn From the Ladies.  They did an interview about my view of men, menswear and style sins. It was fun to answer and when I read again what I wrote, I smile. 

One correction, I'm not a stylist, I'm a fashion blogger, journalist, PR and brand consultant. 

You can read the whole interview here, but here are a few snippets

MENSWEAR STYLE SINS

Sleeveless tops

Tank tops

Worn out shoes

Silly socks

Cartoon inspired ties

I LOVE A MAN IN

A well fitted blazer

Wool or Cashmere socks with a nice print

FAVOURITE ACCESSORY 

Shoes, that's the most important accessory

STYLE ICONS

Gianni Fontana

 Alessandro Squarzi

Mr Raro - Mararo

Obviously boys, men and gentlemen, this is only my opinion. 

Have a look at the whole interview on the SROTA blog. 

Click on the link here. 

Movember with Cisk Malta | Be Aware and Grow your Fashion Moustache

MOVEMBER in MALTA with my Fake Moustache | Let's Raise Awareness

Cisk Malta and Farsons are spreading the Movember bug all over my beautiful island of Malta. Cisk is trying to raise awareness through this campaign about men's health - Testicular cancer, prostate cancer and mental illness. 

My good friend Marco Debono, the brand manager of Cisk, sent me some moustaches to promote this very important campaign with a bit of fun here in London. 

Movember started in Australia, and I remember my Australian friend Geoff Quattromani, growing his moustache every November just for this purpose, intended to spread the word, and make men more conscious about these diseases. Funds are raised [N] MOVEMBER just by growing the stache and becoming a Mo Bro.

“This is all about raising awareness and breaking the taboo still associated with men getting cancer,” said Marco Debono, Brand Executive for Cisk.

“October is dedicated to breast cancer which has helped raise awareness among women to get checked and spot cancer in its earliest stages when the survival rates are much higher. Movember aims to do the same thing with men, turning ordinary men into walking billboards to raise awareness about men’s health.”

I put on the moustache sticker sent by Marco and Cisk with my vintage white fur coat and played around with funny looks, pouts and selfies. 

INSTRUCTIONS

People are instructed to maximise the exposure of their moustaches by posting a photo to Facebook and tagging #ciskmovember enabling a public photo stream that will surely reach all the corners of the island.

If you are interested in getting your own Movember moustache sticker for yourself, your workplace or your

organisation, write to Cisk on its Facebook page www.facebook.com/cisk.

For more information about Movember, please visit www.movember.com.

Everyone can be part of this campaign, RAISE AWARENESS and HAVE FUN, be part of something important. 

Pitti Uomo 84 | Street Style Trends and Details | Florence and Menswear

The Trends: Sneakers, Floral Print, Blues and Denims

Pitti Uomo is an occasion where you can feast your eyes looking at all the latest menswear fashion, from the classic, the newbie, the fashion bloggers, the oldies and the wannabes ... you see everything!
But some know what they are doing from the epitome of menswear style Nick Wooster, to fashion bloggers like Joshua Washington, Mariano Di Vaio, and Funfere Keroye, to the oldie who knows it all like Lino Ieluzzi and the designers Michael T Bergen, Aki Choklat and Francesco Avino.

Here are the trends:

Florals and a mix of different prints

The winter blues?

 No these are the Summer ones mostly blazers... denim, double breasted, pinstriped, in all forms

The Sneakers ... Nike of course

The Reds and Pinks

The daring women wearing prints and the classic Gucci Bamboo Bag

Check out the street style pics from Pitti Uomo 84 here:

http://lamaisonsartoriedamber.blogspot.com/2013/07/pitti-uomo-84-street-style-florence.html

Pitti Uomo 84 Street Style | Florence June 2013 - The Men, the Boys and the Gentlemen

Pitti Uomo 84 ...  the heat was on

... 

but the men still braved the heat and the sun of Florence for some serious style

Pitti Uomo is an occasion where you can feast your eyes looking at all the latest menswear fashion, from the classic, the newbie, the fashion bloggers, the oldies and the wannabes ... you see everything!
But some know what they are doing from the epitome of menswear style Nick Wooster, to fashion bloggers like Joshua Washington, Mariano Di Vaio, and Funfere Keroye, to the oldie who knows it all like Kino Ieluzzi and the designers Michael T Bergen, Aki Choklat and Francesco Avino.

T.Michael Bergen from Norwegian Rain

Aki Choklat - shoe designer, trend forecaster and Polimoda professor

Fashion blogger and model Mariano Di Vaio

Fashion Blogger and shoe designer Funfere Koroye

Menswear designer and fashion blogger Joshua Washington a.k.a Edwige Pierre

Fashion Blogger and shoe designer Funfere Koroye

The most stylish gentleman Lino Ieluzzi

Davide Baronicini from Mr Suit Supply with Lino Ieluzzi and some very stylish friends

One of the most influencial men in fashion Nick Wooster

Francesco Avino from Avino Laboratorio Napoletano - tailored menswear shirts

For the trends of Pitti Uomo click on the link below

http://lamaisonsartoriedamber.blogspot.com/2013/07/pitti-uomo-84-florence-and-menswear.html

All photos by Laura Muscat from La Maison Sartorie D'Amber - kindly ask permission to use them 

Men's Street Style | Firenze, Italy

The Boys, the Men and the Gentlemen in the streets of Firenze

My new Nikon D3100 produced some lovely shots, but the lovely shots wouldn't be what they are without ...  the men in Florence and their style

The most stylish man I saw on that day in Florence, with his cute dog

The man at the Cavalli cafe outside their shop

Busy man at work, I was taking a picture of the Duomo, and he popped in front of me

The young man in his casual style, love his shoes 

Casual man

The busy man on his phone wearing a beautifully tailored blazer

Men and Florence are something, they know their style, true Italian style

More photos soon

Laura