Elie Saab's bread-and-butter is red-carpet clothes. But watching his show didn't conjure the glamour of celebrity so much as it did the tyranny of celebrity magazines, the trashy must-reads in which the stars' wardrobe choices are more often lambasted than cheered. Why? Because, in a risk-averse collection, the personality had been all but removed from the majority of Saab's gowns. Or maybe it was the sheer variety that numbed.

In 1950 Sergio Rossi worked along side his father, a shoemaker in Italy's Romagna region. Shortly after he left for Milan to hone his craft. It was there in the 60's that he first met Gianni Versace who became a long time friend and collaborator.

In 2004 the Gucci Group owns 100% of the company. Edmundo Castillo became creative director in 2006 and the Rossi revolution was back on. Considered as important and exciting as Manolo or Loubout ...