5 style mistakes to avoid on the Sanremo stage Consider yourself warned

The history of the Sanremo Festival is a great document of Italian culture, in its best sides and in its worst sides – fashion included. The looks of singers and guests at the Festival are one of the topics of greatest attention in the days of the festival – and if among these there are memorable looks, there are others that only inspire a strong sense of cringe. This is why we have compiled this list of fashion crimes to avoid in future editions of Sanremo: from the unnecessarily bizarre clothes to the risky mixtures of motifs and patterns, from the looks that seem to come straight from a nineteenth-century portrait to the serious problem of male suiting, invaded by completely questionable sequins and decorative motifs, arriving at the end of the faux pas in hairstyles. All these looks are stained with the sin of overdoing: in search of originality, you lose sight of good taste (and in some cases even common sense) and end up wearing looks that have the same vibe of a car accident. But every mistake can become an important lesson. 

So here are the 5 style mistakes not to do on the Sanremo stage.

1. Weird catsuits

Of a tailored suit you should only admire the beauty of the materials and the impeccability of the cut. Something that some presenters and singers have understood (see Fiorello in Armani and Carlo Conti in Ferragamo) and that others, tragically, have not. The main culprit is Amadeus, a great butcher on stage, but afflicted by the vice of shiny tuxedo jackets. Two years ago, there were cases where suits took a deliberately ironic turn, as in the case of Dargen D'amico's wacky two-tone one, but others where they completely overpowered the person, such as the Fendi leather Bermuda shorts worn by Mahmood, which made his legs look very short. In 2021, Il Volo appeared on stage with a trio of gray damask patterned suits with a darker shirt under the jacket that make us say, together with Barbara d'Urso: «I am appalled» - although this year the three will have looks designed by their new stylist Nick Cerioni that will bring them back to this century. Fausto Leali almost defeated them the same year by combining an electric blue blazer, a Hawaiian shirt, black pants and a pair of sneakers – a look that, not wanting to say worse, had neither head nor tail. In 2017, however, for his victory, Francesco Gabbani wore a suit covered with stars and a tie with a phallic shape combining it with lace-ups of paint with red laces while Alessio Bernabei to the blazer full of sequins paired a refined patent leather shoe without socks and with an exposed ankle. The problem with all these looks? They were so overdone when a simple and well-made black dress would have sufficed.