Friday, December 9, 2011

The Leftovers: Milan Fashion Week SS12

Milan hit all of the “right” notes. It was as if the designers had a cheat sheet and were checking off items as they went.

The Neons

At Bottega Veneta


At MaxMara


At Versus


At Antonio Marras


The Florals

At Dolce & Gabbana


At Blumarine


At Antonio Marras


At Albino


At Roberto Cavalli


Le Sportif

At MaxMara



The Peplums

At Giorgio Armani


At Francesco Scognamiglio


The Shorts

At Etro


At No. 21


Yet something was off. The overall tone felt muddled and without direction. Follow the Leader was the game being played and though there was some sidestepping of the rules, it was not in the way that garners applause.

The Milan runways were witness to the reappearance of the transparency trend seen during the Spring/Summer 2011 season. There is something to be said for breaking off from the other cities and finding a trend all your own but not when it is simply being warmed over and served up from a season not yet old enough to be forgotten.

Though, as always, there were those who handled it deftly.

At Marni


At Alberta Ferretti


At Luisa Beccaria


At Dolce & Gabbana


At Etro


At Fendi


When everything came to an end, I feverishly waited for Paris.


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