2012年2月26日星期日

It's Carnevale

All of Milan plays dress up during Carnevale.

While fashionistas race from show to show to see the latest designer creations, Milan's confetti-strewn streets reverberated on Saturday with a spontaneous parade of children dressed up as princesses, fairies and super heroes just for the fun of it.

Many of the looks on Milan's runways are as festive as any Carnevale get-up — which may or may not be a coincidence given that Milan's celebrations this year happened to fall during fashion week.

Taffeta and tulle, essentials for any pr,canada goose parka are available from selective retailers all across the world.oper princess and ballerina, are both staples of the season on Milan runways.

Designers have dipped into their troves of sequins and beads for next year's winter womenswear collections, and they haven't stopped there. They've added big necklaces, brooches and oversized hoop earrings for maximum pizazz.

Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani has put a fashion twist in his knickers. And that's a good thing. Armani presents a sleek trouser that cuffs at the knee with a flourish, creating a fresh silhouette in his second line Emporio womenswear collection for next winter.

"I would like you to write that Armani has invented new pants," Armani told reporters backstage before the show.

The pants — which Armani did not name — formed the centrepiece of the collection, worn beneath 1920s-style flapper dresses in light, flowing fabric or with belted tops that finished in tiers or a ruffled flare for a carefree, unstructured line.

While the pants bear echoes of what Americans might call knickers, and the British call plus-fours, there was nothing of the baggy golfing pants in Armani's creations. Made of silk or velvet, the Emporio pants are sleek and fitted, finishing at the knee with a flair or tiered cuff.

Paired with jackets, skirts, dresses or fanciful tops, the overall look was a potpourri of layers that allows the imagination to run wild and included other festive touches like long fringe on coats, polka dotted and striped fabric for jackets, and colourful long fur vests.

The designer paired the pants with flat slippers with floral fabric toes or shiny lace-up shoes, and always with opaque tights.
Pucci

Pucci designer Peter Dundas returned to the vast archives of fashion house founder Emilio Pucci for next winter's looks — particularly for black and white patterns.

The collection is very sensual, but not as rocker as it has been in past seasons, centring on the interplay between masculine and feminine. The man-tailored jacket is a key wardrobe item.

"There is nothing more seductive than a woman who throws her man's jacket over an evening gown," Dundas said before the show held in the frescoed halls of a central Milan palazzo.

Dundas presented a white tuxedo jacket with black lapels to wear over a simple long gown with transparent panels. He also paired the tuxedo jacket with cropped pants, a look proliferating on the current runway.

On the harder side, there was a black crocodile gown with a revealing slit up the side and long decorated sleeves.

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