First View Milan ss2012: Dare to be Bare

How relieved where we when top-lengths dropped covering midriffs generously half a decade ago. After seasons of revealed bellies the elongated tops seemed so much more luxurious and sophisticated. Yet now we seem to enter a period of hedonism once more, celebrating the body, enjoying fashion and consuming style.

It might be a more reduced and considerate attitude, yet true fashion lovers do go for show-off. A rich variation of midriff-baring sweet nothings show once more the likes for frivolous looks. Where the Belgium professor Helmut Gaus once ‘proved’ that skirt-lengths dropped during depression, these research results surely don’t correlate with top-lengths moving up in depth of crisis. In Milan we note barely-there bandeaux at Versace, lush wrap tops at Blumarine, puffed and crafted tunnel tops at Prada, where Emilio Pucci goes gypsy with intricate lace trimmed  bra-tops.

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Streetfashion Milan Womenswear ss2012 Day 5

What are you wearing during the coming fashionweeks? Your Gucci-shoes, your latest Celine-dress or that vintage Givenchy? Maybe we’ll spot you in Paris, Milan, New York or Amsterdam. During the fashionweeks we refresh our streetwear posts regularly. We don’t judge, we’re not the fashion-police, we just enjoy fashion and your own personal style. Next stop: Milan  Fashion Week.

Salvatore Ferragamo Catwalk Fashion Show Milan SS2012

After seasons with neutrals, nudes and black and white today Massimiliano Giornetti brought in the bright colors. He showed a vivid collection full of super feminine looks; silk pants with blouses, jumpsuit and lots of sexy, sophisticated dresses and shiny evening gowns with high slits and big bows.

Most of the designs had gorgeous exotic prints (a mix of leaves and animal prints) on them in great summery shades. Blue, purple, red, pink, turquoise were beautifully mixed and matched throughout the show. The colorblock looks felt a little like last season (the popular Gucci and Fendi collections) though.

But no matter how renewing this collection was; there were more than enough great looks to pull from it for any kind of festivity. The clothes felt luxurious and together with the great accessories (cool clutches and sexy shoes) Salvatore Ferragamo is known for,  they resulted in some amazing summer looks.

 

 

Missoni Catwalk Fashion Show Milan SS2012

There’s no denying Missoni’s popularity. The immediate sell out of the Missoni x Target collection sure proved that. But as wearable and recognizable that more affordable line was, as unexpected was today’s spring collection.

Here too, models looked like gypsy women parading on the runway in colorful, layered designs with lots of jewelry. Tops and dresses were mostly off shoulder and the layered bottoms often had extravagant ruffles on them.

Fringes and sheer mesh pieces made it hard to picture everyday women in these outfits. And even though the color palette (purple, blue, yellow, chocolate, pink) was quite lovely, the asymmetric looks didn’t translate very well. There was just too much going on.

Perhaps Angela Missoni got carried away by the big success of the past few months. At least she felt good about the collection, made for the “happy girl, full of life”.

Dolce & Gabbana Catwalk Fashion Show Milan ss2012

The Italian kitchen with all its colors and the traditional way Italians celebrate festivities was the inspiration for Dolce & Gabbana’s spring summer 2012 collection. The designers imagined themselves a small town in the South of Italy, decorated for festivities. The whole show and stage recalled the typically Italian joyful spirit: from the distinctive illuminations that adorn every street and the fragrances and tastes of Mediterranean food, down to the crochet that embellishes tablecloths.

Tomatoes, aubergine, courgette, onions and hot pepper prints brightened up the classic sheath dresses or dresses cut at the waist and ruched, tops, shorts and deconstructed jackets. All clothes were made in organza or cotton, mixed with crochet in pastel colours such as light blue, peach, beige and nude.
The sensuality of the Italian culinary culture and of the traditions are also expressed in the accessories made of pasta and little tomatoes, onions and small Madonnas that decorate shoulder bags, earrings, necklaces and bracelets. On the other hand, bags and shoes are made of that typical intertwined plastic that recalls the chairs one can find at the bars.
At night the black brocade dresses and jackets are covered with shiny stones of the same colour, while the sparkling geometries of the illuminations that decorate the streets are recreated through embroideries made of multi-coloured crystals on lace dresses.

Watch the video of the show:

 

In the streets of Milan

Let’s follow Team-members Jon Loek and Joris Bruring at their quest for beautiful people and interesting streetwear during Milan Fashion Week.

Marni Catwalk Fashion Show Milan ss2012

Modern elegance, that is the Marni spring 2012 collection  in two words. Beautiful in it’s simplicity and silhouette, upbeat in it’s color-palette and modern where it comes to print and fabrics. The elegant dresses, just nip-tucked  in the waist, in sorbet-colors where mouth watering, as were the deux pieces. The see through nude-colored skirts that peeped out under the skirts added a sensual touch.

The show started in plain colors, followed by flowerprints in pastels, shades of brown and yellow and multicolored. There was a lightly ethnic vibe in a silver/brown/black print for dresses at the end of the show. But again, this Marni-collection proved that classics can look modern and almost futuristic by the use of high tech fabrics and still be wearable at the same time.

Watch the video here:

 

Streetfashion Milan Womenswear ss2012 Day 4

What are you wearing during the coming fashionweeks? Your Gucci-shoes, your latest Celine-dress or that vintage Givenchy? Maybe we’ll spot you in Paris, Milan, New York or Amsterdam. During the fashionweeks we refresh our streetwear posts regularly. We don’t judge, we’re not the fashion-police, we just enjoy fashion and your own personal style. Next stop: Milan  Fashion Week.

Moschino Cheap and Chic Catwalk Fashion Show Milan SS2012

For it’s Cheap & Chic collection fashion house Moschino chose vegetables and fruit as it’s inspiration. It was used throughout the whole collection, pretty literal. It started with the invitation, which had actual plating seeds in it. Then there were fruit ‘n veg stalls at the show as a backdrop. The soundtrack contained a song called Strawberry fields and of course there were the clothes…

The show opened with a – again pretty literal – strawberry dress, followed by some apple printed looks. We saw grapes and carrots too, as well as some amazing floral prints. It was a bit of everything related to fruit & vegetables actually.

Of course the accessories matched the subject. Models wore John Lennon glasses, straw hats and bows made of straw were attached to some of the looks. Even a carrot hat piece appeared at some point.

The puffy dresses were girly and fun, yet it were the maxi dresses which made the most impact. The looks were fun and bubbly, but not jaw-dropping. Perhaps Moschino should have focused a little less on the fruit prints, although we kinda loved the healthy vibe we got from this show.

Emilio Pucci Catwalk Fashion Show Milan SS2012

Girls, you better start working on your abs ‘cause the cropped tops trend is here to stay. After having seen it at Prada, Versace and Preen, it was a big hit at Emilio Pucci today too. Gypsy looking girls wore them with patchwork maxi skirts and lots of jewelry. With lace fabric on the front they were a bit on the edgy side, but the real Pucci girls will definitely find a way to work with that.

The rest of the collection was kinda risqué too with lots of sheer and lace parts. Like the red and pink printed sheer dress, which left nothing to the imagination. Or the black mesh tunic worn by Melissa Tammerijn, which gave everything away. Not to mention the revealing black lace skirt and cropped top, which Gwyneth Paltrow was able to pull off on the red carpet earlier this week.

Yet despite the collection being pretty raunchy; the clothes looked beautiful. Especially the pastel colored prints Dundas used on several floor-sweeping designs were to die for. And after we’ve created our very own six pack we sure will be able to come up with some good underwear solutions for those incredible see-through pieces of Pucci.

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