Emilio Pucci Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

A trip to Morocco inspired Pucci-designer Peter Dundas for his ss14 collection, which was a mix of athletic wear (scuba-diving, motor-racing, trekking, boxing and running), streetwear and exotic prints and African daywear like djellabas and sarouel pants.
But you have to have an extreme body confidence to wear some of those new Pucci-outfits. Dundas shaped black Neoprene into barely-there bustier tops as well as minimal minidresses worn under intricately beaded mesh tubes.
There were also tank tops and track pants embroidered in gold on black net, an allover beaded hoodie emblazoned with PUCCI and the buy viagra from canada year of its birth, 1947, and long dresses made from beaded basketball mesh.
The sporty element wasn’t only for show. The parachute silk of a printed parka, the liquid silver material that was used for running shorts, the draped sarouel-meets-jogging pants— they were practically weightless and cool. We’ll probably see a lot of it back on the streets and in fast fashion stores.

Jil Sander Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

Jil Sander started her show with mannish tailoring — a cropped, black jacket above belted white pants. In short order came elegant dresses, some demuring, some racy. There were coats and jackets in pale pink and yellow, some man-tailored in front with volume in back. A pair of graphic sweaters over long skirts viagra best price looked artful and subtle, while a group printed with Alighiero Boetti reproductions needed a closer look.

 

Bottega Veneta Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

The Bottega Veneta-collection focused at asymmetry with pleats and ruffles. There were rows of little ruffles and piles of big, the latter cheapest viagra online sometimes positioned in back, atop the model’s posterior. The fabrics, mostly crisp, neutral cottons, delivered a certain urbanity. Softer looks came in belted dresses with artisanal fringing and a black trapeze dress that closed the show.

Versace Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

That was quite a cool rock chick collection Donatella Versace sent out last night, pretty, charming and with lots of attitude. The show opened with denim. Jeans, some in floral-embossed leather, were typically skinny, other pieces were not: a roomy jeans jacket and voluminous raffia skirt for example. This was a recurring shape, in black as viagra online well as bold-stroke pastel prints. Other outfits that stood out: barely-there gowns in chiffon and cutout, pasted-on lace, and a chainmail update in shimmery blue and lilac. Throughout, the accessory of choice: harness chain jewelry for a luxe touch of heavy metal.

Sportmax Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

Sportmax aspired to a more loose silhouette for ss2014. The concept had a sartorial base with languid silhouettes that demonstrated ample ease and a soft palette, from faded pinks and yellows to stark whites.

For surface detail, the design team often worked a buy viagra super active dot theme, which came in many variations: marking a pink camisole pajama, woven into a mesh shift, exaggerated on the sides of a dress.

Emporio Armani Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

The Emporio Armani ss2014 show presented a gentle, feminine collection in watery pastels and blurred florals on languid tailoring and cocktail-dresses. cialis prices There were small, cardiganlike jackets in papery and glossy fabrics; wide-leg pants that sometimes narrowed toward the ankle and short, shoulder-baring dresses with tiered ruffles or light metallic embroideries.

Costume National Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

After being born in Milan in 1986 and raised in Paris Costume National this week returned to it’s roots after 23 years. Back home where the brand’s Italian tailoring can fully revive again. Held in a ‘under construction’ building in Italy’s fashion capital the theme was clear. For spring designer Ennio Capase viagra cialis online focused on deconstruction, calling his collection De-Construct-Re-Construct. “I constructed this collection by freely assembling and reassembling patterns to give each piece a sense of ease”, Capase stated in his show notes. That translated to sharply tailored, minimalistic creations, mostly monochrome, but with a hint of neon, metallic, beige and blue. Models appeared powerful and modern in the asymmetrical dresses, skirts, jackets and tops. Sleeves jackets were left open to reveal the middle part of the models’ chest, sheer tops revealed boobs and bellies and skirts were given a super high slit. Yet even with all this ‘nudity’ the collection remained modest and chic. Probably thanks to some of that Parisian heritage..

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Prada Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

That was a modern army of women Prada sent out yesterday. Not dressed in armor find cheap viagra but as a beacon of feminine strength. As the designer told reporters backstage: “There is a necessity to be strong, visible, fighters, and this is an encouragement to be out there and to do something. If they see you, they listen.”
The Prada-space was transformed by huge murals (inspired by Diego Rivera and other Mexican muralists) of women’s portraits from six contemporary artists.
The portraiture provided the primary leitmotif — big, bold, colorful faces on dresses, coats and skirts. They came printed, jeweled and in fur, merged with high-gloss, demonstrative embroideries, color-blocking and intricate cuts.
The emphasis was on the bosom: keyholes cut into bright, solid shifts bedecked with chunky embroideries; intensely jeweled external bras, including a pair positioned to look like Boudicca headdresses on two of the portraits.

Sports references continued the message of strength; the girls wore striped legwarmers and, sometimes, Prada’s take on Tevas.

Gucci Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

The Gucci-collection that Frida Giannini sent out yesterday had a techno-athletic vibe. This led to lots of mesh exposing lots of skin, basketball-shorts, track-pants and triangle bras. There were T-shirt and bra combos, insets defining shoulders and sides of a dress. The shape was rather languid and viagra with no prescription decorations inspired by Art Nouveau. The show had a cool attitude and it translated what’s happening on the streets. But it was still luxurious: mesh was laser-cut suede, a T-shirt was made of tooled leather.

DSquared Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

The DSquared show was all about an ideal tiki lounge, with gorgeous girls and Vegas gods. The vacationlike atmosphere — white sand-covered runway, cha-cha and mambo rhythms — didn’t divert attention from the collection, which mixed the brand’s glamorous look with a more mature, elegant style. Looking to voluptuous beauties of the Fifties, the duo put the focus on the waist via short hourglass-shaped bustier dresses padded at the hips to exaggerate the curves. Elsewhere, ladylike puffed frocks were cheap viagra internet layered with yards of tulle, while another dress featured a skirt done in laser-cut leather petals. Cocoon-shaped caban coats were worked in glossy, bold-hued crocodile, animal-printed ponyskin and textured metallic fabrics, and paired variously with culottes and embroidered retro briefs.

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