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.

 

First View Milan Womenswear SS2014: Living Art

Milan fires up full speed ahead with a number of collections that surprise us with a fresh breath of air and a new found sense of opportunism by taking the route towards modernity and digging deep into the opportunities that striding fabric technology is offering. Without betrayal of heritage, Milan tends to stick to its roots, we witnessed activism and experimentation in silhouettes that where alternately mesmerizing, odd and elegant.
Inspirations range from feminism, arts, folklore and techno crafts, subjects that granted these looks authentic freshness as well as a rich content.
No. 21’s tropical spring outfits, show layered street wear with ornate embroidered gauzes in an edgy arty-crafty spirit. The exceptional work of the couture fur ateliers of Fendi delivered a collection boosting with streamlined modernity inspired by the ‘light and lightness’. Careful bits and pieces of preciously crafted, exceptional materials are artfully clustered. At Just Cavalli one seemed to have bumped into London punks during an inspirational trip to Bhutan. Digital prints, animals spots and handkerchief patterns, all Cavalli icons, where mixed in an iconoclast mix.
The most artistic and storytelling was the viagra pills Prada parade, Miuccia Prada making a feminist statement staging mesmerizing girl gangs dressed in sporty city wear with a strong tribal edge. Energized by mural art inspired graphics and accessorized with rhinestone encrusted brassieres these colourful women spread an air of radicalism. ‘Weirdly beautiful’ as Suzy Menkes mentioned.

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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.

Antonio Marras Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

At Antonio Marras we arrived in a fairy tale like setting today. Beautiful girls with light make-up and strangely twisted hair appeared one by one wearing the most romantic creations. A variation of printed dresses in pastel shades with extras like ruffles and large ribbons. Prints were nature inspired, depicting peaceful settings with roses and butterflies. More dreamy designs followed in shiny silk, with lace detailing and swags. Horizontally layered skirts had all sorts of fabrics combined from lace to transparent and printed pieces. But it wasn’t all sweetness sent out on the runway. Some tough designs popped up as well. Like coats with cute leather collars, like cool knitted jumpers paired with over the knee skirts, like a few crop tops and a structured bomber jacket that stood out in particular. Leather pieces got a metallic treatment and toward the end prints turned from nature to fantasy. A dramatic finale of loud violin music, maxi dresses and models wearing head pieces decorated with green leaves and butterflies seemed an appropriate ending of this ss2014 presentation.

Blumarine Catwalk Fashion Show Milan Womenswear SS2014

Lots to love for the Blumarine girl next summer. Like always she will look feminine and playful, but in 2014 she will be extra seductive too. Anna Molinari put a lot viagra cheap of focus on the chest, or breasts as you will. She created strapless parts inside her sheer dresses and sent out a lot of fully transparent designs with small embroidered flowers all over. So a lot of boobs and cleavage was on display, giving the models an extra daring look. In the case of a floor sweeping sheer dress with metallic embroidered beads it even appeared as if the model was wearing nothing underneath at all. Quite raunchy indeed, but we have a feeling the Blumarine girl might be into it. Just as she will embrace the animal prints, the silk pencil skirts, the leather pants, the tuxedo jackets and even that sheer yellow (over the) top with the fur lining. Let’s hope for a lot of hot summer cocktail get togethers, so she can make acte de presence in one of these statement party looks.

 

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.

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