LS2: Fashion

Fashion Week: The Ups and Downs

LS2 brings the run down of Paris and Milan.

Summer may still seem like a distant possibility at the moment, but that hasn’t stopped the fashion world from looking far into the future. In Paris and Milan fashion week, the autumn/winter collections took the world by storm to show us what we will all be dressing in by the end of the year.

In Milan, there was only one word to describe Peter Dundas’s collection for Emilio Pucci: microscopic. The variety was impressive- bright blue feathers, gold chiffon fringed with tassels or lace adorned with gold, but the length of the mini dresses remained the same.

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Whether in fur, tweed, wool, or animal-print, the attention was ultimately drawn to oversized outer garments. Roberto Cavalli ran his models down the catwalk in a bright red patterned coat, lining the sleeves with fur. Reindeer -patterned chunky cardigans dominated the D&G collection, giving the clothes a very Christmas/winter vibe. Similarly, Missioni provided a colourful array of knitted capes.

Things were a little more calm and classic, as to be expected, in Paris.

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