Wednesday, the first day of Milan fashion week women’s ready to wear had Dundas taking inspiration from early 20th-century bohemianism for Roberta Cavalli show, which had gypsies in deep purple velvet, jewel-toned jacquard, tiger-printed fur, fringed silk. They wore long, skinny neck scarves and snakeskin platform boots.
Gucci women’s wear has rhizomatic traces where each dress portrays very different sign systems and knots them, following multiform and nonhierarchical directions.T he collection proceeds by accumulation of signs which are decontextualized, connected and reactivated beyond shared conventions.It was a multi layered collection with eighties influence which had fabulous brocade coat, long-haired fur cuffs , bubblegum-pink satin dress embroidered with green three-headed snake, big-shouldered trench and a black leather quilted jacket & skirt combo.
No. 21 was a mix of thirties influences with sportswear in the form of sheer slip dresses, embroidered in dense silver and gold flora, paired with knits and fur coats in asymmetrical color blocks.
A world filtered by dreams, fantasies and aspirations,” was how show notes contextualized Alberta Ferretti’s fall collection which had satin and lace slips, hefty furs and tweeds and belted velvet pajama.
