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Pierre Cardin Spring Summer 2011 at Paris Fashion Week: Pierre Cardin, the pioneer of Space Age fashion back in the 1960s, re-launched his catwalk career after a 10-year absence, at the Paris prêt-à-porter season today
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Just Cavalli spring – summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week: The Florentine designer, Roberto Cavalli, went wild in his Just Cavalli diffusion line show at Milan Fashion Week this afternoon.
He turned a mirrored catwalk in an ancient market, just off the Piazza del Duomo, into an exotic playground for rhinestone cowgirls, haute hippies, jetset hippies and haute bohemians.
Emporio Armani Spring Summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week
Emporio Armani Spring – Summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week: Thermo-welded, leather tiles on organza … tailcoats in rubberized raffia… sheer stretch-mesh skirts… cycling shorts for evening – can this really be Giorgio Armani?
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Jil Sander by Raf Simons Spring – Summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week: The entrance of the first model was as bold, beautiful and arresting as a sudden, unexpected technicolour rainbow: A simple white T-shirt topped an immense silken skirt in pale green, loosely folded at the waist and billowing down to the floor.
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Emilio Pucci Spring – Summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week: The hippie trail is becoming a well-trodden path at Milan Fashion Week, as are the references to Yves Saint Laurent’s peasant and safari themes. All surfaced in a well-travelled collection by Peter Dundas for Pucci.
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Dolce & Gabbana Spring – Summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week: Romance is never far from the minds of Domenico Dolce & Stefana Gabbana, and thus it was that the trousseau of a hopeful bride formed the basis of their spring/summer 2011 Dolce & Gabbana collection shown at Milan Fashion Week this afternoon.
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Marni Spring – Summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week: Perhaps inspired by the forthcoming 2012 Olympics, the Italian designer, Consuelo Castiglione, took a rather athletic approach in her Marni collection shown at Milan Fashion Week.
MaxMara Spring Summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week
MaxMara Spring – Summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week: MaxMara’s long-standing tailoring aesthetic, was translated in clean, architectural lines and bright colour for spring/summer 2011.
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Versace spring/summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week: Donatella Versace made the attraction of opposites the key focus of her spring/summer 2011 collection at Milan Fashion Week tonight.
She offset thigh-high hemlines with “the new long”, a slim pencil that covered the knee.
Etro-Spring-Summer-2011-at-Milan-Fashion-Week
Etro Spring – Summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week: Etro Spring – Summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week: Etro, the family brand renowned for its multi-coloured prints, showcased ancient global cultures in an exotic presentation at Milan Fashion Week today (Friday).
The designer, Veronica Etro, took inspiration from the Tuareg, Navajo, Berber and Ndebele tribes.
Prada-spring-summer-2011-Milan-Fashion-Week
Prada spring/summer 2011 at Milan Fashion Week: A vibrant Latin American spirit infused the Prada spring/summer 2011 collection at Milan Fashion Week today.
Bold stripes, rumba-style flounces, tropical parrot colours and exotic prints featuring monkeys, flowers, turbanned dancers, and bananas gave the show the atmosphere of a carnival.
Gucci-spring-summer-2011-Milan-Fashion-Week
Gucci opened the Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2011 season with a virtuoso display of equestrian style, vivid colour and tribal-inspired beading which combined Berber and Aztec influences.
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Louise Amstrup spring-summer 2011 at London Fashion Week: The American desert, and the desert film tradition – as in Sissy Spacek in the 1976 ‘Badlands’ and Marianne Aagebrecht’s 1987 ‘Baghdad Cafe’ – set the scene for Louise Amstrup’s powerful spring/summer 2011 collection, under the On/Off banner, at London Fashion Week today.