Not to say anything bad about NYC and London but fashion week to me is Milan and Paris. NYC has a lot of great designers but it's problem is volume. London is great for creativity but it's a bit small. A lot of my favorite designers show in Milan (Prada, Marni, Jil Sander) and it gets me excited about fashion and what they have planned for the masses.


Bows (Pictured Luisa Beccaria)
Bows are another common trend to the fashion weeks that I'm enjoying. The Italians stuck to small bows on blouses like most designer. However, Francesco cognitional bucked the trend and used large bows in his collection. I'm looking forward to this trend on the streets.


Dramatic Cuts (pictured Jil Sander)
Dramatic cuts continued it's rise in popularity during Milan Fashion Week. Jil Sander's brilliant collection has been the best execution of the dramatic cuts trend in NYC, London and Milan. The trend hit many of the major design houses like Prada, Gucci, Burberry, Bottega Veneta, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Missoni.


Flares (Pictured Burberry)
Say goodbye to the unforgiving skinny trend; pants are spreading out again. Flares and Bell bottoms are making their way back into the mainstream. I hope you didn't throw your old flares out. Burberry used rich colours and shine to make their flares the best of Milan. D&G, Derercuny and Moshino all incorporated flare/bell bottoms in their collections.


Red (Pictured Iceberg)
The red trend powers on through Milan sweeping designers up in it's wake. Bottega Veneta, Moschino cheap and chic, Missoni, Rocco Barocco, Kristina Ti, Iceberg, dsquared and Maurizio Pecoraro all used red making this trend one with staying power and influence.


Bright Tights (Pictured Marni)
Tights, tights and more tights. What seemed like a small flash in the pan in NYC blew up in London and Milan is keeping it going strong.D&G pulled no punches with the tartan theme and tights were made to create a head to toe look. There are subtle design changes going on in th house of Just Cavalli, they are all for the better. He couldn't help himself this season and created leopard print tights.


Collar Treatment (Pictured Jil Sander)
Designers looked to the collar for volume and shape this season in Milan; building from the momentum of the trend from NYC to London. Jil Sander's collection not only did dramatic cuts really well, his collars were to die for. Other designers feeling the dramatic collar are Versace (a little suprising to me, but Donnatella has been moving forward with the collections recently), Roksanda Ilincic, 6267, Alessandro Dell'Acqua and Bottega Veneta.


Tartan (Pictured D&G)
The Tartan train is chugging along. The Italians loved tartan especially D&G who went nuts for the stuff. No other designer so far has taking the trend to this level. Other subdued collections that used tartan included Moschino cheap & chic, Just Cavalli, Dsquared and Dolce & Gabbana.

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