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Fashion ecstasy continues on to Milan, Italy as we see designers transform their passion into works of art and trendsetting fashion. Here is a look at the trends forecast this city’s designers had to offer in their wares.Fuchsia. While Pastels whispered on the runways of London Fashion Week, Fuchsia let out a glorious roar on the catwalks of Gucci, Ports 1961 and Versace. |
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Mini Hemlines. Models with legs for miles slunk down the runways of Emporio Armani, Moschino and Prada in the most deliciously short skirted dresses, lace and leather shorts and micro minis. |
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Flower Power. Flowers are very much in bloom and not in London. Flower power ruled the runways of Bottega Veneta, Trussardi and Antonio Marras showing its staying power as a trend. |
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Swinging 60s. We saw a return to the 60s from Moschino, Fendi, and Versace as dresses shimmered and shone on the runways reminiscent of the 60s disco balls.  |
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Mesh. Peek-a-boo mesh inserts graced the ensembles of Bottega Venetta, Pucci and Versus on the Milan Fashion Week runways. |
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Lace. The most feminine of of materials, lace adorned slinky dresses in an assortment of colors graced Alberta Ferreti, Emmano Scervino, Versace and Fendi catwalks. |
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Stripes. A trend that began in New York has made its way on to the runways of Milan Fashion Week in both vertical and horizontal bold lines of colour in creations from Dolce and Gabbana, Etro, Moschino and Fendi. |
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Beading. Sequins and intricate beading wove their way onto the most glamorous of dresses and gowns at Alberta Ferreti, Missoni and Roberto Cavalli to give the shimmer and glitter that is every girl’s addiction. |
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Dots. Big and small splotches of colour slowly made their way onto the runway in the collections of Marni, Antonio Marras, Jil Sander and Missoni making them one of the trends to watch out for. |
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Palazzo Pants. Loose and breezy, palazzo pants billowed their way down the catwalks of Etro, Emilio Pucci, and Genny in an assortment of colors. |
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As with every Fashion week there is always those collections you liked better than the rest. Here is a look at some of ours and why.Jason Wu. Jason Wu’s ss13 collection was a dark, black and white dream come true. With only mostly dark hues from midnight blue, black and of course white, he pulled off a collection worthy of looks we utterly loved- the black on black ensembles, the 50 shades of grey harness inspired looks to the black and white combo, there is no other way to do black and white other than the Jason Wu way. It was sexy, strong femininity at its best. |
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Marchesa. The Marchesa girls took our breaths away with their Indian Sari inspired romantic collection. The colours, cut and silhouettes of the collection were amazing. The beading and embroidery done on the most gorgeous, sheer and frothy gowns were superb finishing touches to an already exquisite collection. |
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Marc by Marc Jacobs. This season’s collection was definitely better than lasts. We loved the sporty chic look and the retro laid back feel of the collection. Effortless style to say the least. The mix of prints and patterns for the layered looks, the bold vertical and horizontal stripes were definitely out of a color lover’s dream and lets not forget the turbans that added a surprise bit of chic. |
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Alice + Olivia. Stated to be a colorful collection inspired by the American dream, Alice + Olivia delivered to a Tee. The maxi dresses in gorgeous blues and whites, polka dots with voluminous bottoms made the collection charming. |
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Tadashi Shoji. Amongst those that are known for their romantic and ethereal gowns, Tadashi Shoji lived up to his reputation and then some. The monochromatic neutral ensembles in sheer and lace with a little frill and embroidery added an unexpected touch of whimsy to the collection. |
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Ps; SS-Spring/Summer.
It is that time again where Designers showcase their collection for the coming Spring/Summer season. While there was a sense of horizontal and vertical stripes domination of the shows, the Marchesa girls wowed with their Indian inspired collection. Over all collections this time round were not only breathtaking, colourful and flirty but also ethereal. Here are some of the trends forecast for next season as seen on the New York Fashion Week Runways.Maxi Mania. Beautiful gorgeous maxis in an assortment of colours floated down the runway of Alice+Olivia and Donna Karan in various shades of blue, polka dots and mint. |
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Stripes. Vertical and horizontal stripes dominated the catwalk from designers like Michael Kors, Narcisso Rodriguez as well as Tommy Hilfiger making Stripes one of the most powerful trend to look out for. |
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All in the bead work. Theyskens, BadgleyMishka and Marchesa could not resist the beauty of beautifully crafted bead work in most of their romantic gorgeous gown collections.  |
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Sporty Chic. Sports inspired creations featured in Marc by Marc Jacobs, Lacoste and Rebecca Antanoff prove you don’t need to play sports to rock the sporty look. |
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Prints and Patterns. Looks like prints and patterns are here to stay for awhile at least. They dominated during the Derek Lam, Philip Lim and Anna Sui runway shows amongst others. |
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Black and White. When in doubt, a black and white ensemble never goes wrong as shown by Jason Wu and Rachel Zoe on the runway. |
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Cut Outs. A carryover trend from the SS12 collections. Vivienne Tam and Alexander Wang proved that cut outs are one of the sexiest ways to show a bit of skin without looking trashy.  |
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Denim. This fashion classic has had an overhaul in washes and wear on the catwalks of Tibi, Marc Jacobs and DKNY. DKNY gave denim a modern and updated twist as the pieces were more dressed up and chic. |
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Bra Tops. The fashion week runways have been awash with a lot of midriff bearing Bra tops from Charlotte Ronson and Rebecca Minkoff collections. Better get those abs toned and tight for this skin bearing trend.  |
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Monochrome. There is a return of the monochromatic trend in whites, neutrals and all black collections seen at Tadashi Shoji, Richard Chai and BCBG. |
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Pictures are courtesy of nymag.
