Gucci S/S12 Milan

Gucci; “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…”  What a sexy, slinky, shimmering, seductive collection, with only the rare exception, a real pleasure to look through, and to marvel at my favourite model, Anja Rubik, who works Frida Giannini clothes to perfection.  These were the 90th Birthday celebrations of an iconic brand. Lovely Art Deco architectural patterns framed to create sinuous shapes on the body, beautiful 1920s drop waists and flapper hemlines, think Julie Andrews in Thoroughly Modern Milly on uppers. Which A-lister is going to be the first to rock one these stunning looks? Aside from the swinging dresses there were some lovely suits with gold buttons at the ankle which flickered in the light, these looks just as sexy appeal despite or because of their androgynous nature.

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Alberta Ferretti S/S12 Milan

This collection started with a series of simple dresses featuring a design of apparently tribal patterns countersunk into the material with an intriguing hint of hide and seek in the cutouts, but then followed some vibrant tribal prints of large scale foliage which seemed like a change of tack rather than an extension of an idea. Ferretti said she was looking at the “the poetry and mystery” of the real wild world but to me the opening minimal looks, urban and slinky, didn’t seem to chime with the bold ‘Zulu’ prints. But even if this was almost two collections it was undeniably beautifully made, in a range of lovely colours, very simply presented and women are certainly going to look and feel good wearing these clothes.

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