Fall Fashion Week 2017 Milan Fashion Week 2017

Mode weeks are the best places to uncover upcoming fashion trends and style inspiration. Some fashion weeks are more interesting than others. This was the example with Milan Fashion Week. Here are our 15 favorite looks and trends from the track.

Way as Art

What began in Couture Mode Week 2017 (see our blogpost from those shows) is standing in Milan. Prada, featured fashion glamour girl prints splashed beyond this pared down silhouette and brought in some other Couture Calendar week trend – feathers. Here in the class of feathered ankle strap shoes.

Prada (Prototype credits: Prada.com)

Fun Fashion

Milan Fashion Week would be incomplete without a buzz-worth Moschino collection. Jeremy Scott's Rat-a-Porter collection didn't disappoint and you just know that up there in way heaven, Franco Moschino was smiling. Inspired by trash and rats, the collection featured looks that literally made trash seem chic. Whether this expect was a statement most recycling, or was created just for fun, information technology worked. Information technology is always overnice to come across a less serious side of fashion.

Moschino (Image Credits: Vogue.information technology)

Fashion With A Social Justice Message

Start in the 2000s, many designers began to use their rail shows as vehicles for social justice and to telephone call attention to a particular cause. In 2015, Donatella Verace'due south 2015 show donated to Equality Now, an NGO (non-government arrangement) defended to catastrophe violence and bigotry against women and girls. And this flavor was no exception. Her feminine, flirtatious silhouettes in sheer georgette featured colourful floral embroidery, sequin embellishments and her bulletin… 'backbone' and 'loyalty'.

Peek-a-Boo Trend

Fendi reinvented sweater dressing with this peek-a-boo cut out oversized crochet sweater dress worn over a black bodysuit, paired with the hottest blood-red patent leather over-the-knee joint boots and a red fur-strap purse.

Fendi (Prototype Credits: Fendi.com)

Redefining the Classics

Archetype pant suits, sweaters, trousers, wool coats and pencil skirts were all seen during fashion week. Some were given a unique twist past designers both in the U.S and in London. In Milan, there was no exception. This look by MSGM, took an otherwise classic pinstripe suit and gave information technology a tweak, with a smattering of sequins and the at present infamous 'pussy bow' blouse. A baseball game cap and white 'get-go' boots completed the wait.

MSGM (Image Credits: Vogue.com)

Another twist on a classic is this dramatic tweed jacket with an architectural assymetric neckband seen on the runway at Salvatore Ferragamo. Designer Fulvio Rigoni, completed the expect with a pair of cropped navy trousers.

Salvatore Ferragamo (Image Credits: Vogue.com)

At Jil Sander, Lucie and Luke Maier served upwardly a clever accept on the classic and ubiquitous 'puffer' coat for this stylish over-sized copper metallic version, that works perfectly for either day or evening.

Jil Sander (Image Credits: Faddy.com)

Practical Way

While some designers tried to redefine the classics and others filled their collection with fun or social messages, other designers, like Max Mara stuck to practical, habiliment style. Staying close to their roots of beige and a neutral color palette, creative director Ian Griffiths focused on wardrobe staples in mixed fabrics. Here, a beige sleeveless ribbed turtleneck sweater paired with a stake gold pencil skirt and pumps.

Max Mara (Image Credits: MaxMara.com)

Female Power

At heritage luxury label, Bottega Veneta, fifteen-year artistic director veteran, Tomas Maier, gave his collection a nod to the shoulder pad! Strong shoulder, strong women, that is what this trend is all about. Here, his wool coat is belted, double-breasted and has a sharply defined shoulder.

Bottega Veneta (Image Credits: Vogue.com)

Themed Collections – Asian & Venetian Invasion

With China as a major inspiration for designers through the ages, at Gucci this season, Alessandro Michele created a cacophonous collection of rich brocades and laces. This look is juxtaposed with a stylized cowboy chapeau, a pair of white embroidered go-go boots and a parasol that adds to its overall eclectic exoticism.

Gucci (Image Credits: Gucci.com)

At Alberta Ferretti, Venice was the inspiration backside the collection. Here, the show's final look was a red velvet greatcoat worn over a red sheer gown – the makeup and filigree earrings gave a carnival experience.

Alberta Ferretti (Prototype Credits: AlbertaFerretti.com)

Embellishments, Embellishments and More Embellishments

Dolce & Gabbana's collection was, as always, rich with embellishments. This look is completely bongers. A sequined jacket with a patchwork of playing cards, paired with playful white graffitied jeans, topped off with a kitchy tiara and blue embellished pumps. Now is that non anti-minimal at its best and the antithesis of 'less is more', or what?

Dolce & Gabbana (Image Credits: DolceGabbana.com)

At Marni, creative manager Francesco Risso served up some embellishment with his iridescent coin-shaped sequins sewn onto this off the shoulder sheath apparel.

Marni (Paradigm Credits: Marni.com)

Armani goes New-Age

Who would have always dreamed that Giorgio Armani, known for elementary fashion fabricated from the finest textiles coin can purchase, would ever show plastic clothing on the rail? Well he did just that at his Emporio Armani show. Here he showed a pair of laminated checkered pants and paired them with a fur 'stubby' jacket. Did yous ever?

Emporio Armani (Image Credits: Vogue.com)

And Armani didn't cease there. In his Giorgio Armani collection, he as well played with mixed textures and materials. This look features a beaded summit (or is information technology a necklace or a shrug?) with hassled details, paired with sumptuous velvet trousers and and a very pretty velvet bow-tie belt.

Giorgio Armani (Prototype Credits: Vogue.com)

It seems that Milan fashion had something for everyone: the fine art lover, fun seeker, classically-oriented, applied and new age fashionista, theme-lover and the growing accomplice of socially responsible types. Stay tuned for more fashion week coverage and be certain to send us your thoughts on what you liked best and least from the collections!

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