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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Collette Dinnigan Spring 2010 RTW.

Stephanie Carta (FORD)

Fantasy is one theme of the Spring collections, and Alice in Wonderland was the muse Collette Dinnigan channeled.

Kirsty Macphail (IMG)

It took a while to get to the fun part, though: The designer opened this dress-focused show with a passage in pre-rabbit-hole black and white.

Laragh McCann (FORD)

There was a little lace, some tulle, and rhinestones galore, but no organizing theme to distinguish these frocks from those of another designer on the occasion dress floor of a department store.

Samantha Rayner (NATHALIE)

After Alice took her notorious fall, however, things got more interesting. The boldly colored, painterly floral prints of Dinnigan's ruffled and tiered dresses—the models wore them shrugging off of one shoulder—had a real personality.

Jaine Schuh (WM)

Of course, we all have to come back to terra firma sometime, but it was a bit of a disappointment to see the designer return to the safety of black and white in the long evening looks at the end.

Maria Kashleva (NATHALIE)

Ernesta Petkeviciute (NEXT)

Adina Forizs (IMG)

Alex Sandor (METROPOLITAN)

Ana Gilca (METROPOLITAN)

Stephanie Carta (FORD)

Laragh McCann (FORD)

Kirsty Macphail (IMG)

Samantha Rayner (NATHALIE)

Jaine Schuh (WM)

Alex Sandor (METROPOLITAN)

Maria Kashleva (NATHALIE)

Ernesta Petkeviciute (NEXT)

Adina Forizs (IMG)

Ana Gilca (METROPOLITAN)

Laragh McCann (FORD)

Alex Sandor (METROPOLITAN)

Kirsty Macphail (IMG)

Samantha Rayner (NATHALIE)

Jaine Schuh (WM)

Adina Forizs (IMG)

Maria Kashleva (NATHALIE)

Ernesta Petkeviciute (NEXT)

Ana Gilca (METROPOLITAN)

Laragh McCann (FORD)

Stephanie Carta (FORD)

Collette Dinnigan

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Moschino Cheap & Chic Spring 2010 RTW.

Skye Stracke

When a model trots by carrying a bag that reads "Fashion is full of chic," you know you're not in for an intellectual exercise.

Kim Noorda

Or maybe it was the giant pink backlit heart from which the girls emerged that said young, feel-good, fun.

Debora Muller

Rosella Jardini's Moschino Cheap & Chic collection took its inspiration from that era in the sixties when the mods were mixing with the flower children.

Kate Somers

To start with, there were floral prints: little daisies on a short ruffle-neck dress and big ones on ruched chiffon numbers; a couple of straw hats even came with petal brims. Inspired by the American artist Jim Dine, Jardini added patchworks of bright Pop colors—orange, blue, red, and yellow—to the story line, as seen on an A-line double-breasted jacket as well as a wrap blouse worn with black-and-white checked bloomers.

Iekeliene Stange

Keeping with the youthquake theme, hemlines were either ultrashort or grazed the models' satin flats.

Willemijn Koppelman

And the other accessories were just as cheeky. In addition to the aforementioned tote, there was a bag in hot pink with "Shocking" scribbled across it, and a nameplate necklace to match.

Yulia Kharlaponova

The collection might have been as light as the giant organza carnations that decorated the models' shoes, but that would seem to fit with the prevailing mood. When it comes to having escapism on the brain, Jardini has plenty of company so far this young fashion week in Milan.