 | From disco to Rio, Milan fashion's many guises
Big name designers got down to the real business of fashion, relegating a row about overly-thin models to a fashion footnote. |
| Don't meddle with our models, say Milan fashionistas
Milan fashion week is resisting calls for a ban on underweight models amid a debate on super-thin girls and eating disorders that has gripped the public but elicits bored yawns from designers. |
 | Milan fashion: striking Prada, Bottega Veneta's pale sensuality
Italy's Miuccia Prada used rich amethyst and scarlet to further empower her striking summer silhouette, while at Bottega Veneta the mood was sensual. |
 | Anti-fur protesters storm Cavalli fashion show
Cavalli's sports-themed show for his Just Cavalli label had opened with a live brass band dancing on a mock football pitch, followed by models in broad-shouldered cropped jackets and thigh-skimming dresses to a backdrop of electronic score boards. |
 | Gucci revives the 1960s in retro-crazy fashion week
Gucci delved into the vintage trunk and came out with 1960s silver and white A-line shifts and black, purple and orange mini-dresses cinched with broad belts for its spring/summer 2007 collection. |
 | Gucci revisits 60s style, timeless Marras at Milan fashion
Italian designer Frida Giannini energetically revisited the 1960s for Gucci, while Antonio Marras' otherworldly romance had a timeless quality. |
 | Don't mention the weight at Milan fashion week
"If that's all your article is going to be about, you'd better talk to someone else." |
 | Sex, money, glamour rule at Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana proved their love for showgirl exuberance on Thursday with a collection of aggressive black corset dresses, buttocks-hugging skirts and sequinned gowns in the colours of the rainbow. |
 | Skimpy beachwear to urban vinyl on Milan catwalk
From easy colourful beachwear at Emilio Pucci, to Dolce and Gabbana or Fendi's urban dressing in vinyl or plastic, Milan had both style options covered. |
 | Versace adds glam to fashion week's retro parade
Gone were the acid colours, gone were the clinging plastic trousers, as Versace feted its new, sober style with 1960s cream shift dresses and geometric prints. |
 | Milan fashion: Versace's geometric prints, nautical Ferre
Gone are the glittering sequins, next summer Versace is all about geometric prints, while Gianfranco Ferre set sail on a voyage for his spring-summer 2007 collection. |
 | Missoni's prints, historic Cavalli as Milan fashion week ends
Missoni's fluidly feminine summer silhouette and a voyage back to 19th century Florence at Roberto Cavalli brought Milan's ready-to-wear shows to a close. |