After the first day of spectacular shows, the Milan Men’s fashion week continued Day  2 with shows from:

  • BOTTEGA VENETA
  • ERMANNO SCERVINO
  • DIRK BIKKEMBERGS
  • SALVATORE FERRAGAMO
  • ROCCOBAROCCO
  • CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION
  • VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
  • DAKS
  • TRUSSARDI
  • MONCLER GAMME BLEU
  • ROBERTO CAVALL

Highlights:

BOTTEGA VENETA

The key fabric  for the Bottega Veneta Collection was suede, layered light as cotton in long-over-longer overshirts or plush as velvet in a pullover shirt jacket. We also see lacing was used rather than buttons on some shirts for a free spirited summer attitude.

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO

Best description as a box of neon crayon, Salvatore Ferragamo show was a heady dose of them: a long, light coat in Curaçao blue, an orange tee, lemon yellow belt. From there, the color kept coming. The show went practically sour with vitamin C. I love the bold colours from the whole collection – something I don’t come to expect from the brand.

http://youtu.be/TBmyb9tHuW4

CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION

Italo Zucchelli created for Calvin Klein, a collection built around iconic American sportswear. Jeans, bomber jackets, suits, and a soupçon of surf were the pillars of the collection.

http://youtu.be/f7Tsvkt7Tjk

PRADA

The Spring Summer 2013 collection for Prada is a drastic difference from the last 2 seasons which had a lot of detailing and accessories. What was presented was a much more homogenous and muted tones which Miuccia insisted ‘was quite deliberately a blank canvas’. “Simplicity is repetitive and equal,” she said. “After years of references and accessorizing, I felt the need to be so equal.” The collection’s decorative elements had been pared to almost nothing: the border around a neckline or a placket or a hem. “The border is a timeless decoration, from Ancient Greece onwards,” Miuccia explained. She added that it had taken three days to get the border on the collar of a polo shirt just right. On the other hand, she also claimed that the collection had come together faster than anything she’d ever done.