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The designers’ Dolce & Gabbana main line will be presented later this week and Armani’s Emporio Armani collection shows on September 26.
Gianfranco Ferre’s womenswear collection — his last designs before he died in June — was full of flowing, billowing silks and loose fitting cottons that rippled with every movement.
Trousers were extra long over high-heeled, thick-soled shoes, and in soft silks or jersey that swung lazily as the models walked along a mirrored catwalk.
Echoing a trend at D&G and earlier shows, Ferre gave trousers wide legs, but added a high waist or cummerbund size belts for a 1940s film star swank.
An ivory satin pair sat easily beneath a ghost-like cream blouse with full sleeves and parchment texture lapels.
Ferre, whose successor has yet to be named, had shown his skills with leather, too, in intricate trellis-worked jackets in straw yellow or chocolate brown.
Evening gowns were great gulps of gauzy fabric, knotted at shoulder or breast, and seemed to eschew zips or buttons.
Milan’s shows continue until September 29 with leading designers such as Gucci, Versace and Prada still to come as the city works to keep its pre-eminence in the face of an effervescent London.
