http://www.drapersonline.com http://www.drapersonline.com http://www.drapersonline.com/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.drapersonline.com http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/trendwatch-caped-crusaders/5045435.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/trendwatch-caped-crusaders/5045435.article It wasn’t all dresses at Paris Couture: beady eyes would have noticed a ladylike trend wrapped around the catwalks. Fri, 1 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-burberry-prorsum/5045098.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-burberry-prorsum/5045098.article Christopher Bailey’s autumn collection was a lot more subdued than his shiny spring 13 offering. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-jil-sander/5045133.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-jil-sander/5045133.article Sander took her clean lines and fuss-free detailing beyond the limits of strict minimalism with a collection that retained a simplicity while avoiding being plain. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-dolce-and-gabbana/5045134.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-dolce-and-gabbana/5045134.article While not exactly an act of God, this collection had more than a touch of the religious about it, as iconography, tapestries and even a church print made it onto the catwalk. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-versace/5045135.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-versace/5045135.article Pushed-up sleeves, pumped-up shoulders and punchy fabrication characterised Donatella’s collection. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-prada/5045136.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-prada/5045136.article How very normal - and how very Prada - this collection was. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-gucci/5045137.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-gucci/5045137.article Frida Giannini’s Gucci man is getting more sophisticated and comfortable with himself every season. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-fendi/5045138.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-fendi/5045138.article Despite the luxe textiles and pelts, there was a rugged, outdoorsy element to Silvia Venturini Fendi’s collection. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-giorgio-armani/5045139.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-giorgio-armani/5045139.article Another epic show recaptured some of the cohesion missing from Giorgio Armani’s recent collections. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-best-of-the-rest/5045140.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/menswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-menswear-aw13-best-of-the-rest/5045140.article Want a suit? Bottega Veneta’s got it: dbs, sbs, grey, black, putty or navy, Tomas Maier has designed a beautifully cut suit for everybody. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/whats-a-nice-show-like-you-doing-in-a-place-like-this/5044846.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/whats-a-nice-show-like-you-doing-in-a-place-like-this/5044846.article The venue where a designer chooses to hold their catwalk presentation or a trade show bases its exhibition says a lot about their operation, market position and relationship with the attendees and visitors, whether that be buyers, punters or even lowly journalists. ian.wright@emap.com (Ian Wright) Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-fendi/5041464.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-fendi/5041464.article In a week when other shows might have stolen the limelight, Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi’s spring 13 collection managed to stand out for its precision, intriguing methods of construction, confident use of colour and the less tangible quality of lightness of touch. ian.wright@emap.com (Ian Wright) Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-jil-sander/5041465.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-jil-sander/5041465.article Following on from Raf Simons’ stunning final womenswear collection for the Jil Sander house, the collection from the returning woman whose name is above the door was the week’s most hotly anticipated show. ian.wright@emap.com (Ian Wright) Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-gucci/5041466.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-gucci/5041466.article What a difference a season makes. From dark and moody for autumn 12 to this, possibly the most blindingly bright collection of the week, Frida Giannini likes to keep us on our toes. ian.wright@emap.com (Ian Wright) Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-prada/5041467.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-prada/5041467.article If the resort pieces Miuccia Prada presented among her spring 13 menswear collections in June were anything to go by, we were never in for anything outlandish with her latest womenswear show. ian.wright@emap.com (Ian Wright) Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-versace/5041468.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-versace/5041468.article The majority of Donatella Versace’s spring 13 collection evoked a feeling of carefree abandon which, while not a huge departure for the label, felt less glam, less done-up than her usual look. ian.wright@emap.com (Ian Wright) Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-marni/5041469.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-marni/5041469.article “More clean, more fresh, more light,” was founder and chief designer Consuelo Castiglioni’s take on her spring 13 collection, and she was right. ian.wright@emap.com (Ian Wright) Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-dolce-and-gabbana/5041470.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-dolce-and-gabbana/5041470.article Kitsch? Check. Siciliana? Check. Elaborate prints? Check. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were in familiar and familial territory with their spring 13 collection. ian.wright@emap.com (Ian Wright) Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-missoni/5041471.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-missoni/5041471.article If you only caught the opening pure white looks and closing darkest black ones, you could have been excused for thinking this wasn’t a Missoni show at all. ian.wright@emap.com (Ian Wright) Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-giorgio-armani/5041472.article?referrer=RSS http://www.drapersonline.com/fashion/catwalk/womenswear/milan-fashion-week/milan-fashion-week-giorgio-armani/5041472.article The spring 13 offering from Mr Armani was cosmic and light years ahead of his autumn 12 show. ian.wright@emap.com (Ian Wright) Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00 GMT