Fashion and Style

Fashion and Style show in Milan Feb.23,2007. Gianfranco Ferre's presentation started promisingly, with aclean black and navy blue mens suits, the only feminine touches being the thin fastening trailing loosely from the lapels of jackets. From there though he reverted to glamour girl mode, turning out full sleeved, sahed kimono jackets in all manner of fabrications, cashmere, astrakhan, thats mens suiting fabric again. Followed by sporty luxe parkas, some trimmed in for the layering on and embellishments reached a crescendo with a series of precious puffer vests in gold or silver, lined in fur. His evening numbers were more stream lined, but no less dramatic most of them were constructed from stiff metallics. Silk so thickly creased it almost resembles Chinese lantern paper, as hi program explained, made for difficult going when the dresses descended to the floor. It took a real diva like skin, the singer who closed his show and was scheduled to perform at his after party, to pull off the look.. The material worked better cut boxy and above the knee. But not half as well, it must be said, as those pantsuits at the shows beginning. It would've been interesting to see Ferre' go with his first instincts.