ITALY: HIGHLIGHTS OF ROBERTO CAVALLI VERSUS VERSACE AND MISSIONI PRESENT SUMMER COLLECTIONS

Record ID: 521271

  • Title: ITALY: HIGHLIGHTS OF ROBERTO CAVALLI VERSUS VERSACE AND MISSIONI PRESENT SUMMER COLLECTIONS
  • Date: 6th October 2003
  • Summary: (EU) MILAN, ITALY (OCTOBER 4, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. ROBERTO CAVALLI'S SHOW IN MILAN, VARIOUS OF MODELS ON CATWALK WITH CLOTHES INSPIRED FROM WILD WEST AND COWBOYS 2. VARIOUS OF LONG, SEXY DRESSES 4. DESIGNER ROBERTO CAVALLI AND WIFE EVA CAVALLI ON CATWALK (EU) MILAN, ITALY (OCTOBER 4, 2003) (REUTERS) 5. VARIOUS OF AMERICAN POP SINGER MARIAH CAREY, DESTINY CHILD SINGER BEYONCE KNOWLES AND ITALIAN DESIGNER DONATELLA VERSACE POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS 6. VARIOUS OF MODELS ON CATWALK DURING VERSUS FASHION SHOW WITH HEAVY MAKEUP, MIRROR IMAGES ON CATWALK 7. AUDIENCE WATCHING 8. SOPHISTICATED LIGHTING EFFECTS 9. END OF VERSUS SHOW WITH MODELS ON CATWALK 10. SIGN FOR VERSACE SHOW 11. VARIOUS OF MODELS ON CATWALK DURING VERSACE FASHION SHOW, BRIGHT-COLOURED FLOWERY DRESSES, BATHING SUITS, EVENING DRESSES 12. DESIGNER DONATELLA VERSACE ON CATWALK GREETED BY AUDIENCE (EU) MILAN, ITALY (OCTOBER 5, 2003) (REUTERS) 13. AUDIENCE WATCHING MISSONI SHOW 14. VARIOUS OF MODEL ON CATWALK WITH SHORT DRESSES WITH GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS 15. DESIGNER ANGELA MISSONI GREETED BY AUDIENCE AT END OF SHOW 5.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MILAN, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVA7X31T9EBYEX5F1HOA0K215UTI
  • Story Text: Highlights as Roberto Cavalli, Versus, Versace and
    Missoni present summer collections in Milan.

    Who said you can't wear fur in summer? Roberto
    Cavalli certainly didn't leave his favourite material
    behind in a typically raunchy summer 2004 collection on
    Saturday (October 4).

    In these penny-pinching days, many people are limiting
    their luxury spending to bags and shoes but Cavalli's
    chinchilla fur handbags and shawls weren't exactly
    entry-level pieces and set the show a cut above much of the
    rest of Milan fashion week.

    Cavalli stayed true to his skin-tight trousers and
    dresses which, for all the layers of material pinned
    together, showed masses of leg, back and chest but
    freshened the look with some classic and cowgirl elements.

    Pencil-thin jeans were slipped under peach or pink
    suede chaps with diamante strings sewn down the side like
    typical Texan fronds while some of the Dynasty-style
    hairdos were squeezed under cowboy hats flipped up at one
    side.

    Next years trend for capri pants came in plain tan
    leather or purple-grey snakeskin, twinned with fronded
    leather jackets and blue poplin shirts.

    But Cavalli came into his own with dresses that hugged
    the top and waved out in folds of ostrich-printed chiffon,
    armour-plated diamante cocktail dresses or halterneck gowns
    that swept in an X over the breasts but left the stomach
    bare.

    The finale was a series of satin tennis dresses printed
    in the same multicoloured patterns Cavalli sprayed on PVC
    handbags to give to the fashionista crowd at the show.

    Next summer is going to be hot, hot, hot at Versace
    where sun-kissed flesh was as much a part of Saturday's
    spring 2004 fashion show as its typical bold colours while
    at Prada, the Miu Miu girl toned down to earthy shades.

    Neon has flashed on too many a catwalk at Milan fashion
    week but it found a natural home under Versace's bright
    lights, with everything from bikinis to floaty chiffon
    dresses and rib-length shirts printed in bright splatter
    patterns.

    At Versace's diffusion range Versus, black and white
    ruled the roost with jackets, tight knee-length trousers
    and billowing swimsuits painted in stark patterns, held to
    the body with bright turquoise and pink patent leather
    belts.

    Versace has never been for wilting violets and the new
    collection was no different with dresses baring as much
    stomach, thigh and back as they covered, while gold lame
    shorts were so tiny they showed most of the models' bottoms.

    But there were also sensible pieces for the working
    girl like neat white trench coats with a rosette on the
    back, jackets with sculpted necklines or a neon pink pencil
    skirt and white short-sleeved shirt that would fit in fine
    at the office.

    Even a neon vest top printed with pop-art pictures of
    designer Donatella Versace was thoroughly wearable.

    And on Sunday (October 5), Missoni, the house that has
    wooed the fashion world with its zigzag knits and prints
    for 50 years, was perfectly in tune with next year's trend
    for soft colours.

    Dusty candy striped satin on a clotted cream background
    or a subtle leopard print with pastel patches in the spots
    provided the main palette for the collection while block
    colours were worked into a butterfly-type pattern on
    dresses and jackets.

    The Missoni look chimed with next years trends of
    flowing but structured dresses with swathes of material
    floating off a halterneck bikini top.

    Rosita Missoni, who founded the company with her
    husband Ottavio 50 years ago, said she was happy her three
    children had taken over the company and had confidence in
    her daughter Angela who now designs the label.


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