ITALY: IN FINAL FEW DAYS OF MILAN FASHION WEEK ARMANI AND MISSONI SHOW THEIR AUTUMN WINTER COLLECTIONS

Record ID: 862252

  • Title: ITALY: IN FINAL FEW DAYS OF MILAN FASHION WEEK ARMANI AND MISSONI SHOW THEIR AUTUMN WINTER COLLECTIONS
  • Date: 3rd March 2003
  • Summary: MISSONI MODELS PREPARING FOR THE CATWALK BACKSTAGE
  • Embargoed: 18th March 2003 12:00
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  • Location: MILAN, ITALY
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  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Business,Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA9ET1PL0LP40OHER8KH5G7YEZB
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  • Story Text: In the final few days of Milan fashion week Armani went for a monochrome midnight mood with floating skirts in the softest silk, patterned tights and sparkling lace dresses.
    Missoni caught Milan's fever for all things mini hitting the catwalk with a parade of hot pants and the teeniest of skirts woven in the houses trademark zigzags.
    Giorgio Armani paraded his latest collection on Monday (March 3). Mixing up the seasons, his fall/winter collection 2003/4 set for the lithe-limbed and warm-blooded with bum-skimming skirts and cut-away lace dresses perfect for the winter party girl.
    Bandeau-topped dresses nipped in at the waist and scalloped at the hem, vest-tops striped in black and white recalled lazy summer evenings rather than chilly winter days.
    Filmy, richly patterned tights gave a nod to colder days while applause met cobwebby coats in wool and sparkling lace shaped into bud-heavy summer roses.
    The Missoni collection took the catwalk on Tuesday (March 4) on the final day of Milan fashion week.
    Miniskirts and hotpants zigzagged in the brown and orange hues of autumn headed down the runway worn by fashions sleekest supermodels.
    Fur pelts slung at an angle over the shoulder and ankle-breaking spikes caught the elegant luxury fever lingering about Milans autumn/winter 2003/4 fashion fest.
    Billowing silk shirts and skirts in bolder blocks and stripes had the worlds top fashion editors scribbling in their notebooks.
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