MILAN (AP) — The Milan Fashion Week previews that concluded Monday announced a return to more formal dress, confirming a trend seen on the red carpet at the Oscars the night before.
Milan designers indulged in fringe, beading and elegant lines. Dark colors prevailed, but were tempered with bursts of tangerine, turquoise, icy blue and greens as seasons continue to blur on fashion runways.
Some highlights from the last day of fall/winter shows, anchored by Giorgio Armani:
IRREVERENT, INVENTIVE ARMANI
Giorgio Armani may be known for his jackets, but trousers were the headliners of his ultra-elegant collection for next fall and winter.
The designer’s notes didn’t offer a vocabulary for a new silhouette that smartly merges trousers with a skirt, but said the collection invokes “a new adaptation of the…