Versace adds glam to fashion week's retro parade
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Gone were the acid colors, gone were the   clinging plastic trousers, as Versace feted its new, sober   style with 1960s cream shift dresses and geometric prints.
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Retro chic ruled at Milan fashion week on   Monday as Giorgio Armani conjured up the serene elegance of a   bygone era and Dolce e Gabbana's D&G label picked up screaming   colors and clinging hotpants from the 1980s.
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US rock star Madonna is to be the new face of an advertising campaign for the Italian fashion house Versace, according to a spokeswoman for the fashion-house, confirming a report in the magazine Women's Wear Daily.
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Fashion designers are coming up with unique theme to create their range of collection.
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Milan fashion is undergoing a mood swing. Donatella Versace's soft and gentle collection, which closed this round of preview showings, is proof that at least for next summer, Italian designers are taking their minds off sex.
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For many designers, New York's gala week of fashion shows represents the height of success, but plenty of aspiring fashionistas are finding their way without the bright lights and crowded catwalks.
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Michael Kors, Peter Som and Ports 1961 previewed spring collections at New York Fashion Week on Wednesday that were mostly shades of brown, beige and white, with touches of black for drama.
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Life & style: Influential designer Marc Jacobs brings NY Fashion Week to a close with a magnificent collection
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New York Fashion Week, that biannual ritual of luxury and excess, came this week at an odd time.
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Italian designers seem to be on a mission to get guys to dress up again.
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Designers trumpeted warmth Monday at a London Fashion Week preview with models draped in silk and muslin taking to the catwalk splashed in bronze, brass, chocolate and caramel.
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A U.S. recession may be ahead, but fashionistas are being offered an escape from the gloom with a glamorous fall look of lingerie-style designs, full skirts and retro belts shown on New York catwalks this week.
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A few trends are starting to appear in the opening days of Fashion Week: a linear silhouette, a surfeit of men's wear fabrics and a certain sexiness.
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Gone were the acid colors, gone were the  clinging plastic trousers, as Versace feted its new, sober  style with 1960s cream shift dresses and geometric prints.
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London Fashion Week sashayed into action  on Monday with a clutch of feted young designers promising to  boost its star status on the industry's map.
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It was back to the 1960s at Milan fashion  week on Tuesday as Pucci returned to its hippie roots and Dolce  & Gabbana got the catwalk all shook up with an Elvis-inspired  show.
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British designer John Galliano injected  some street cred into the rarefied world of haute couture on  Monday, staging a 1960s-style "happening" to showcase his  latest made-to-measure creations for Christian Dior.