Aquilano e Rimondi FW10.

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Totally slipped my mind to share how amazing I thought A&R was in Milan! I really want a tween blazer like that now. And the shoes are incredible! I have to say though - the thing I loved most about the show was the staging. I love it on runways when they manage to pull off the spotlit walker thing - I think it was Marc Jacobs who managed it last year, possibly the year before, and the effect was incredible - so focussed... especially for this collection.

*love*

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Max Mara FW10.

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Absolute favourites!

I am hereby inspired to:

1. wear wide-leg tailored pants tucked into boots
2. run around all winter with these furry gloves
3. knit an oversized, patterned jumper

Sounds reasonable enough :)

Max Mara made me smile with the... union, shall we say, of old and new. The concept was so clean and I loved the make-up - those eyes are so sharp and intense, but simple.

Agreed??

*love*

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Moschino FW10.

As much as I realise that hats and glasses are Moschino's vibe, I must say did love the collection so much more with the eyes-up blocked out :)

Having said that, I absolutely adored the power shoulders, houndstooth, leather gloves, tights, stripes and apparent adaptation of Renaissance.

It was so refreshing to see a collection that wasn't nearly as intense as Milan tends to be!

Thoughts?

*love*

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Emilio Pucci FW10.

To start with, I would like to point out how incredible this building is, and how much I want to be sitting in that front row - look at that gorgeous floor!

Second, Pucci has seriously taken that step up. Peter Dundas seriously put his greatest foot forward and pulled the FW10 bar right up to I don't even know how high. The front row obviously agreed - look at their little faces of awe in every photo :)

As much as the collection was Balmain-esque, I have to say the details and concepts were just mindblowing. I was looking at these in HD and it was like every corner you zoomed in on was a different piece of art - especially the very-much-talked-about embellished mini dress on Mariacarla - and the whole picture was just this amazing maze of quality.

That white blazer is also the new love of my life. Almost :) How gorgeously modern-old-school is it? Love.

P.S. I just noticed that some of the shoes are the same as Versace's :O Can anyone explain this?

*love*

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House of Donatella.

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Mixed reviews have been flying around about the Versace FW10 collection, but I'm going to say I quite liked it. Sure, she is stuck on asymmetry, but this time it was really futuristic and fun with the intense brights, mixed in with neutral classics (loving the blazer Freja is wearing).

This season's natural makeup has also taken my fancy - easy easy :)

What do you guys think?

*love*

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Gianfranco Ferre FW10.

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Again - all the more need for black leather platform ankle boots. Ferre also reminded me that I need to find some pretty leather gloves - I'm so tempted to go elbow length :)

The one thing I frowned about in this collection is that so many of the pieces looked amazing upon inspection, but because the models were wearing a... lycra bodysuit of some sort, it didn't quite click - maybe it's the need of collarbone.

That lipstick shade is so perfect! Does anyone know who did Ferre's make up? I also love how it matches that last pair of shoes :)

*love*

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Alberta Feretti FW10.

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I don't know what it was about the Feretti collection that struck me as revolutionary - sure, the finale gowns were not quite up to the bar they've been at in the past, but when I zoomed in on each piece, it was very impressive. And how fun are those boots?

Attention to detail this winter, my friends - I hereby declare that I am buying a nude peacoat and beading the pockets and collar.

Or I could somehow bag the actual Feretti piece. *cough*

:)

*love*

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"... can you please spell 'Gabbana'?" ~ Andy: The Devil Wears Prada

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D&G's knits actually killed me. Good killing (as is, apparently, always the case with my frequent dying upon seeing things). So, I'm sorry that it looks like I've just flooded the page with D&G photos, but I had such a hard time cutting the entire collection down!

The thing I loved most about this FW10 collection, was that the models didn't look like they were walking a runway. It wasn't artificial, it wasn't over-performed. It was just like: I'm walking down the street in D&G. What of it? Keys, phone, bag.

Also, it is now my dream to walk around holding a Vespa helmet and gloves (like in fourth photo), regardless of whether I actually have a Vespa. Which I don't.

Second: the amazingly smooth transition between knits to chiffon to knits again - and here, I have to draw your attention to the knit-esque chiffon (printed or woven) in the first photo - I want. I am so wearing patterned knits with floaty skirts this winter.

Third: everything that can be belted was belted. The (high-wasited) furs (shorts) were belted. The body suits were belted. The (dream) blazers were belted. If a model had Rapunzel hair, it would have been belted.

And lastly:

I don't think there is even I need to say about these.

*love*

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