Milan Women's Fashion Week SS17

71 shows. 98 presentations. One week.

Milan counts its successes, the hundreds of outfits and accessories, the thousands of curious and fashion addicts, the applause and the flops that have coloured the streets and amplified the echo of its fame through designers and models.

Alessandro Michele continues to garner international acclaim, becoming, with his eccentric and weird style, the catalyst of contemporary Italian fashion thanks, this time, to a mix of glam, Elton John, 17th century Venetian courtesans, Nabokov and orientalism.

Bottega Veneta celebrates too, and for the 50th anniversary of the brand presents a collection that perfectly embodies its effortless elegance and an army of models like Gigi Hadid and Adriana Lima, accompanied by an always beautiful Lauren Hutton.

Then there are all the others. Prada with its "Future Forward", Fendi and its interpretation of Jean Antoine Watteau, Jil Sander's sculpture dresses, Versace sexy sportswear or Dolce & Gabbana's "Italian Tropic".

Here are the moost interesting moodboards of the season:

 

An homage to

Philosophy - Brooke Shields in The blue lagoon

 

Etro - Talitha Getty

 

Dsquared2 - Vogue 1989 (First directed by Anna Wintour)

 

Gucci - '70s rockstars

 

Moschino - Marilyn Monroe's paper doll

 

Dolce & Gabbana - Marilyn Monroe by Earl Theisen in 1952

 

Art & Design

Jil Sander - Issey Miyake Pleats Please ads

 

Antonio Marras - Malick Sibidé

 

Diesel Black Gold - David Hamilton

 

Prada - Angela de la Cruz Clutter 2003

 

Gabriele Colangelo - Diana Molzan 

 

Max Mara - Lina Bo Bardi's sketches

 

Sportmax - Shima no ama Kusukazu Uraguchi

 

Gucci - Pietro Bertelli, Courtesan and Blind Cupid, circa 1588

 

Trussardi - Rosanna Jones

 

Salvatore Ferragamo - Naomi Okubo

 

Marni - Jackson Pollock

 

Gucci - Dame Laura Knight, 1924

 

Marco de Vincenzo - Ernesto Attilio

 

Stella Jean - Prefete Duffaut

 

MSGM - Kemi Mai