Milan Fashion Week Round-Up

Yesterday saw the closing of Milan Fashion Week, the penultimate week of the most important month in the fashion calendar (alongside Fashion Week February of course!) With fashion-flu fast setting in & those toes in desperate need of a pedicure having been subjected to the highest of heels for over a fortnight, you'd be forgiven for thinking the fashion editors would be dreaming of getting back to a comfortable bed, home comforts & their old faithful ballet flats (French Sole of course darling!). That's where you'd be wrong - this is Milan, where the heels are high, the looks are bold, skirts are short & more is more more more!

Here is the Odabash round-up of collections, looks & style we loved...

Roberto Cavalli showcases crisp white crochet, embroidered nudes & muted takes on his usual bold prints

We love Roberto Cavalli when he is in full-on, all out Italian glamour mode, leopard-print & lace flying everywhere - however, we love him EVEN MORE when he tones this down & creates a collection as beautiful as this SS13 one. The crisp white blazer with it's crochet cut-outs (crochet is so next-year, just wait until you see Melissa Odabash 2013!), that super-sexy but still conservative split pencil-skirt! The barely there slip of a nude evening gown! Mr. Cavalli, with this collection you are really spoiling us!

Kings of the more-is-more ethic, Dolce & Gabbana create a typical bold look, part flamenco, part wholesome holiday in the Spanish Riviera.

We love this collection from Dolce & Gabbana, who, as usual, have managed to make such a themed collection look anything but novelty. All very 'Brigitte Bardot does St. Tropez' & we're expecting to see Eva Mendes sunning herself in some of this early next year!

Feminine shapes in billowing silks & chiffon were the order of the day at Blumarine, in subtle muted pastel tones.

Blumarine have excelled themselves with this super-feminine riot of pastels & chiffon, we particularly love the third-from-left silver slip of a dress - super-chic & perfectly complemented by minimal gold jewellery (yes girls, it is cool to mix & match your gold & silver these days!) 

Pucci abandoned their signature prints for the most part for SS13, sending models clad in clean, flowing whites down the runway.

Pucci have minimalised their signature psychedelic prints for SS13 & pulled off a crisp, white look with aplomb. Masculine pieces like the boiler suit & drop-shouldered blouson jacket are given a feminine overhaul in flowing luxe fabrics, making this a super-lustworthy collection from Pucci!

STREET SNAPS

Milan Fashion Week attendees were in a playful mood this September - lots of on-trend comic book prints, quirky statement sunglasses, pops of colour & bold accessories, including our favourite, this cream bike, which we love against the bright blue & orange of her ensemble.

MFW BEAUTY

Beauty-wise, polished-to-perfection skin was the order of the day at MFW, so girls, get that cleanse, tone & moisturise regime in hand immediately (& finish it all off with a bold, bright lip, be it in fuschia, coral, pillarbox red or plum)

Roll on Paris, starting today...!