FERRAGAMO IN MILAN

The show opened with all white, and moved through to the softest palest greys, off whites and dusty sand, accented now and again with bright spicy colour like orange, fuchsia and blue. There was an emphasis on hand-work, like crochet, embroidery and pleating and plenty of ‘decoration’ in the form of pearls and garlands of flowers (made from pleated cloth) ceremoniously draped round the necks of the models. Dress shirts came with extraordinary origami-pleated plastrons, which were almost three-dimensional.