Milan Fashion Week

With India on her mind, Angela Missoni offered a bright and exotic proposal for spring, bathed in rich, spicy hues. She stimulated the senses with saffron yellow and Jaipur pink, and worked her signature loom knits in curry orange and sapphire greens.

The collection the British designer presented in Milan was unmistakably Vivienne Westwood. All the elements of her signature style were present in the lineup — the rebellious attitude, witty sense of irony and audacity.

“A Few Palm Trees,” the tongue-in-cheek title of a self-published 1971 book by California artist Ed Ruscha, provided one of the emblematic print motifs for Italo Zucchelli’s latest men’s show for Calvin Klein, and its rather forced titled, “Graphic Heatwave.”

Massimiliano Giornetti mixed the city street and the tropical outdoors for a collection that skewed particularly young for an accessories-led brand that’s been in business for nearly 90 years.

From multicolor graphic prints and classic sartorial patterns to cartoonish motifs and crystal embroideries, John Richmond filled his collection with so many elements the collection was more confusing than creative. Sportswear pieces such as hooded zippered sweatshirts and roomy short pants were juxtaposed with tailored three-piece suits and embossed leather jackets paired with distressed denim. The most convincing results came when Richmond kept things simple: For instance, when he matched crisp, printed shirts with plain slim cotton trousers.

Alessandro Dell’Acqua steered last season’s chic nerd into a more grungy direction for fall, referencing Nineties silhouettes with a rather raw touch.