Milan Fashion Week

Long a mega fashion don’t, socks and sandals are all over Milan and just got a stamp of approval from Bottega Veneta.

You could just about see the gold-leafed tower of Fondazione Prada through the tangle of wrecked cars—including two Rolls-Royces—that littered the Porta Romana rail yard that was Philipp Plein's show space this season. "Maybe one day there will be a Fondazione Plein," he said backstage: "If I have so much money from my shareholders that I don't know where to put it." Iconoclast or crass? That depends where you're coming from. For sure, though, Plein has shouldered his way inside the gates of Milan fashion week through force of ambition and serial entrepreneurialism. His shoe business alone has gone from nothing to 60 million euros per annum in four years. But this season's big-budget (2 million euros) production was the idea, he said, of his girlfriend.

Donatella Versace paraded a lively collection brimming with the flavors of the desert. Tailored suits in plum, sand and olive were worn layered with long and fluttery printed shirts, while models strode down a sandy catwalk decked in flowing knotted silk headscarves. Versace spun those same printed silks into languid pajama-like suits and hooded bomber jackets fit for midnight lounging at the oasis.

LA Laker's shooting guard Nick Young sat court side as Neil Barrett's Spring/Summer 2016 runway show unfolded.

Reinforced by a disquieting, Tim Burton-esque soundtrack, Consuelo Castiglioni’s return to the Milan runway with Marni men’s wear captured the awkward, poignant juncture between boyhood and the adult world.

Milan Fashion Week was the witness of this sublime, ethereal Menswear Collection from Les Hommes showing Spring/Summer 2016, particularly I love the suits black and red with see-thru shirts, thats out off the hook. Also black is focusing in a minimal functional garments, providing really nice outfits.