Runways

The Men’s Spring/Summer 2016 collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli embarked on a journey in style adopting other cultures and worlds. Five-pocket jeans, Hawaiian shirts, souvenir jackets with textures and decorations, become pages of a thrilling diary. While denim - the textile of choice for contemporary storytelling was given a couture interpretation through the unique savoir-faire of Valentino’s ateliers.

Off to go! Todays starts Paris Fashion Week Prêt à Porter Spring/Summer 2016 and Lemaire explain it clean, soft lines, soft cuts elegance sublime.

A tidal wave of styling went into Dsquared2’s surf-themed show, the pileups of rugged outerwear and neon-flecked or sparkly tank tops built up from tattoo-print bodysuits – and then stripped off for a racy, nearly nude finale.

It was a season awash with fluidity, slouchy silhouettes, and plays on volume — and nobody does it better than Milan’s emperor of soft, Giorgio Armani. He seized the moment with gusto, sending out a polished collection in a powdery palette of dusty blue, peppermint leaf and lavender.

A De Stijl-esque art movement took hold of Brioni for its Spring/Summer 2016 collection, of which the hallmark was an urban geometric print that looked like a 21st century rendition of Piet Mondrian's "Tableau."

The #ZZegna SS16 collection plays with graphics woven into its fabrics: club house stripes, crests and the iconic Z ZEGNA pentagon #zegnalive