Dolce and Gabanna led Milan's men's fashion week with the reinvention of the space aged suit. Abrasive golds and sharp silvers were the common feature colours which presented themselves throughout the show.
There was no dispute about the entertainment value of the designs with jaw dropping creations stunning audiences, however were the designs impractical and if so, why dress models in clothing that the normal man cant wear? Melbourne-based radio station 3AW argued this point by dressing a man in space aged attire, parading him around Melbourne and asking onlookers whether they would wear the bold designs.
But of course, they're missing the point. Would anyone actually wear large angelic wings with their lingerie as do the models from Victoria's Secret (excluding potential bedroom trysts here of course)? Would Linda Evangelista actually walk around with a mirror strapped to her face? Haute couture is daring and creative for a reason. After all, would anyone go to watch a catwalk that had a realistic depiction of the next seasons designs; standard sizes, bland colours and no props? I think not. Fashion from the catwalk never makes it the same way onto the street, but it does provoke change and inspires new trends.
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First Written: 1st February 2007 at 02.10
More celebrity addict than fashion diva, we leave it to Renata to give us our daily injection of society gossip that even Page Six would pass on. That's not as bad as it seems of course, as she's always able to tell you exactly was worn by that B-grade celebrity whose existence the rest of us would rather forget. So leave it to Renata to let you know what Britney Spears wore last night and whether she looked hot or not. Just don't expect her opinion to be unbiased. She says: Leave Britney alone. We say: We've heard that somewhere before.
