Fashion Close-Ups
Face it, most of us are never going to wear the latest from Gucci or Fendi from head to toe. But a close-up look at some details from Milan Fashion Week can give you a hint about the shoes, hats and other accessories you'll see and maybe even buy next year. Keep clicking for a look at some of the best, and a few you'll probably never see again. At left, a model appears for Mariella Burani on Sept. 27, 2006.
Leave it to the House of Pucci to put a zany pattern on the leggings now showing up on runways and in stores. At left, a model wears leggings by Matthew Williamson, a designer for Emilio Pucci, at his Spring/Summer 2007 show in Milan on Sept. 28, 2006.
Leggings get a metallic gleam in an outfit shown at the Angelo Marani Spring/Summer 2007 show in Milan on Sept. 27, 2006.
Another bright take on leggings is shown at the Moschino Cheap & Chic Spring/Summer 2007 show in Milan on Sept. 27, 2006.
Hey, these shoes would go great with those shiny leggings. But the shoes were shown by fashion designer Daniela Carano for Clips during the label's Spring/Summer 2007 runway show in Milan on Sept. 23, 2006.
Now, you're not likely to see these shoes again, and you know why? Because no woman wants to break a leg, even for a great shade of red. This model clomped down the runway at the Mariella Burani Spring/Summer 2007 collections in Milan on Sept. 27, 2006.
These shoes were designed by a man. Need we say more? They were shown by designer Matthew Williamson for the Emilio Pucci Spring/Summer 2007 runway show in Milan on Sept. 28, 2006.
Now this is more like it. A model wears pink patent leather sandals in the Fendi Spring/Summer 2007 runway show in Milan on Sept. 28, 2006.
Big jewelry is back. Among the standouts was this elaborate black-and-white necklace worn with a matching gown by a model at the Jenny Packham runway show in Milan on Sept. 27, 2006.
Big silky flowers showed up as trim on gowns everywhere. Here, a model appears in the Laura Biagiotti Spring/Summer 2007 runway show in Milan on Sept. 28, 2006.
An even bigger flower shows up on a gown shown by Dolce & Gabbana in Milan on Sept. 28, 2006.
Bags were big, too, as well as heavy and elaborate. A model carried a red-tasseled bag for the Gucci Spring/Summer 2007 women's collections in Milan on Sept. 27, 2006.
Prada made a splash in Milan by bringing back the turban, a style of headgear not seen on Western women for a long time. At left, a model appears for designer Miuccia Prada's Spring/Summer 2007 women's collections on Sept. 26, 2006.
A whole line of models wear turbans during the Prada Spring/Summer 2007 runway show in Milan on Sept. 26, 2006.
The turban thing also showed up in the Moschino Cheap & Chic Spring/Summer 2007 runway show in Milan on Sept. 27, 2006.
Hats are problematic at best. This model looks great on the runway, but if she wore this hat on the street, she'd look like she had a giant candle-snuffer crammed over her head. She appeared at the Krizia Spring/Summer 2007 show in Milan on Sept. 28, 2006.
This hat looks like a vintage prop from "A Clockwork Orange." A model wears a bowler in the John Richmond Spring/Summer 2007 runway show in Milan on Sept. 28, 2006.