Crop tops, baggy pants and statement sleeves: the tailoring trends for Spring/Summer 2017

The Spring/Summer 2017 ready-to-wear shows have finally wrapped up, and it's time to examine the key trends for the upcoming season. Nicholas K crafted them into miniature 1990s-style halter tops in New York, while Alexander Wang made them one of the main features of his collection, even cropping 1980s-style sweatshirts to fit in with the trend. In London Anya Hindmarch and Versus Versace made them sporty, and in Milan Prada styled them over buttoned-up shirts and turtlenecks for a quirky take on the look.

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Crop tops, baggy pants and statement sleeves: the tailoring trends for Spring/Summer 2017

Milan fashion week: five memorable looks

Milan (AFP) – Five memorable looks from the Fall-Winter womenswear collections which wrapped up Monday in Milan:

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Armani applies a velvet touch to suit revival

Giorgio Armani showed his velvet touch on Monday as he brought down the curtain on a Milan fashion week heralded as marking a revival of the suit-based womenswear he pioneered in the 1980s. Velvet has always been one of the Milanese maestro's favourite materials and it is ubiquitous in his autumn-winter collection: black as the darkest night and, as he put it in his collection notes, dense, tactile and mysterious. The first two models to emerge from backstage set the tone: the first in a tightly-tailored three-quarter-length black velvet coat over predominately pink slacks, the second in a cropped, pink suit jacket worn atop black velvet trousers.

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Blumarine, Ermanno Scervino unveil furs, craftsmanship in Milan

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian MILAN (Reuters) – Fur took center stage at Milan Fashion Week on Saturday with Italian brands Blumarine and Ermanno Scervino presenting plenty of it in their luxurious womenswear creations for next winter. Designer Scervino also sought to showcase Italian craftsmanship in his collection called “The Mosaic Woman” with pleated as well as thick lace dresses, tweed coats decorated with sparkling sequined flowers and embroidered evening wear.

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Thunder star Westbrook adds to imprint on fashion world

Russell Westbrook has added a California connection to his eyewear company. The Oklahoma City Thunder star added 15 sunglasses frames to his collection with some named for locations tied to his California …

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