Sparkling in the rain: Milan’s street style wannabes

Cyprien Richiardi did not have an invitation for the Giorgio Armani catwalk show on Monday but that did not make it any less of a must-keep appointment for him on a dank, drizzly morning. “When there is fashion you have to be on the spot, even if it is raining you have to come out,” Richiardi told AFP in a brief break from strutting his stuff up and down the closed-off road outside the Teatro Armani for the benefit of a posse of paparazzi. With his military-style greatcoat and his gold-sprayed basketball boots, Richiardi is doing well in the attention-grabbing stakes, his electic look completed by a dandyish bowtie and a flamboyant headcovering that looks like a nod to his African heritage.

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Sparkling in the rain: Milan’s street style wannabes

Milan Fashion Week: the Giorgio Armani show in pictures

Milan Fashion Week closed Monday, February 29 with a catwalk show from Giorgio Armani. The Italian fashion house previewed an elegant collection for autumn/winter 2016, with a line of understatedly stylish designs mainly in black and a few shades of gray. There were discreet touches of color here and there, but looks were kept simple and refined.

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Milan Fashion Week: the Giorgio Armani show in pictures