Five key trends from Milan Fashion Week

After New York and London, Milan revealed its trends for the spring/summer 2017 season with a week of shows splashed with color, and where artisanal skills and craftsmanship took center stage. While fashion houses like Giorgio Armani and Francesco Scognamiglio went for light, fluid looks, others chose opulence and exuberance for SS17, including Dolce & Gabbana's vibrant homage to Italian culture. Seen all over the runways in New York and London, frills were also a trend at Milan Fashion Week, bringing a light, buoyant feel to collections and highlighting the sensuality of the female form.

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Five key trends from Milan Fashion Week

Tuomas Merikoski for Aalto: ‘Aalto is for strong, sophisticated women’

October 5), we caught up with Tuomas Merikoski, who will reveal the spring-summer 2017 collection of Aalto on Tuesday, September 27 at 2:00 PM local time. What or who inspired this collection? The new “Uusi Fantasia” collection is an expedition to embrace diversity, have a free mind space inspired by grunge.

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Tuomas Merikoski for Aalto: ‘Aalto is for strong, sophisticated women’