Antonio Marras A/W 12 Milan Fashion Week

Creative director of Kenzo until last year, Antonio Marras is renowned for his feminine clothes that have a hint of nostalgia or hark back to a vintage era. For A/W '11 models walked to a back drop of an image of Marras' mother, with the collection a show of polished beauty from the 1940s and 50s, that was drawn from memories of his mother's elegance. This season the image was replaced by the story of a showgirl and singer, Milly, who defined the showspace and inspired the theatrical curtain reveal of the models for the finale. The music set the scene perfectly, with a score fit for a 1920s silent black and white movie. The clothes were ladylike, showing coats patched together with floral vintage fabric, tweed and brocade. I particularly liked the elegant collars, which had been seen in crisp white for A/W '11, and also the Japanese-style wrap skirts as seen below. 

Images: Vogue

See my post of Antonio Marras A/W '11 Milan Fashion Week last year.