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MFW: Top 10 round-up

Milan Fashion week is always ‘the glamorous one’ and this season saw its fair share of red carpet worthy dresses as well as Prada’s Japanese-inspired collection…which definitely means the oriental style clothing we say on the catwalk in London is definitely going to be BIG this Spring!

Ooh and Jil Sander’s back with minimalist masterpieces.

Cara Delevingne works the runway for Dsquared2

Gucci goes glam and colourful!

Versace goes glitzy (who would have thought?!)

Roberto Cavalli sticks to silky sexiness

Dolce & Gabbana reworks Sicilian folkiness

Moschino does the sixties – which were big (again!) at LFW

Prada mixies punk, sixties and Japan for an incredble collection

So good we’ve got it twice!

Marni does what it does best

Jil Sander’s back at Jil Sander!

Pics: The Telegraph

Trend watch: pyjama shorts

We’ve waxed lyrical about pyjama-style trousers, but how about silky pyjama-style shorts, almost like fashionable boxer shorts for girls? They have the advantage over their trouser counterparts of showing off pins and ankles. Take your lead from D&G and seek out scarf-print shorts or make like Marc by Marc Jacobs and go all nautical. If you like to mix and match your trends, there are also lots of tie dye surfy silk shorts out there.

Inspiration! D&G SS12

A little scarf-like! Zara shorts £19.99

I’m in love with these shorts by Marc by Marc Jacobs £56 from The Outnet – be quick!

Lou Dillon is decked out completely in Marni x H&M (wish I’d queued up now!)

Amazing silk shorts at Reiss and just a little bit surfy

One for the boys too? Pyjamas at Topman SS12

Cheap and chic tie dye shorts at Zara £19.99

Style Crush: Kiernan Shipka (kinda!)

Would you take style tips from a 12 year old? Grazia think so and have a feature coming up on Kiernan Shipka, who plays Sally Draper in Mad Men – yes the little girl!

Kiernan certainly has a mature sense of style and a shoe collection most twenty/thirty-somethings would die for. We’re not sure about the Versace dress and Louboutin combo but we like the youthful Marni pic.

According to the interview Ralph Lauren is a favourite of Kiernan’s, while Grace Kelly and Zooey Deschanel are her style icons.

‘My style is constantly changing. At the moment I look preppy, but with an edge…I am a huge fashion fan. It’s a really cool way to express yourself…I’m always excited to get to set and see what I’m wearing,’ she told the magazine.

If you’re intrigued, check out Kiernan’s Coveteur.

Kiernan Shipka looks very grown-up in Versace

Kiernan's closet - p.s. if you're not a Coveteur follower you're missing out!

Love the Marni jacket

MFW: Colour for winter *super post!*

We’ve mastered colour blocking and are now seduced by Spring’s pastel hues as well as Pantone’s ‘tangerine’ tango and sherbet lemon so some good news…bold and bright colours were a big feature of Milan Fashion Week.

Seeing as we’re drowning under a heap of Fashion Week news we won’t wax lyrical but let the colour do the talking because it’s punchy…ka-pow!

Perky purple at Blumarine

Big bird by Blumarine!

Little Red Riding Hood and sharp lines at Marni?

And some blue sky thinking

I kind of love these Moschino dresses in a princessy party dress way

Cara Delevingne and some excellent detail

A little military twist for Moschino

Lindsey Wixson for Moschino

I love this little red handbag!

Love the geometric prints at Prada

Punchy purple handbag at Prada

Tangerine again! In love with all the bold beadwork.

MFW: minimalism with Jil Sander, Marni + more

Minimalism…in Italy? Of course! There were plenty of beautiful simple cuts around but of course all eyes were on Raf Simon’s final collection for Jil Sander. And it was predictably good!

Packed with pretty pastels, soft shapes and luxe fabrics, we loved the loose coats, bustier dresses in cashmere, metallic leather and even PVC and full billowing skirts and trousers – romantic and feminine but not in a frilly way! And there are still those gorgeous pointy ankle-strapped shoes.

Oh Raf, please move to Dior!

Cannot express how much I want this Jil Sander coat!

Perfect bustier dress

Details

The bustier goes demure

I never thought I'd want a PVC dress but...

Metallic leather lives on - yay!

I LOVE this Gabriele Colangelo look

Another incredible cocoon coat

Kinda illusion-esque coat by Sportmax

A new twist on a roll-neck

A very Sportmax dress

Luxe tees at Marni (with amazing skirt!)

Fun but functional

Love this dress - so Marni

Top 10: Marni for H&M

You all know how amazing Marni is and like us have probably swooned over the Sophia Coppola advert – so without further ado here are the top 10 pieces we are lusting over.

This is soooo mine! Silk top £39.99

Just the right amount of bling. £24.99

Snap's founder + CTO is crazy about this skirt £39.99

Amazing necklace £24.99

Incredible wool cardigan £49.99

Most useful belt ever? Only £9.99

Super cute silk shorts £34.99

SO Marni - sandals £69.99

Yes this if for men but I'd like to wear it with skinny jeans and a white shirt poking out

Best Christmas earrings ever! £19.99

Marni for H&M advert…get excited!

We were completely over-excited about the Marni/H&M collaboration the second it was announced. But now there are pictures and a video directed by Sofia Coppola we are incandescent with anticipation…if that’s even possible!

We’re counting down the days until the collection hits the shops (grrr queuing) on 3 March.

WANT!

And behind the scenes…we do spoil you

Marni + H&M = match made in heaven

Marni + H&M = match made in heaven So you know the news- Marni is the next designer brand to collaborate with H&M…and there’s still a cruise collection in come in February from Versace – fruit and cake prints a-plenty = yum!

We are super excited about both. So put 8th of March in the diary as Marni Mania day.

Founder and Creative Director of Marni, Consuelo Castiglioni will be completely involved and said: “I wanted to create a true Marni wardrobe by revisiting all our favourite pieces in signature fabrics and prints. As always, I love juxtaposing prints and colours, mixing modern tribal with Bauhaus graphic adding sporty utilitarian elements.”

Official Marni for H&M image - hopefully a hint of what's to come!

We’re promised that the collection will include strong prints and bold colour intended to be worn together and layered to embrace a clashing aesthetic. There will be pleated skirts, dresses, cropped trous, knits and silks as well as jewellery, bags and shoes…yay!

Check out the video.

We hope that the H&M collaboration looks a little like Marni’s SS12 collection of floral and 70s look pieces. Here are a few Marni classics that we hope will inspire the H&M collection!

What we love and consider classic Marni

MFW: Marni 1970s florals

The Look: Big block colour, simple A-line dresses with nude petticoats and big bold 1970s floral prints. Retro cropped jackets and leather pencil skirts were key shapes too.

Colour-wise everything was vibrant and graphic with 70s chocolate and yellow hues as well as plenty of graphic navy circles and stripes to break up the florals.

Best Bit: Perspex flowers on miniskirts and amazing floral coat.

The amazing floral coat

Making the two piece modern

The midi is here to stay

Relaxed in retro print and stripes

Yellow perspex buttercup dress

Pics: WWD.