Alberta Ferretti

From Fendi to Jil Sander, tactility took centrestage on the first two days of Milan Fashion Week, but the results were a little icy, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

If the first day of Milan Fashion Week is anything to go by, fashion’s focus may be returning to well-designed products for real life, not costumes for pretty pictures.

There was a lot happening at today’s show, but what kept it all together was a sense of lightness and joy. Modernity, on the other hand, was elusive.

It seems like all the designer cares about nowadays is dressing Instagram celebs who are easy to impress with glitzy looks.

The mix of trademark floaty dresses and 80s-inflected banana-shaped slacks, sangallo tops and oversized jean jackets was perhaps a season too late, but it felt fresh and feisty enough.