Every possible Venetian clichè was given the poetic Ferretti makeover, coming across as fresh instead of staid.
Ferretti emphasised the multicultural eccentricity running through her collection, but it was the sexiness that really came through.
At the debut of the brand's demi-couture line, the designer's trademark lightness was weighed down by the profusion of embroidery and decoration which added visual richness at the expense of air and movement.
Alessandro Dell'Acqua's cool girls in smeared make-up and greasy locks furiously raided the catwalk, looking fantastic in haphazard layerings of glorious hand-me-downs
On the first day of Milan Fashion Week, appropriation jostled with grungy romanticism.