MILAN — Reconciling abnormally high temperaturelevels with the looks for next summertime on Milan Fashion Week runways is endingupbeing an workout in cognitive harshness.
While nodding to sustainability, designers are nevertheless proposing looks that puton’t jibe well with the longer summerseason heat waves, and rather appear to be focused on clients who either live in northern environments, who can count on cool nights or air conditioning, or who simply puton’t care.
Some highlights from Sunday’s sneakpeek of mainly menswear for Spring-Summer 2023:
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PRADA’S GINGHAM NOSTALGIA
The Miuccia Prada-Raf Simons cooperation at Prada hasactually been a shown success, getting identifiable pieces that grab attention and brandname acknowledgment from a range. That is rather a task for co-creators who signedupwith forces simply as the pandemic put the world on lockdown, and which hasn’t rather loosenedup its grip.
The shape for next spring and summerseason is studied and restrained, another simple read. It began with fits with concealed buttons, tapered slim pants down to pointy boots. The set presented boylike notes with striped ribbed or color-block knitwear. Oversized bags contributed to a sense of youth, playing with grown-ups’ things.
Nostalgia came in the type of large gingham, recal