Ferré
Ferré women are looking ahead to a winter of furs and leather, warm and well-dressed without renouncing the elegance of a classic suit. The streamlined styling is anything but 9:00 to 5:00, doubling its appeal with the season's star accessory -- a broad leather belt cinched in tightly at the waist.
The look defines a determined woman; a woman who carries off a classically man-tailored suit complete with tie and asserts her femininity with a sheer silk blouse and wasp waist.
And what does the woman-who-works wear in the evening? The more predatory selections include trousers glittering with sequins paired with a tiny fur stole snaking around a bare torso, while a more eccentric character might feel more at home in a dress of fuchsia tulle fit for a princess with slippers to match.

Armani
Leather flight helmets and aviator's glasses are Armani's accessories of choice for the coming Fall/Winter collections.
There's a wide-ranging, somewhat military feel to the line which combines little harem jackets with pant-skirts flaring out below the knee or tightly tucked into cavalry boots.
The leit-motif of the collection's skirts, shirts, jackets, trousers, tops and shoes seems based on a desire for clear-cut definitions of black and white, good and evil; on a search for inner courage.
L'esprit de corps for the evening calls for sequined dresses complete with leather caps, of course!

Gucci

Gucci's girls are in a shadowy place, somewhat reminiscent of Morticia Addams.
Garments and make-up are darkly Princess-of-the-Night, predictably accessorized with dog-collars, crucifixes, high and spiky heels with ankle-wrapping straps that recall bondage .
From raincoats to long gowns, the designer calls to the lady's dark side with a promise of tattoos and plunging necklines baring as much back as navel. Colors unremitting black and deep browns.

Fendi
So much fur flying in the face of animal rights groups this year, Fendi's zoo is right in line with Gucci's Cruella Deville!
Apart form fur accessories, wool dresses are decorated generously with fur expertly worked to resemble the bark of a tree. The collection's strongest statement is a right and proper foolish: a fox stole with no less than five meters of train.

Biagiotti
The collection, a smooth celebration of Laura Biagiotti's 30-year career, was presented recently on the stage of Milano's Piccolo Teatro, where to designer greeted the audience with her daughter Lavinia.
An enchanting sort of time machine, the collection is set on "future", with a styling to suit big-sized women featuring cream-colored cardigans, skirts and pant-skirts.
Dresses and blouses are playfully sheer and unbuttoned to the waist. A backwards glance to the look that made Biagiotti famous in 1978 features a lovely version of her little princess dress in cashmere.