How Will We Dress in Spring-Summer 1999?

Our fashion reporter Ottavia Pavesi shares with you her opinions, observations and comments on this October's Milano Fashion Marathon, bringing you up to date on the coming season's new looks and trends.

by Ottavia Pavesi

Milan Collections 1998 The spring/summer collections rediscover the fascination of strong and intimate sensuality. Women are sure to experience a new sense of freedom through inspired combinations of line and form. The lightness and wide range of fabrics used in the "Milano Collezioni", from high-tech fabrics to organdie, chiffon, silk, linen taffeta to cotton, denim and jersey make this possible.

The emphasis on freedom is fundamental in the interplay of colors and shades. Main colors of the season, in addition to the insurmountable black and white, are: pearl grey, violet, fuchsia, moss green and geranium. A variety of lace, cut-out decorations, pleats, sequins, rhinestones and zippers have been used to underscore sensuality. Next summer's trousers are generally straight and loose, with some low-rise or pleated styles. Yielding to more graceful lines, hem lines are finally, and uniformly knee or ankle-length. Jackets are casual and characterized by their very simplicity. The look is co-ordinated with wooden sandals and low-heeled shoes with geometric heels and multicolored straps. Textures are shimmering, light, flowing, fluid. Curiosities

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