New generation of designers take Milan centre stage

IMG class=hide alt=”New generation of designers take Milan centre stage” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-30be15f8d262883126c92a42418b5f22.jpg” (By Elisa Cecchi) (ANSA) – Milan, February 25 – If fashion holds up a mirror to society, the women’s 2014 winter shows that wrapped up Monday in Milan were a clear indication the time has come for new talent to share the limelight with Italy’s icons. PAnd as the youngest premier and government in Italian history were sworn in on Saturday in Rome, a new generation of leading Italian designers over the past few days have shifted the focus on something fresh fashion has to offer, a new slant on the way women can dress./PPMilan shows, long accused of concentrating too much on designers who have been at the forefront of fashion for decades, this time gave plenty of big-league space to upcoming talents under the new direction of Jane Reeve./PPReeve was recently appointed chief executive of Italian fashion’s governing body, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana./PPAnd the 30- and 40-somethings Alessandra Facchinetti for Tod’s, Fausto Puglisi, Andrea Incontri, Marco de Vincenzo, Gabriele Colangelo, Stella Jean, Aquilano.Rimondi, alongside Alessandro Dell’Acqua with his label N21 and Francesco Scognamiglio, showed Italy’s fashion future is in the making. After spells at Gucci, Valentino and Pinko, Alessandra Facchinetti designed her second ready-to-wear collection for Diego Della Valle’s Tod’s, showing she can be as insightful a fashion spokesperson for her generation as Stella McCartney or Phoebe Philo at C