Milan Fashion Week 2010 beauty face-off: Enrico Coveri

2010-02-26 10:46:26 GMT SINA.com I'm torn between which Enrico Coveri hairstyle I like best. While last season's Blair Waldorf-esque headband speaks to my inner Gossip Girl, I'm also loving the fall 2010 Alice Dellal-meets-Princess Leia do. What do you think? Cast your vote below.

D&G Fall 2010 collection inspires ski-bunny fantasies

2010-02-26 10:43:07 GMT SINA.com I’m not a sporty person by nature, but the D&G fall collection (shown today in Milan) makes me want to throw on a cable-knit bustier and ski down a mountain. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s 61 looks would make even the chicest snow bunny jealous—think glittery goggles, knit catsuits, leather bloomers, and reindeer-print rompers.

Winour allows Prada and Fendi to flex fashion muscle

2010-02-26 10:11:07 GMT SINA.com MILAN - "Where is Anna Wintour?" asked a message across one runway Thursday on the first day of Milan's winter womenswear fashion week. It was the question of the moment as fashionistas feared the superstar editor would sit out much of the festivities because of her tight schedule.

Fendi's Lagerfeld colours Milan

2010-02-26 10:05:50 GMT SINA.com Stark winter colours dominated Milan's catwalks Thursday, brightened mainly by Fendi's Karl Lagerfeld in a collection laced with "strange blues."

Issa

2010-02-26 09:58:03 GMT SINA.com If one is to judge a label by its front row—which is, after all, the point of the front row—what on earth to make of Issa? Its prime seating section proudly showcased the likes of Peaches Geldof and Pippa Middleton, sister of Kate, girlfriend of Prince William. In other words, English girls famous for their relatives.

Burberry Prorsum

2010-02-26 09:31:56 GMT SINA.com There's only one problem with the jackets on the Burberry Prorsum runway for Fall: Which one to choose? It's the biggest accolade to Christopher Bailey that (a) that was a real and urgent dilemma, as the outerwear was available to pre-order instantaneously on the Burberry Web site, and (b) it would actually be impossible to go wrong. Every single one of his giant-collared shearlings, military-drab overcoats and parkas—and every hybrid thereof, in all their variations of volume, shape, shagginess, and leather strap and buckle detail—was utterly desirable. Bailey nailed it from the point of view of proportion—oversize and cropped—and practicality. He did it for women who like a frisson of showy seasonal fashion, and for those who want a coat that's destined for a long life in the hall closet. By 5 p.m. GMT, thousands of mouse-pointers all over the world were hovering in distress over which "Click to buy" button to press.

Basso & Brooke

2010-02-26 09:21:10 GMT SINA.com After losing the rights to his name and taking the Spring season off, Alessandro Dell'Acqua was back on the runway today with a new label and a somewhat new approach. He's named the collection No. 21 after his lucky number (his birthday is December 21), and as he said backstage, "It's about real women." Or to put it another way? "There's more daywear." Dell'Acqua's focus on masculine staples like crisp blue cotton poplin shirts, boxy knits, and camel trousers puts him in step with the general direction fashion is heading in—a smart move in these more practical times.

Prada

2010-02-26 09:17:30 GMT SINA.com To take a lead now in the headlong rush and cacophony of multi-platform fashion-news generation, it takes a clear mind to figure out what women want, and what we're lacking. And, far more radically, to address aspects of the system that have been (to say the least) annoying the hell out of many. Miuccia Prada did that today with a calm shrug.