In times of economic uncertainty, one must be cautious. Many of the fashion critics said that’s exactly how Gucci’s designer Frida Giannini played it for the label’s Spring 2009 collection which showed this week during Milan Fashion Week. They found the collection very safe or as Style.com’s Sarah Mower said a “businesslike collection with no pretense of being anything other than hip, immediately understandable clothes for a young …

One thing we love about fashion is that you don’t need a Ph.D in history to interpret or understand the trends.  Never was this more true than at yesterday’s Alberta Ferretti’s Spring 2009 show at Milan Fashion Week.  While historically speaking, flapper girls and Grecian goddesses didn’t even share a millenia, let alone a closet, Ms. Ferretti’s spring collection demonstrated the perfect hybrid between the two.  From one-shoulder gowns …

If Christopher Bailey had it his way, Adam and Eve would have been dressed head-to-toe in Burberry Prorsum, straight from his Spring 2009 collection shown yesterday at Milan Fashion Week.  Instead of running around the Garden of Eden naked, Eve would have been the quintessential “Garden Girl” in a bucket hat, texturized trench and the perfect boyfriend cardigan (borrowed of course from Adam).  Using moody earth tones and muted …