THE MASCULINE/ FEMININE CLASH
Apparently, even the most stylish Milanese woman wakes up sometimes and isn’t sure what to wear, or who she wants to be today. “What’ll I wear?” asked the comic-book blonde printed billboard-sized on the wall in Prada’s showspace. “I don’t want to look too femme, but I don’t want to look too butch.” According to Miuccia Prada, the solution is to be both. Boyish blueand-white striped shirts were buttoned to the throat, then layered under silk dresses and bustiers: spliced dresses combined the two as collared shirts turned into pleated skirts in pink brocade or leopard-print – business at the top, cocktail party at the bottom. At Ermanno Scervino, full lace skirts were worn under stiff workwear shirts. For everyday, try tucking a cotton shirt into an evening skirt in velvet or silk for a new spin on smart/ casual.