But alongside these statement styles, there are a handful of more generalist silhouettes, like scholarly pleated midis, new-age pencil skirts, patchwork denim maxis and thigh-grazing printed minis, ...

For a couple of days in Milan, the mood was Tilda Swinton in I Am Love: postbox red Jil Sander shift dresses, don’t-talk-to-me sunglasses and ... white socks, ballet flats and pleated skirts aplenty.