Two hours of sleep, one lost bag, 30 minutes on the phone with British Airways and hours of no working hotel Internet later, I’m here, in Milan, updating the blog (woo-hoo!) The day has been an eventful one to say the least and I’m not talking about the shows. Fortunately, all was calmer on the runway circuit, though. I had a nice chat with Anna Molinari backstage at Blugirl who pretty much echoed what I’ve been hearing from designers in New York and London. “In these troubling times, I wanted to create something positive that would make people happy,” she said. And what’s happiness to Anna? “Lots of jewelry, romantic clothing and colors,” she said, kind of describing her fall collection for Blugirl as well (minus the jewelry.) Emporio Armani, meanwhile, was clean, pretty and luxe, in that “supremely Armani” way, to quote the press notes. And I had a very illuminating chat with the fashion photographers/bloggers Garance Dore and Scott Schuman (aka The Sartorialist.) But I’ll tell you more about that later. I’m headed out for dinner and a few parties (who needs sleep?) Tomorrow, I’ll give you a recap on tonight’s Moschino Cheap and Chic show and tomorrow’s lineup, including Burberry Prorsum and Jil Sander. Fingers crossed that when I come back, my travel bag will be waiting.
