GUCCI: Milan Fashion Week Spring 2012

It's been quite a Guiness World Records week in terms of trying to get a million things done in the span of just a few days, including my new Hats by Tanya Fall 2011 line which is currently out and in stores. In the meantime I am taking some time to catch my breath and use the ladies room, while I multitask and marvel at what feels like ten different Fashion Weeks having come and gone with the whirlwind of New York, then London, and now Milan. I've been excited to see what GUCCI has in store for next Spring, and designer Frida Giannini mostly did not disappoint. So many sharp geometric jackets, and endless parade of some perfect little roaring 1920's black and gold dresses , and a few random floaty looks thrown in between. Here are some of my favorite looks that came down the runway in Milan...

LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Images courtesy of Style.com

GUCCI's Fall 2011 Chiffon Winner

I just can't get enough of Frida Giannini's stunning gem-hued cross-over front chiffon dresses with cascading bloomed accents for GUCCI's Fall 2011 collection, and apparently neither can anyone else. Heck, redhead singer songwriter Florence Welch ordered one in each color for her most recent North American tour! I therefore dedicate this entire post to the one and only GUCCI chiffon dress....

Jennifer Lopez at the 2011 MET Costume Institute Gala
(via Dailymail )

Florence Welch & The Machine Tour
(via Fashion Editor at Large)

Lea Michele in Harper's Bazaar September 2011

From top: Top image courtesy of FGR, runway images courtesy of VOGUE .

Milan Fashion Week: GUCCI Fall 2011

Milan Fashion Week Fall 2011 rocked to a disco glam opening yesterday courtesy of Frida Giannini's gorgeous collection for GUCCI. On the high heels of the brand's 90th anniversary one could excuse Ms. Giannini's lack of fresh fashion vision by referencing the ever so popular 1970's glamour decade, one we've seen everywhere as a major inspiration point for Spring 2011. What we can all freely agree on, however, is Giannini's brilliant use of punch-packing color, pimp-worthy felt fedoras with feathers, and luxe fur jackets flying down the runway, making this collection everything a runway spectacle should be- sinfully decadent and utterly gorgeous in every way...

Runway images courtesy of WWD,
Close-up detail images courtesy of Style.com