Gucci touts ‘casual grandeur,’ Tod’s focuses on Artisanal Intelligence and Versace plays it safe

AP Fashion Writer

MILAN (AP) — The fashion palate cleanser of the season: white. Milan fashion houses, more often than not this season, are opening their runway preview shows for next spring and summer with all-white looks. Tod’s put the emphasis on white with tables of artisans constructing white driving shoes inside the showroom, and followed by opening the show with a crisp white look. Fashionistas arriving at the highly anticipated Gucci show passed through a white tunnel that burst into the colors of a sunrise. They were in good company, with Moschino, Ferretti, Del Core and Cavalli all opening their collections in white this week.