Milan Fashion Week Day 3: Lapo Gucci, Canali to Gems, wrist deep lacking in ports and Umit

  Isaac Hindin-Miller covers Europe shows the Spring / Summer 2014 women. This is the latest in a series of dispatches being.

After this meeting in the late evening with Michael Pitt, in principle, I had celebrities on the mind. Lest we forget, we are in Milan, the better three days of the prodigal son of the city, Lapo Elkann, whose cooperation with tailored Gucci launches this week to start. Elkann drove to the wide lapeled signature Gucci fashion show, presentation and chatted with the parade of Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani. A few more seats sat a young multidisciplinary (actor / writer / director / face protection Gucci) under the name of James Franco, who is in town to promote his latest collaboration with the house: a documentary director, with 18 months to live Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini. (Look for it at a film festival near you.)

The spring collection was inspired by Gucci Sport and seemed strong enough for the trail - riding breeches were with suede inserts and leather lace-up leather sneakers had rubber soles with cut leather shopper called bag with straps that they can be used as wearing backpacks and colored windbreaker to makes images of the Cup in the early 90s America. Do not worry, though: The intrepid outdoor Gucci has lost its romantic side. Namely: floral-print suits.

In Ports 1961 designers support designers. Canadian twins Dean and Dan Caten of DSquared2 fame watched the show, then rushed backstage to congratulate Creative Director Ian Hylton. The dresses were classic Italian, but featured an American innovation, we have seen a lot this season - Capri with a deep cuff. Thom Browne thank you for that.

During his time at Canali too, but these shorts were appropriate with long jackets that post covered extremely large models combined. (They say the perfect man in this case is 6'2 "and some of these guys are pushing 6'5".) The show began with a spectacular shadow with models of buildings, trees, monuments, and enormously enlarged dimensions of the rear wall Persons projected. Very cool.

Canali is the kind of brand, do not necessarily keep to the limits of fashion, but the clothes that you absolutely want to. Pieces Highlights include a bright red sweater, a denim jacket in the most beautiful voice of indigo, seersucker thrive in about six different color combinations and style, where small and soft shirt collar and lapels are folded jackets.