Prada gets the party started at Milan fashion week

The Prada show has been the main event at Milan fashion week so far
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Guardian fashion editor Jess Cartner-Morley said the show was a comment about what sexy means in 2010
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Jess said: 'The dresses had black lace frills where other designers put breast pockets, the sweaters had a silhouette which would have made Jayne Mansfield blush, and shiny high heels were worn with cheerleader socks.'
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Designer Miuccia Prada said: 'Our vision of what is sexy in women is getting narrower ... It is all about bows and frills and cliches now. Women can't seem to give these cliches up.' Read Jess's full show report here
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Cruella de Vil took to the catwalk for Fendi
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It's a shame the label is so fur-obsessed, because the non-furry clothes worked well. There was a nice colour palette of neutrals, yellow and green
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There were also some gorgeous little black dresses
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The D&G show was a rather ridiculous parade of increasingly impractical ski-wear, teamed with fluffy boots
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The boots even appeared on outfits that didn't seem to be snow-related
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Just Cavalli showed a cool collection: lots of layering, leather and long, loose hair
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The sheepskin trend followed the fashion pack from London to Milan
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It was all very sexy: lashings of red lipstick and lots of bare legs
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The Frankie Morello show was very rock - there was even a live band playing
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You could be forgiven for thinking that the clothes were all in black ...
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But as this T-shirt shows, you would be mistaken
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Head-to-toe leopard-print at Moschino Cheap and Chic
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Cheap, yes ... but chic?
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