Top 10 moments at Milan fashion week

1. There were several show-stopping finales at Milan fashion week this season. Here are our top three, starting with Missoni's homage to the Terracotta Army ... Photograph: Jo Jones and Helen Seamons

Then there was Versace's version of Miss World Photograph: Jo Jones

And finally, Dolce and Gabbana's underwear encore Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

2. Beach prints, short shorts and - the 'highlight' to any party - chandelier dresses set our hearts racing at Prada. We will be growing our hair into backcombed bunches and glossing our lips scarlet Photograph: Antonio Calanni/Giuseppe Cacace/Ap/AFP/Getty Images

3. If super-luxe is a girl's best friend, Bottega Veneta can do no wrong. We would eBay our entire wardrobe for an outing in this dress! Photograph: Jo Jones

4. Trendspot: cutout handbags. Always scrambling around in cavernous dark handbags for awol iphones and travel cards? The helpful folks at Dolce, Jil Sander and Marni offer a solution in the shape of intricate laser-cut, see-through mesh bags Photograph: Jo Jones

5. Jil Sander was our show of the week, mostly because designer Raf Simons used a 70s art house film, Zabriskie Point, which depicted naked couples rolling passionately in the dust as a backdrop to his exquisite collection. We loved watching the straight-faced fashion editors reduced to giggling teenagers watching a sex scene in front of their parents. Juvenile? Us? Photograph: Jo Jones

6. Trendspot two: pants. The Observer team has named them the 'Tudor short' and whether you like it or not, the medieval nappy silhouette was everywhere in Milan.
PS. We also saw super-stylish Julia Restoin-Roitfeld rocking a pair in London Photograph: Stefania D'Alessandro/WireImage.com

7. Sportmax showed one of Milan's most wearable collections: we loved the hidden lace panels and utilitarian sporty shapes Photograph: Matteo Bazzi/EPA

8. Channel your inner John Travolta and light up the dancefloor with these flashing platforms by Jimmy Choo Photograph: Jo Jones

9. This season the Gucci woman is part human, part robot: evening dresses were adorned with hardware that appeared to spread into the cutaway detail Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

10. Marni, Fendi and Ferretti showed silk embellishment, diaphanous chiffon and apron dresses. They inspired thoughts of Fitzgerald heroines frolicking in French knickers and sipping mint juleps through the Tuscan summer Photograph: Christophe Simon/Matteo Bazzi/Alessandro Garofalo/AFP/Getty/EPA/Reuters