No.3: Print & Pattern Get a Contemporary Update

Stripes, checks, animal motifs, flowers and graphic colour blocks don’t sound very new as far as patterns are concerned. Yet the interpretations of these familiar themes received a fresh makeover on Milan’s runways for fall/winter 2017/18. Traditional Brit checks were combined with knits or leather for a contemporary approach. Animal prints got also updated in combination with other materials, or they were abstracted into modern graphic patterns. In fact, modern graphics played a major role, either in multi-colour irregular blotchy prints or in precisely engineered designs.

Patchwork geometry created with different fabrics and modern colour blocks were more updates of familiar concepts. And nobody was ready to give up winter blooms! Floral prints on dark ground were plentiful, or they were simply placed on sleeves and hemlines.