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,

Something interesting is happening at Gucci. And I don’t just mean the presence of three formidable blondes - Debbie Harry, Kirsten Dunst and Julia Garner - in the front row.

Gucci sought to recreate the magic of summer sunsets at Milan Fashion Week on Friday with a colourful line that at times nodded to the 1960s.

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.

De Sarno is turning up the volume on Gucci’s flag colours of red, green and white. Classic poppy red has already been replaced with a deep oxblood, which has become De Sarno’s signature colour, and this season swapping out the traditional racing green for neon lime – radiant on lace party dresses and bold on a car coat trimmed with olive leather piping.