Does fashion want to grow up or stay young? After a strong weekend of shows, there seems to be a certain polarisation at the Milan autumn/winter 2003 collections. It is making for an interesting season, since Italian labels are often known for dogmatically following a single trend.

In fashion, it now seems that New York and London were just dress rehearsals. The majority of the important shows on the autumn/ winter schedule take place over the next 10 days, first in Milan then Paris.