White dress suit. And the importance of accessories. Shirt Fabio Inghirami, tie Salvatore Ferragamo. Picture by Giovanni Gastel.

Geometrical lines and oversize volumes characterize Versace in the 80s: the double-breasted evening jacket, with wide shoulders and huge lapels, the multitucked trousers and the printed waistcoat with asymmetric fastening. The grooming is tipically Eighties too, shiny hair gel and “drawn” waves on the forehead. Picture by  Toni Thorimbert.

A backstage pic became the photo. The snapshot enticement admits the realism that fashion photos usually don’t have. This was one of those lucky exceptions. Photo by Andrea Gandini. Blazer by Giorgio Armani, Trousers by Ports1961.

Paul Smith, one of the most farsighted creative talents in fashion, has always trusted in colours. Ages before others. Picture by Giorgio Scola.

The Milan architectures compared with the symmetries of the “Architect of Fashion”, Mr Gianfranco Ferrè. Ph by Davide Cernuschi, Top Model Jamie Kelly.