Luisa Beccaria offers fairytale looks at Milan Fashion Week

Floral embroidery, bird brooches and rich velvet materials added a touch of romance at Milan Fashion Week on Thursday, with Italian designer Luisa Beccaria presenting a soft, feminine womenswear collection for next fall.

Reminiscent of fairy tale heroines, models wore velvet corset tops over chiffon off-shoulder blouses and later sweeping skirts.

For day wear, Beccaria and her daughter Lucilla Bonaccorsi offered tartan-like, dark turquoise and black checked knitwear, tweed coats, flower-embroidered velvet jackets matched with cropped trousers and chiffon floral-printed dresses.

"And so there are all these mixtures of different materials, tartan is seen in daywear, in a turquoise blue fabric, with crossing black lines," Beccaria said ahead of the show. "It makes a blue and black tartan, which is then worn with floral blouses."

Adding to a fairy tale theme, models also wore sleek hooded capes and soft velvet robes tied at the waist. Some coats and capes were decorated with bird-shaped broaches and large sequined flower patterns.

The floral theme continued into the evening with diamond-shaped flower as well as leaf motifs embroidered on tulle dresses.

Beccaria, who has dressed Hollywood celebrities such as Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie, kept the red carpet in mind with several ball gowns.

The looks, namely in dark turquoise, blue-green, green-teal, peacock blue and dark pale pink, were accessorised with satin chokers with pendant pearls, criss-cross laced high heels and slim belts.

Milan Fashion Week runs until Monday (February 29, 2016), with major brands Giorgio Armani, Prada, Versace and Dolce & Gabbana still to unveil their autumn/winter 2016/2017 collections. — Reuters