As expected, the first Fendi Autumn Winter catwalk show attracted the biggest audience (Fendi launched childrenswear at Pitti in July 2011). The famous monogrammed FF was everywhere from the backdrop to the clothes. First to appear were girls in

emerge onto the catwalk for the debut collection of Fendi childrenswear, they are accessorised for fun, carrying fishing nets for pond-dipping and Davy Crockett-style attachments to their pockets, along with casual straw hats, soft denims, checked shirts

IT WAS A race against time to get across town from the Fendi show back to the Fortezza da Basso to catch the shuttle coach out of Florence and up into the hills for the Il Gufo event. With major amounts of traffic slowing our route for over