inspiration to the imaginary little world of princesses or Parisian chic.PPhotography by Linda McLeanScroll through our gallery above to see highlights of the top ten trends, as seen at Pitti

into neon colour in a big way for this summer too. It was even used as eye make up at the Twin-Set Girl catwalk show. Colours in general have been vivid again. The greens, electric blues, red, pink and strong yellow from last year are still around

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check on the line up, the music starts... and they are off.Photography by Linda McLean

The forecasters have been predicting snow (and we are praying they are wrong!) but there was definitely a glacial look to the snowy backdrop at the Elsy AW11 catwalk show. With a tinkly, breathless version of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Gucci showed the summer 2012 childrenswear line at it's super-smart headquarters in Florence last week.The line has extended its age range due to requests from customers, so is now available up to age 14. It had previously stopped at age eight

Monnalisa SS12 catwalk showMonnalisa held it's fashion show for the Spring Summer 2012 season in an amazing outdoor amphitheatre in Florence. It was a shame that the show ran so late as many of the guests had suffered a very long, hot day

Versace fans will love to dress their little ones in this collectionVersace launched it's new children's fashion collection for next spring summer, Young Versace, with a champagne reception in Florence at a fabulous palazzo on the River Arno

of the season Gucci have made a knitted ear muff, many of which were seen on the catwalks this year; just make sure your offspring doesn't leave them behind in a restaurant!Photography by Linda McLean