This was one of the most avant-garde shows at Pitti Bimbo in Florence this season, with an unconventional catwalk set-up replicating some of the women's main line presentations. There was no stage and the models walked amongst the audience who were seated in one or two rows. Give...

The second show on Pitti's busy catwalk schedule is homegrown Italian girlswear label Elsy, better known in Italy than the UK, but a big driving force in Italy's thriving childrenswear industry.Elsy Girl introduced their SS13 collection, inspired

-known for their minimalist pallets and very tasteful boy and girlswear offerings and today’s show was a perfect example of where the Italian brands heart and strengths are.The main colours of the collection, a muted pallet of light shades, soft greys, dessert whites

silk tops and scarves worn as headbands. Turquoise and orange, a hot colour combination for boys summer 2012, appeared over lots of the girlswear for 2013. An outfit including orange shorts and a turquoise crochet shawl was a great example.The shoes

on girlswear. Poppy Rose a newish brand which one would describe as being in the Bonpoint/Christina Rhode spectrum, dedicated their whole stand to floral prints, loose fits and cottons. Jumpsuits, blouses cut in geometric shapes and loose sack dresses were all

from the press is present, my editor at Junior, affectionately known as Captain Cod is sitting front row next to dreadful Maid Millie and arch rival Candida Lovejoy. The award goes to an amazing new label from Naples, who have created a girlswear

. For spring summer 2013 they will be adding girlswear label Billieblush to their current brand list which already includes Chloe, Little Marc Jacobs and Burberry. Billieblush has captured the neon trend, especially in pink and yellow. Highlights