Welcome to a very hot and sunny Florence for the numero 73 edition of Pitti Bimbo, which opened this morning with the SS12 Simonetta catwalk presentation. The two prominent themes for this morning's show were the ballet and prints.Ballet introduced

to the audience lurked on the podiums.Thick-knit scarves and floppy hats accessorised the Calvin basics; new shapes had ruffled knitted sleeves and tight-fitting shirts had contrasting white front tabs and cuffs. Lurex was used for simple loose dresses and pattern

with ties and even denim scarves hit the catwalks. Jeans were either whites or faded stone-wash, cut just above the knee or in a three-quarter length style. Romantic grunge aptly followed which saw gypsy-style dresses and skirts accesorised with motorbike

With a perfect addition to a Spring/Summer 2010 wardrobe, Italian design company Diesel has refreshed the festival trend with inspiration drawn from both rock music and nu-rave. Best known for its range of denim wear, this collection hasn

was to be there? As the cats crawled off the catwalk the show opened Molinari’s statement winter fur coats - white rabbit of course (perhaps caught by one of the cats?). The reccurring silhouette was the bubble and tulip shape, fashioned on brocade coats and gold

and sometimes with snowflake and other mountain/ski traditional style patterning. Overlarge knitted beanies, berets and pull on style hats were teamed with chunky scarves.4) Shapes remain volume led for dresses and skirts with bubble and tulip shapes popular

and structured blazer jackets. At Soft Gallery the fleshy pinks and soft grey remain with new graphic prints and a new curved frill edge short and pants shape. At Bang Bang Copenhagen the fun shapes and strong graphics are restrained into A-line dresses

Marni have had a small girlswear capsule collection, off-and-on for a few years now; collections so miniature as they have been shaped from fabrics left over from the womenswear collections. However for fall 2012 Marni have developed a full range

Bond theme tune played loud into the catwalk arena, the transformed Stazione Leopolda. Models appeared through a keyhole shaped entrance and made their way down the catwalk with various items alluding to a spy, detective and superhero theme.The Gazette

in the shape of cardboard benches and trees. Children's interior design company, Gegant, complimented the cardboard finery with funky beanbag chairs and stools in a variety of abstract animal shapes. FIMI, the largest childrenswear tradeshow in Spain