. Gingham was also seen on most of the catwalks, in colour combinations of green and white, black and white, yellow and white and pink and white, usually in big bold checks. Metallic shades over embroidery, shoes and bags is still a hot trend, often used

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

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Caps from CTH MiniCPH Kids opened this year with a catwalk show of the main exhibitors which was open to anyone who happened to be there on day one and proved hugely popular. This summer's styles have seen little divergence from the now popular

trend catwalk show, livened up the atmosphere a lot. The leading trend labels were also grouped together, which helped buyers wanting to focus on the smaller labels as CIFF, which was always the more commercial of the two fairs, also has some huge

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

exhibitors from the more traditional Ciff Kids, which shows at the same time in Copenhagen Fashion Week. This means that the city is a lively place in these weeks, for those who appreciate that sort of thing.Trend-wise everything seems to be slowly moving

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