All eyes are fixed on the catwalks in New York, London, Milan and Paris this month, where the newest collections for summer 2015 are being displayed. But what trends will make it to the top most wanted list for next spring? FashionUnited lists the top 5 trends from Milan Fashion Week. #1 The Seventies hippies The seventies enjoyed a strong comeback on the catwalks in Milan. It is rare for one trend to come forward so prominently in the majority of the collection presentations, but seventies

I don't know about where you're based, but in the Northeast, fall weather is so close I can taste it. Now's the time to start thinking about the fall outfits you'll want to pull out when the first crisp day comes, and there's no better place than J.Crew for easy inspiration. The retailer just revealed its October staple pieces with inspired outfits to try for work and weekend. I love this variation on the button-up and trousers look for the office, and while bare legs still work, show the

They may no longer be a couple away from the catwalk but Italian style duo Dolce and Gabbana underlined that their creative partnership burns as brightly as ever on Sunday. A collection inspired by Spain's historical links to Sicily was a welcome 'and-now-for- something-completely-different' moment at the end of a Milan fashion week that has been given a slightly jaded feel by the serial revisiting of 1970s themes by all but a handful of the top houses. Not that Domenico Dolce, 56, and Stefan

Giorgio Armani made waves on and off the catwalk on Thursday as the veteran designer spoke out in favour of Scottish independence, unveiling an appropriately blue-tinged Emporio womenswear collection for spring/summer 2015. As his Italian rivals Max Mara and Roberto Cavalli kept the 1970s groove going in Milan, Armani opted for a sprightly, sporty look typified by mini-jumpsuits that, with their plunging necklines and open backs, were akin to a racy version of a 1930s swimsuit. The feel of

Prada for Spring/Summer 2015 sent a succession of patchwork floral dresses with raw frayed edges down the runway, paired with granny nylon socks (both nude and floral printed) and the chunkiest platform Mary Janes. There was the topstitching, as seen as the men's show in June, but other clothes looked as if there were just held together by their seams, leather, or fraying at the edges. "I wanted to revive the beauty of incredible fabrics," said Miuccia Prada, then added beauty was "an impossibil

There was a hint of Hedi Slimane's Saint Laurent at the Tom Ford show, what with the tousled just out of the club hair, and the 60s mod vibe. Gold, glimmer, hot pants, cut-away dresses, this was Ford at his high octane best. Key pieces included styles from Ford's Gucci days, like the infamous white gown with circular cut outs. The end of the show was full of red carpet dresses, a sequence of black gowns decorated with sequences, satin bra cups or just a scattering of chiffon applique petals.

In one of the strongest shows of London Fashion Week, designer Roksanda Ilincic showed beautiful sculptural arcs that came in the form of peplums and loosely draped silhouettes, inspired by the Brooklyn-based artist Julia Dault's plexiglas sculptures. The bright and rich sorbet colours lent an architectural form, also enhanced by the geometric platform shoes, which came courtesy of of a collaboration with Nicholas Kirkwood. There was an Amazonian lushness to Erdem's blooming SS15 collection,

If I could, I'd wear my black leather moto jacket all.the.time. But sometimes occasions call for a more formal and, shall we say, restrained layering piece—kind of like a straitlaced blazer. You know, for meetings with the boss, brunch with the significant other's family, afternoon tea, and the like. Oh, hello there, Jamie Chung has a fabulous compromise. At the Rebecca Minkoff show at New York Fashion Week, Jamie yet again nailed her signature casual-chic aesthetic with a bubble-gum-pink

French designer Jean Paul Gaultier has announced he will fold his women's and men's ready-to-wear labels, with a final show during Paris fashion week. The much dubbed 'enfant terrible' of Paris fashion, Gaultier stated he will focus on his couture label and successful fragrance businesses. Gaultier eschews frenetic pace of fashion The designer told WWD in an open letter that the "commercial constraints" and "frenetic pace of collections" of RTW where behind his decision to downsize. "For s

Holly Fulton’s love affair with monochrome continued in her spring/summer 2015 collection inspired by everything from Morris dancers to symbolic depictions of the sun assembled in Walter Herdeg’s book Die Sonne in De Kunst and even canal art. The designer described the collection as an ode to “sun-worship, folk art and free expression”, while still keeping her graphic signature aesthetic, which was present in this season’s prints made up of tessellating triangles and graphic 3D embellished fl