Blandstanding is the new grandstanding at Milan fashion week.
At Gucci, the departure of designer Alessandro Michele, ringmaster of modern maximalism, brought jeans, blazers and practical shoulder bags back to the catwalk. With new hire Sabato de Sarno yet to arrive from his current post at Valentino, this collection was a group effort by the team left behind by Michele, and the theatrical flourishes of their former boss and mentor were still evident in the Smartie-coloured fake furs and microscopic diamanté bikini tops.
