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7 big runway trends you’ll be shopping next season

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A model displays a creation from the Dolce&Gabbana Spring/Summer 2018 show at the Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, September 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters
The spring summer 2018 runways at Milan and Paris gave us plenty of sartorial food for thought and an insight into the trends that will be trickling down to the high street soon. Three big houses Chloe, Givenchy and Roberto Cavalli, ushered in new designers: Claire Waight Keller at Givenchy, Natacha Ramsay-Levi at Chloe and in Milan, Paul Surridge debuted his first collection at Cavalli.
Donatella Versace presented a tribute collection reminiscent of the fashion house’s Spring/Summer 1992 line in honour of her late brother Gianni. Photo: AFP
Donatella Versace presented a tribute collection reminiscent of the fashion house’s Spring/Summer 1992 line in honour of her late brother Gianni. Photo: AFP
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Donatella Versace honoured her late brother Gianni’s legacy (it’s been 20 years since his death) in a impactful tribute collection. After digesting the major trends of the last few weeks, there were several inspired by 80s and 90s powerdressing, whilst others pointed to a new easiness for next spring. Here’s a clue to what’s soon appearing on the high street: designers liked to pair cool sportiness with careful craftsmanship and fine fabrics, with silhouettes becoming more wide and freeing.

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1) Big shoulders and boxy shapes

There was a time when ‘wide’ or ‘boxy’ would be synonymous with an insult in fashion. Not anymore. The bold 80s revival is truly making it’s mark on nearly all the major runways.

Chanel showed off boxy structured shoulders during the women's 2018 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris, on October 3, 2017. Photo: AFP
Chanel showed off boxy structured shoulders during the women's 2018 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris, on October 3, 2017. Photo: AFP

Power shoulders structured the silhouette at brands as stylistically divergent as Balenciaga, Sacai, Celine, Stella McCartney, Saint Laurent and Chanel.

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Stella McCartney gave her outfits exaggerated volume in the shoulders for her Spring/Summer 2018 women's ready-to-wear collection show during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, October 2, 2017. Photo: Reuter
Stella McCartney gave her outfits exaggerated volume in the shoulders for her Spring/Summer 2018 women's ready-to-wear collection show during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, October 2, 2017. Photo: Reuter
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