When I went to Italy last spring I was delighted that there were plenty of shops that we didn't have in Australia, especially in Western Australia. So I had a lot of fun wandering through the fashion racks in Zara, H&M, United Colors of Benetton and OVS, just to name a few.
What I couldn't get used to, though, is how different the fashion must be especially when considering the fact that I saw loads of turtle necks!
There were loads of colour too. Good for colour blocking, yes, but I'm not so sure how good colour blocking mustard yellow and royal blue would go. The variety of different colours was extreme!
I must admit that even though I had front row seats to the fashion that was about to hit Australia for winter 2012 I didn't take up the opportunity to stock up on anything. I found it all to different for my liking, and besides we were coming into summer in Australia, not winter. However, after seeing it in shops here in Australia I think I am finally starting to warm to the idea of all these new colours available...especially all the coloured jeans I am starting to see (yes, even the mustard yellow ones!).
Here are a few pictures of what's in our stores now for winter 2012, that I saw in Italy September 2011.
Cotton On
Dotti
