Color Continues to Pop at Fashion Week

If color is the new hemline indicator of the global economy, then things are definitely looking brighter for 2011.

Fashion editors and buyers thinking ahead to spring/summer 2011 have migrated from New York to London Fashion Week, which the New York Times' fashion critic Cathy Horyn summarized today as being all about one thing: "color." Now, they're searching their Italian dictionaries for adjectives to describe the hues on parade.

At yesterday's start to Milan Fashion Week, Gucci aimed for a show-stopper, above, with colors inspired by Morocco and bazaar-ready styles (harem pants, anyone?) Prada, meanwhile, also embraced glaring bright tones, which you can check out after the jump along with the Milan shows for Fendi, Dolce&Gabbana and Alberta Ferretti.