Designer Giorgio Armani used a rich brown velvet for a short coat with a big full skirt, or for a jacket teamed with black trousers in wet-look fabric.
Black velvet jackets set off grey wool skirts with the same rounded shape or high-waisted dark baggy tweed trousers.
Patent pumps, belts and handbags lent shine to daywear.
Emporio Armani used splashes of shocking pink or purple or emerald green to warm up the collection.
And evening wear sparkled in a series of outfits that kept the short, full skirts and were spattered with silver for an updated disco babe look.
Meanwhile, designer Anna Molinari presented her Blugirl womenswear winter 2008-09 show on the same day against a snow-covered landscape with an ice-rimmed catwalk to set off her warm wool and fur fashions.
Models wore high-necked cream wool dresses with cut-off capes in pale furs. A rose pink, bloom-shaped silk skirt nestled snugly under a fur cropped jacket.
Heels were icicle-thin and high, in black, white and gold.
Heels were icicle-thin and high, in black, white and gold.
Molinari used white and silver for a series of dresses and skirts matched with fur jackets. For a more formal look, she topped them with a coat tailored to swing from under the arms and stop just above the knee.
Hats were in white fur, cossack-style, with ear muffs or were knitted cowls with a hole for ponytails.
Blugirl's warmest look in this winter wonderland was a ribbed knit mini dress. It was worn with beautiful white fur boots that looked like the paws of a baby polar bear.
Anna Molinari and her husband Gianpolo Tarabini set up the Bluemarine fashion company in 1977 in Capri in Italy.
The name was inspired by their favorite color and their love of the sea.
Known for its modern and edgy romantic look, Blumarine made its debut at Milan Fashion Week in 1991.
In 1995, Molinari added a new line called Blugirl, a collection for girls and young women.
