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Milan is hosting another blistering week of fashion. This time it's the men's turn, with summer 2006 styles on the brain and on the catwalk.

The week opened on Sunday with a risqué Dolce & Gabbana show promoting a new look at their downtown Milan headquarters. Tops were tight and bottoms were baggy and worn dangerously low. At one point one of the models discovered that his were just too low. Shorts were a mere pair of briefs. While describing the collection to reporters before the show, Stefano Gabbana posed the rhetorical question: "Sexy, no?" Well, that all depends on who is doing the looking and the wearing.

The look was clearly all about hard bodies and borderline exhibitionism for day. Evening brought about more sophistication, albeit of the footballer variety, with shiny silk suits in gold or silver worn with crisp white shirts. Colourful running shoes were reserved for day.

Sunday night was Donatella's time to shine with a whole lotta Miami Vice chic in the mix. Not entirely surprising, considering she has been commissioned to design the outfits for Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx for the remake of the 80's "Miami Vice" television series. Miami occupies a special, and rather bittersweet place, in the heart of the designer. After all, it is where her brother was murdered in 1997. The collection consisted of colourful prints, white linen suits with dark shirts and pastel ties and two-tone laced shoes. Actor Rupert Everett, sitting in the front row, appeared to approve of the look.

For evening, Donatella went darker. The models strutted their stuff in body-skimming black leather pants and jackets and see-through fishnet T-shirts. The look? "I wanted Latin, exotic and hot," Donatella told FWD. Everyone was in agreement that this was one of her best men's collections to date. FWD's Godfrey Deeny called the collection "the most crisp, clear and concise sent out by Donatella Versace in many seasons".

Also on Sunday, Jil Sander presented its collection, designed by a team who has taken over until Raf Simons joins the company in the fall. The founding designer's eye for detail was missing in this collection, but the look remained stylish and preppy. The week continues busily, with Giorgio Armani scheduled to round off the shows with his version of summer 2006.

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