Milan designers are challenging the notion that a collection should dictate how one dresses, offering instead individual looks that can elevate, transform or simply complement a wardrobe.

The poet and activist wore a charming orange dress to take in Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’s latest collection.

Max Mara’s Yorkshire-born creative director Ian Griffiths told journalists backstage that customers aren’t looking for clothes that make them look like experiments. Judging by their new collection, Miuccia Prada and her co-designer, Raf Simons, aren’t listening to Griffiths’ advice.