Gucci sent a collection of furry coats, slim pencil skirts and slip dresses down the catwalk for its fall-winter show, a lineup of styles for women and men drawn up by its design studio as the Kering-owned Italian label awaits its next designer.

Gone is the deep Gucci red. Here is the dark Gucci green. The fashion house signaled its creative transition on the first day of Milan Fashion Week on Tuesday by sheathing the showroom in a plush green carpet and pleated drapery.

Milan Fashion Week kicked off Tuesday, but the flair and fanfare on catwalks will likely struggle to distract from a worrying slump in the luxury sector.

Milan Fashion Week attendees arrived yesterday to find the Italian fashion capital cloaked in a thick, hazy smog. The persistent gray fog was just one reason why the outset of MFW