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Somewhere over the rainbow, life beyond the mundanity of sheltering in place will resume in full spectrum. The question on every designer's mind remains: when the time comes, what will we possibly wear? For the Spring 2021 collections, there was one resounding answer: all of it. If runways from New York to Paris are to be believed, oved it, couldnt wear it, will e a lament of esterear. nstead, the first thaw of spring will usher in refreshingly optimistic technicolor dream clothes to slip on and, with any luck, take anywhere we'd like. n Milan, ierpaolo iccioli miht ver well have had oroths first limpse of in mind for the hih-octane oral prints that limmered across alentinos re ric road at Milans onderia Macchi in the form of hoodies, utton downs and oor-lenth sil dresses that too iht in the open air. n fact, the loomin pattern was orrowed from alentinos own archives, namel a sinular sweepin dress most famousl donned by Anjelica Huston in 1972, which Piccioli revived for the "radical romanticism" he's prescribing for our reconnection to the outside world. If the silhouettes were pared-back iterations of familiar hits, the palettes were alae. Across continents, everone from hlos atacha amsa-evi to Marnis rancesco isso eschewed complicated constructions and ash-in-the-pan ourishes in favor of pushing saturation to its limits. There were yellows of a new dawn at Aleander Mcueen, a ell-reen da suit with a carwash sirt at ottea eneta the rands old new sinature color, and for livier ousteins almain, the eends lindin ihts set the tune and the tone of his uorescent show. penin with a strut of micro-skirted, nipped-waisted, pagoda power-shouldered models in lime and neon pin, it was a celeration not onl of color, ut of the od itself. f oustein and onatella ersace have anthin to sa aout it, sin, too, will e in. or those looin for a less jarrin transition from ur ail weats, there will e plent of hospitale and none the less head-turnin salves. At hanel, irinie iards art imitated life, specificall those of oun starlets whose ever errand demands not just the lenses of paparai ut the necessit to dress for them. our coiest cardian, she suested, can serve doule dut as a laisse-faire dress for the briefest and chicest of jaunts, especially in a charming shade of bubblegum. hile alenciaas chromatic collection included one especiall invitin fire enine red roe coat drawn with emna Gvasalias cooll oversied lines, it was perhaps Dolce & Gabbana, returning from the fringes of an isolation of their own making, that brought Spring's most uplifting range. Its sinuous bustiers and deftly-cut laers were pieced toether with patchwor honorin all of the varin cultures of Sicily, the birthplace of Domenico Dolce. Floral, polka-dotted and entirely madcap, each confectionary piece telegraphed one unmissable message: we're that much more beautiful when we're united. In Living Color MINIMALISTS BEWARE: SPRING'S BEST COLLECTIONS COME IN EVERY POSSIBLE PATTERN AND SHADE OF THE RAINBOW. By Macken zie Wagoner VALENTINO CHANEL DOLCE & GABBANA Marni 74 BAL HARBOUR