PEACOCKS ON THE PROWL; GENTLEMEN, SPREAD YOUR WINGS. DESIGNERS ON THE MILAN RUNWAYS ARE FANNING THE FLAMES FOR DECADENT, SHOWY CLOTHES. GILDED WITH GOLD, LINED WITH FUCHSIA, THE NEW MODERN MAN IS RESORT-READY AND SUPREMELY SEXY.

Daily News Record, June, 2000

MILAN -- Got glam?

The bad boys from Boogie Nights are on the prowl. And so is Mick Jagger, Andy Gibb, even Barry Manilow. The look here is blown-out, teased, greased back, tousled and generally overstated. And that's just the hair.

The peacock is back and no buttoned-down white shirt and pinstripe suit can stand in his way. The week's early slate of runway shows are awash in color, floral prints and enough see-through material to warm the heart of any fashion exhibitionist.

What's at work here is nothing less than a cacophony of late '70s influences: Solid Gold, St. Tropez, Richard Avedon and Robert Mapplethorpe. The fashion moment is about a man who's screaming "Look at Me!"

Donatella Versace hit the right note when she opened...

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