Gucci autumn/winter 2010/11

Whatever happened to all the bags? Gucci started its life as a saddler, has a noble tradition in leather goods; even today, handbags and leather accessories account for more than 60 per cent of its fortune.

Yet, you would have been forgiven for thinking Gucci did not exactly have it in the bag, at its autumn/winter 2010/2011 ready-to-wear unveiling, at Milan Fashion Week last night. Save for the occasional clutch, and some squashy, ostrich totes, the catwalk was hardly overloaded with handbags.

There was certainly leather, in the form of skin-tight trousers, leather shifts patched with fur on the bodice, and black, fine wool trousers with a waist-hip-band in black hide. The on dit was that Giannini wants to be recognized more for her clothes. There were plenty of those; very wearable, commercial and much seemingly inspired by her own wardrobe.