Key trends
Alexander McQueen dress
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Burberry Prorsum dress
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Lanvin dress
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1. Dress £3555 Alexander McQueen. 2. Dress £735 Burberry Prorsum. 3. Dress £2560 Lanvin.

She's Like a Rainbow

This season, the future's so bright, you gotta wear shades. There's a riot of vibrant hues headed your way as designers turn up the colour dial (to eleven!). Just about every Spring/Summer show featured shocking brights, either alone or in a fabulous technicoloured clash.

Alexander McQueen, in one of his best shows for years, sent out what could well become the dress of the season, a beautiful, floor-sweeping, feather-print gown in just about every colour of the spectrum.

He's not alone, it's going to be a good season for dresses, especially if you like them in super-hot cerise. In an otherwise quite muted collection this pop of pink satin at Burberry Prorsum was like a jolt in the arm and set the tone for a colour-infused Summer.

And not to be left in the shade, at Lanvin Alber Elbaz created an explosion of colour mid-show that sent the assembled editors and buyers into a fashion frenzy. Three light-as-a-feather, floor-length fluid dresses, each in its own vivid hue, swished out to a standing ovation. Need we say more?

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