“Fashion has gotten stale,” C’N’C’s Ennio Capasa informed us last night. “I wanted to zing things up so I thought I’d bring it to the people. ” For Capasa, this meant live national TV coverage, and “us,” the fashion folk on a grandstand behind a catwalk facing a crowd of 10,000 in Milan’s Piazza Duomo. [...]

Hard beats and powerful female voices—Tina Turner, Grace Jones—characterized the catwalk tunes this season. These strong sounds helped models put their best feet firmly forward. Here’s what we heard on the runways this week.
Blugirl
The Mood: Girly voices to sweet tunes
The Specifics: Feist, “1234″
Blumarine
The Mood: Melted-chocolate smooth tunes, transporting us back to the eighties
The Specifics: Grace [...]