For his SS 2011 collection, Antonio Marras cites the poem, “Bright Star” by John Keats. And the show brings to mind the latest, eponymous film by Jane Campion. The atmospheres and colours appear in back-lighting during the show featuring young ladies in thin, sheer dresses that alternate thicker brocades with wispy lace, used also for pyjamas suitable for daywear. It's for a romantic woman who loves to dress with freedom, lightly overlapping different ton sur ton layers. They seem as airy as the flurry of paper butterflies that accompanied the finale parade of white and cream-coloured dresses.

shorts and miniskirts dominate the catwalk, knee-length with asymmetric hems, with caftans and oversized dresses and ankle-length or drawstring trousers. Colours are pink, bordeaux, dusty beige, celeste, white, coral pink, khaki, green, black, white, green, mustard yellow. The leading fabrics cotton, silk, lace, jacquard, linen, embroidered and printed chiffon, knits, canvas, brocade, devoré chiffon

Fluid silhouettes, with slim shoulders and a shape that widens just below the bust and hips; straight hip-length or maxi caban jackets, often worn over transparent chiffon trousers, sometimes with floral prints. Patchwork fabrics for outerwear, trouser suits with deep pleats. The apron is revisited in transparent lace, printed fabrics with watery colours and prints, in monochromatic silk with contrasting borders and with visible lingerie.

Accessories are flat sandals in light leather, or in black with applied crystals and thin wedges, and flat bags in metallic leather.