When "sexy" is a key term in the critical discourse, you know Report Card must be in Italy. On the first day of Milan Fashion Week,

Alberta Ferretti Designer: Alberta Ferretti

• "Alberta Ferretti creates pretty folkloric looks for next summer with ribbons, embroidery and applique flowers." [

  Gucci Designer: Frida Giannini

  • "Gucci kicked off Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday with models who looked like denizens of a luxurious opium den, with billowing see-through tops and Art Nouveau-style floral patterns." [

    No. 21 Designer: Alessandro Dell'Acqua

    • "'The mood this season is exotic bourgeoisie,' said designer Alessandro Dell’Acqua in a perfect sound bite/twitter length description of his spring/summer 2014 show. But what this collection really boiled down to was Dell’Acqua taking his touchstone design ingredients, lingerie elements and a mix of masculine and feminine dress (both in fabric choices, and staple garments), and placing them in a new environment to see if they could thrive." [NOWFASHION]
    • "Mr. dell Aqua married California surfer motif's prints of waves, parrots and flowers with intricate embroideries. Under his nuanced hand, it was fanciful and gorgeous. And wearable." [Speakeasy/

      The Wall Street Journal]

    • "Alessandro Dell'Acqua has sent his gal packing for Spring." [Style.com]
    • "Alessandro Dell'Acqua has that masculine-feminine dressing thing down to a fine art for No 21. He knows it’s in the nuances and he knows how to add his own finesse when mixing them up." [Vogue.com UK]
    • "The tension between masculine and feminine has always been a hallmark of Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s aesthetic, but the Italian designer tackled the concept with renewed verve in his spring collection for No. 21." [WWD]