Gucci's magic garden opens fashion week

Models present creations from the Fay Autumn/Winter 2017 women collection during Milan's Fashion Week on Wednesday.[Photo/Agencies]

The biggest brand of French luxury giant Kering kicked off the extravaganza showcasing clothes with flowers, insects, animals and symbols.

MILAN, Italy - The curtain went up on Milan's fashion week on Wednesday with Gucci's enchanted garden-inspired looks and Fay's 1990s rock-chick styles paraded for the womenswear autumn and winter 2017/18 season.

After New York and London, the Italian capital of fashion will be the setting for six days of runway shows, exhibitions, parties and events as the fashion elite, designers, bloggers and media flock to the city.

Gucci, the biggest brand of French luxury giant Kering, kicked off the extravaganza showcasing clothes with flowers, insects, animals and symbols, with models walking on an elevated glass runway surrounding a silver pyramid.

Outfits by Alessandro Michele, creative director since January 2015, were inspired by an "alchemist's garden, a magical place ... where apparent contradictions live together", the style note says.