Yang wows with out-of-this-world collection

Chinese designer Anna Yang's creations, which are "an ode to aliens", debut during Milan's Fashion Week on Wednesday.[Photo/Xinhua]

Oversized coats - worn straight or shrugged off the shoulders - are in, following a trend seen widely at the fashion week in New York earlier this month.

Eco-fur, cashmere, wool and velvet play the counterpart to the heavily structured jackets, dungarees and rucksacks.

A beige hooded jacket with one arm in pink fur is worn with one green glove, while a pink plastic raincoat with a ruffled hem competes with a silver space bra trimmed with pink fur.

A futuristic Red Riding Hood sauntered nonchalantly around the catwalk, despite her coat featuring several extra arms.

Yang says she had been trying to find herself with this collection, after the year 2016 that was "chaotic and puzzling" for the fashion industry, with customers increasingly confused and wondering: "Styles? See now, buy later? Lower Prices?"

"It's time to slow down," she says, revealing backstage that she plans to open the brand's first store outside China this year - likely in Milan.

Agence France - Presse