Salvatore Ferragamo Fall/Winter 2017-2018 collection

With his first collection for the Italian house Meilland sent out classy, easy pieces that will make heads turn on a city street.

The collection — full of layering, knitwear and eye-catching patterns and textures — had a whiff of the Seventies, as in the flared suit trousers with small cuffs, worn over loafers with a tie-dyed effect. Meilland paired those same suit trousers - and other narrow, cropped ones — with chunky knits or others done in delicate chenille or stripes, often finishing the look with long topcoats in plaids or solids.

There was plenty of outerwear, including a midnight blue calf hair coat with a convertible zip hood; one done in alternating strips of textured leather and shearling, and a standout white one lined with navy blue shearling. Jackets ranged from a moto style in off-white leather to a warming shearling bomber to a velvety, fitted shirt jacket in smoky gray.

For the collection are used some of the finest fabrics, elements so ingrained in many Italian menswear companies, they’re even more sacred than the national anthem.