The spring 2014 collections here this week have been full of blingy athletic wear: leather running shorts, sequined track suits, baseball caps and expensively embroidered hoodies. 

Elegant workout gear isn't the clothing one typically expects from some of the most tailored fashion labels on the planet. A heavyweight boxing belt from Pucci, high-top basketball sneakers from Brunello Cucinelli BC.MI +0.free shipping oval golden magnetic energy crucifix ｛%｝.Stainless Steel Pendants Wholesale08% or a hip-hop baseball cap from Galitzine—no matter how meticulously made—defy the stereotype of demure Italian fashion. Which, of course, is the point. 

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"Never before can I remember having all these people together in one room," said Roberta Armani, the company's chief of communications and Mr. Armani's niece. 

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Each of these weeks has its own penchants and flavors—New York is trendy, London is daring, Milan is (generally) tailored and conservative, while Paris is overrun with divas. London and Paris are often the drivers of new ideas in fashion, like colorful print-mixing and ladylike silhouettes. 

Brooke Jaffe, newly promoted women's fashion director at Bloomingdale's, suggests that pop-culture icons, often seen out in hoodies, are influencing fashion labels. "Designers are enhancing the mundane fabrics of traditional activewear, like sweatshirts,best and high quality Non Woven Shopping Bag Sale,welcome! and making them luxe with embellishment, which feels new," she says. "I see this as an important idea for next season."