The sexiness that caused a stir with his first collection was still there, in a belly-revealing open front dress, worn over soft terry trousers.Įva Herzigova closed the show in shimmering sheath in muted primary shades. The brand’s famed zig-zag was oversized in a wide trouser, paired with sweater vest with a lived-in feel or as a sheer sweater, worn simply with denim. The blankets, he said, had a double role, one to underline Missoni as a lifestyle brand, but also to suggest using a blanket as a coverup, as seen on the runway over swim suits, or more everyday, over jeans. That was the idea, to work on this in an declared way.” “When you need something a bit more, because you feel vulnerable. “Missoni, for me, has always had this part of cuddling, a softness,” Caliri said backstage.
Versace said the looks were built on “contrast and tension - like an elastic band pulled tight and about to snap back with a build-up of energy.”Īlberto Caliri’s second womenswear collection for Missoni was full of comfort pieces not always immediately associated with the brand, including blankets and oversized stuffed animals, alongside the knitwear that made it a luxury mainstay. Tweed was frayed, appearing as dress bound by a corset, or as jacket and mini-skirt sets. The silhouette ran from loose trousers, with businesslike pinstripes or checks contrasting with bra tops under open suit jackets or elastic pull-on Morticia-style skirts in bubblegum pink or acid green. The bustier appeared on its own under suits, in satiny pastels, or incorporated into slinky slip dresses, as a sort of breastplate on clinging tops and even as a detail on a long leather jacket. The corset gave shape to Donatella Versace’s latest collection, which offered looks for women of a broad range of sizes. VIP guests included Rihanna, her boyfriend A$AP Rocky and Stan Smith, known for the namesake adidas tennis shoe. “I am always walking between the genders,″ he said. Michele said that sense of gender fluidity, which made a sensation when he took over as Gucci’s creative director seven years ago, came naturally to him. Suits were the centerpiece of the wider collection, which he used to underline the interplay between genders, opening the show with a woman wearing an oversized double-breasted pantsuit. The showroom was outfitted with mirrors, which the creative director said was meant to reflect the multiplicity of fashion, how a single garment can be many things depending on how it is worn, and even changing as it ages, gets more lived in. “It is an experiment that can seem easy to some, but it was extremely strong,″ Michele aid. The trefoil also appeared on big travel bags, and as a print on trousers.
Headgear includes swimming caps with the adidas logo, and double-billed baseball caps allowing each brand to share prime real estate.
The choices for her were manifold, from a dual-brand corset over an athletic style dress, jogging suits made out of pretty patterned knitwear, paired with heels and not sneakers or a stunning Victorian-inspired white dress with a full skirt and fully ruffled.
The collaboration included men’s suits in track-worthy shades of royal blue and purple with the adidas stripes down the sleeves and trousers and Gucci written under sports brand’s trefoil. “Stripes and lines are incredible symbols,” the Gucci creative director said backstage at the brand’s Milan headquarters, where the luxury brand showed for the first time since the pandemic. Michele said the collaboration was “his longtime hidden desire.” Ukrainian maternity ward moves to basement for shelter