Dua Lipa and Gigi Hadid walked the Versace runway in Milan
Donatella Versace infused excitement into Milan Fashion Week with a star-studded runway and guest list, including US-Palestinian model Gigi Hadid and British-Albanian music diva Dua Lipa, who walked the runway in a series of seductive outfits.
Bright hues, safety pins, and lusciously soft foulards were among the collection’s distinguishing features.
The Associated Press said that Dua Lipa, a British singer and budding fashion icon, launched the runway show in a skin-baring black suit held together with colored safety pins while her song “Physical” blasted over the auditorium, and concluded it in a liquidy fuchsia skirt and corset.
In between, Naomi Campbell wore a vibrant pink suit with an orange shirt, Gigi Hadid wore a tight latex black dress with a silky flash of turquoise and pink, and Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon Ciccone wore a metallic silvery outfit.
The presentation began with black suits and dresses with little bursts of color in pins and foulards peeking out from hemlines and slits. The colors became bolder as the piece progressed, eventually bursting into a vibrant spectrum of pink, aquamarine, seafoam green, acid green, and yellow.
Floral suits, sporty varsity jackets with mesh tops, or bright leather jackets worn with tight T-shirts and denim were among the menswear options.
Milanese fashion influencer-turned-entrepreneur Chiara Ferragni and her husband, singer Fedez, US influencer-turned-actor Addison Rae, and actress Bella Thorne with her Italian fiancé, singer Benjamin Mascolo, were among the front-row visitors at the concert.
Meanwhile, Prada, the Italian fashion label, returned to the live runway for the first time since Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons announced their creative cooperation in February 2020.
Simons decried the “irreality” of an evening gown “however beautiful,” since many garments have spent the pandemic languishing in closets. The collection was littered with trains, corsets, and evening gowns.
“These clothes can become complicated — evening dresses, historical costume. We want to make it uncomplicated, easy, that feels modern,” Simons said.