Overview

• Giorgio Armani’s final collection, the last he worked on before his death, closed Milan Fashion Week with a tribute show at the Pinacoteca di Brera and a standing ovation from roughly 700 guests.
• Celebrities including Cate Blanchett, Glenn Close, Richard Gere, Samuel L. Jackson and Spike Lee attended, and guests received souvenir T‑shirts bearing Armani’s image, which also appeared on the show’s final gown.
• Armani’s will calls for his company to be sold to a major group or listed on the stock market, placing the brand’s future ownership in focus after five decades of tightly held control.
• Paris Fashion Week began Monday with a star-packed Saint Laurent show at Place du Trocadéro, where Anthony Vaccarello presented leather-heavy looks referencing Robert Mapplethorpe and a gown finale nodding to John Singer Sargent, as Bella Hadid returned to the runway.
• The Paris schedule features multiple first collections from new creative leaders, including Matthieu Blazy at Chanel and Jonathan Anderson at Dior, with economic headwinds as a backdrop; Tuesday’s shows included Louis Vuitton’s softer, 1960s-tinged collection at the Louvre with narration by Cate Blanchett and appearances by Emma Stone and Zendaya.