Overview

• Prada’s womenswear show at Fondazione Prada’s Deposito unfolded on a bright orange OMA-configured floor, with Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons presenting a uniform-recomposed wardrobe built for freedom, interchangeability and wear-now ease.
• Design details reinforced the “toolbox” idea: multi-panel skirts, suspended pinafores, unstructured bralettes, car coats and bright opera gloves styled with coveralls, with the designers framing juxtaposition as an act of creation.
• Silvia Venturini Fendi’s first full season as sole creative director delivered a youthful, color-drenched collection that fused sporty pieces with couture-level craft, from perforated leathers to floral cut-outs and a fur coat built from joined florets.
• Fendi’s runway doubled as a visibility play, with Paloma Elsesser, Alex Consani and Amelia Gray on the catwalk, playful twists on Peekaboo bags, and front-row draw from names including Hilary Duff and Shailene Woodley.
• Simone Bellotti’s co-ed debut at Jil Sander returned the house to purist rigor and “apparent simplicity,” underscoring a week defined by minimalism-versus-maximalism contrasts as Milan sets the stage for consequential shows in Paris.