The 10 most unforgettable and fun moments from the Milan Fashion Week shows

The curtain has officially fallen on Milan Fashion Week. The fashion shows of the collections Spring-Summer 2024 they now continue in the French capital, where Paris Fashion Week has just begun. In the meantime, however, we still have to digest the many emotions experienced in the Milanese capital, where a very rich calendar of fashion shows, presentations, appointments… and unexpected moments of emotion and fun have been condensed into just five days. Let’s relive the 10 most unforgettable momentswhich made this recently concluded Milan Fashion Week even more unique and special.

1. Sunnei’s vote parade

After the test of trust last season, Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo of the Sunnei brand have come up with another (brilliant) one of their own. During the Spring-Summer 2024 fashion collection show, the public of professionals was able to interact by voting for the look.

2. Applause for Naomi Campbell at Dolce&Gabbana

There is one of Black Venus, all the others are none. As if by magic, Naomi enchanted the audience again with her stride. Sensual, elegant, almost floating on the catwalk of the creative duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Such an enchantment that the applause was unstoppable.

3. The tribute to Fabio Zambernardi from Prada

Fabio Zambernardi has been a key figure in the Prada Group for over forty years, since he was appointed Design Director of the Miu Miu and Prada brands in November 2002. Today, at 59 years old, he leaves the maison. Miuccia and Raf Simons, co-directors of the Prada brand, called him at the end of the show for a full ovation. Complete with applause from the audience.

4. Benedetta Barzini on the catwalk at 80 years old

Iconic face of the Sixties scene, Benedetta Barzini returned to the catwalk at the age of eighty. And she did it for the Italian designer Daniela Gregis, who presented her Spring-Summer 2024 collection in the garden of Villa Mirabello in Milan.

5. Kanye West in disguise at MFW

One thinks, a hundred does. During Milan Fashion Week, Kanye West was also spotted in the Fashion District between events, parties and appointments. Your idea of ​​”low profile”? A balaclava – or balaclava, whatever you want to call it – which apparently seems to be neither one nor the other. Maybe (just) a shirt rolled up around the head (which the fans appreciated anyway).

6. Bally’s bells, homage to Swiss pastures

The first one was good. Simone Bellotti made his debut as creative director of Bally, and his debut collection was a tribute to the brand’s Swiss roots. Reminiscent, with nostalgic carefreeness, with a detail that has not gone unnoticed: the bells, a sweet reference to bucolic life in the mountains.

7. Pierpaolo, Simona and Miranda… all together passionately

Watch out for those three! Pierpaolo Piccioli, creative director of Valentino, was also there to applaud the first show of Sabato De Sarno, who made his debut as creative director of Gucci with his first collection. Former colleagues but friends forever: Sabato De Sarno was Piccioli’s right-hand man before the prestigious appointment, and he wanted his previous mentor to also be present at his debut. Accompanied by his wife Simona and his dog Miranda (with Valentino designer harness, It goes without saying).

8. The sketches on the catwalk at Avavav

The power of satire, in a fashion show: for the first time in Milan, the Swedish brand Avavav directed by Beate Karlsson brought a reflection on the concept of time to the catwalk. Which, applied in an industry – always in a hurry – like fashion, acquires an even deeper meaning. «I haven’t had time to draw, I don’t have time to explain», is the claim of this collection. There are those who show up undressed and then grab the clothes on the fly from those who throw them from backstage, those who enter with only one shoe and no shoe. In a word, brilliant.

9. Sabato De Sarno’s hugs to (all) his family

She had no eyes for others: when Sabato De Sarno left at the end of the show – the show of his first collection for Gucci – she wanted to meet the eyes of her parents and her husband. The celebrations of so much joy then continued backstage, where Sabato also took souvenir photos with his relatives.

10. The kiss of Guram Gvasalia and Kate Moss

Uh-there-there. After the diatribe over the possible rivalry with his brother Demna, creative director of Balenciaga, Guram is back in the news. This time there is not Madonna next to him (for whom he is creating the costumes for her next tour) but one of the most famous English top models: Kate Moss. Has a new love been born?