Scene setting: How to compete with the most talked about social media moment of last season, when Jennifer Lopez broke the internet for the second time sporting a new version of the tropical print dress she wore to the Grammy Awards in 1999 (which triggered the invention of Google Image search). Turn the voyeuristic concept of a runway show on its head, and make its style conscious guests stare at themselves instead. As they entered the brand’s cavernous show venue, narrow tiers of seating faced a reflective live screen. As the style conscious set sat waiting for the show to begin, staring at their own reflections, the screen began hallucinogenically distorting, with front rowers’ heads and bodies bulging, contorting and merging into each other. Signalling the start of the show, Donatella Versace’s face appeared in tessellated form, performing a variety of pouts and poses, reflecting the brands all attention grabbing aesthetic.
Mood board: The show combined men’s and womenswear for the first time, ranging from seductive tailoring to colourful sportswear, incorporating seventies swag – hot pink suiting, denim and leather patchwork, tropical and zebra prints – and a series of astonishingly sexy micro mini dresses in silver and neon chainmail, sported by Bella Hadid and Kendal Jenner, naturally.
Finishing touches: Prepare for vertiginous platforms, as Versace scaled up A/W 2020’s penchant for the lug sole boot (see Prada and Loro Piana) with sky high stacked boots. The multi piece bag, a hybrid style with clippable pouches, is still here to stay (also seen in a new bag cross body style at Bulgari with an attachable clutch), and at Versace this was echoed in a shoulder bag with a circular coin purse swinging from its strap.
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A revamped Edinburgh apartment combines Californian-style modernism with modern craftArcher + Braun have transformed an apartment in a historic house with finely tuned contemporary additions and sympathetic attention to detail
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Formafantasma’s biodiversity-boosting installation in a Perrier Jouët vineyard is cross-pollination at its bestFormafantasma and Perrier Jouët unveil the first project in their ‘Cohabitare’ initiative, ‘not only a work of art but also a contribution to the ecosystem’
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Gingerbread City: architects sculpt London out of the season's favourite treatUntil December 29 in Chelsea, see London brought to life in a seasonal-appropriate medium by leading architects and designers
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‘He made something not merely popular, but the rage’: unpacking Elio Fiorucci’s fabulous fashion legacyAn expansive new retrospective at Triennale Milano explores the colourful life and work of Elio Fiorucci, who is synonymous with 1970s hedonism and glamour
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How fashion designer Ilenia Durazzi designed her ‘elegant, rigorous’ Milanese studio – all the way down to the furnitureIlenia Durazzi of Durazzi Milano tells Wallpaper* the story behind her new Milanese studio, a labour of love built entirely to her exacting design
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‘What does a Luca Faloni jacket look like?’: this suede bomber marks the brand’s first foray into outerwear‘Made for years to come’, this lightweight bomber marks Luca Faloni’s entry into outerwear and encapsulates the label’s provenance-focused approach
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Milan Fashion Week S/S 2025 highlights: Dolce & Gabbana to Bottega VenetaWallpaper* fashion features editor Jack Moss selects the best of Milan Fashion Week S/S 2025, from Dolce & Gabbana’s homage to Madonna to childlike wonder at Bottega Veneta
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Rovi Lucca is the Milanese label creating ‘elevated workwear for garden lovers’Rooted in Italian craft, Bradley Seymour and Fabrizio Taliani’s horticulturally inspired Rovi Lucca finds inspiration in the gardens of Lucca, Tuscany
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Luca Magliano takes Wallpaper* on a tour Bologna, the home of his non-conformist fashion labelLuca Magliano gives Wallpaper* an insider’s guide to Bologna, Italy, the lifeblood of his on-the-rise label – from a museum of queer history to a mystical cemetery (and plenty of gelato)
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Women’s Fashion Week S/S 2025: what to expectNext week sees the arrival of Women’s Fashion Week S/S 2025, with stops in New York, London, Milan and Paris. Here, our comprehensive guide to the month, from Alaïa’s arrival in New York to Alessandro Michele’s Valentino debut
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Milan Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2025 highlights: Prada to ZegnaWallpaper* picks the best moments from Milan Fashion Week Men‘s S/S 2025, from 15 years of MSGM to Prada’s celebration of youth, and an appearance from Mads Mikkelsen at Zegna
