Milan Fashion Week

This week Italy’s fashion capital is serving up more than pappardelle bolognese and pizza quattro formaggi. As we near the end of Milan Fashion Week, we’ve seen some unforgettable moments, from Diesel co-signing the mini-mini skirt trend to Gucci, revealing its long-awaited and high anticipated Adidas collaboration. Before we head north to the runways in the City of Lights for the last leg of fashion month, GRAZIA rounds up all the best moments from the runways in Milan. Arrivederci!

Gucci

Milan Fashion Week
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 25: A model walks the runway at the Gucci show during Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2022/23 on February 25, 2022 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for Gucci)

Within a hall of illusionistic mirrors at the Gucci Hub in Milan, Creative Director Alessandro Michele presented his latest collection titled, Exquisite Gucci. In his notes on the show, he wrote, “I use the metaphor of the magical mirror to approach the phantasmagorical power of fashion, a scared power that radiates from the surface of the fabric. And there I work, on this tactile surface, through cross-references, alliterations, loopholes, and grafts.”

In addition to Gucci’s signature standout suits and fuzzy toppers, the runway show presented Adidas x Gucci pieces, featuring the the brands’ mash-up of logo-adorned hats, bags and even tracksuit-style outfits on the runway.

MM6 Maison Margiela

MM6 Maison Margiela

“In many respects, this season marks a turn in the life cycle for MM6 Maison Margiela – a moment to both reflect upon its idiosyncratic design perspective, and to celebrate it with aplomb.” reads the show notes. “This brings about a renewed focus on branded pieces: ‘Six’ is studded across a leather vest, with the number itself appliquéd to a varsity jacket, placed inside an ouroboros motif – an ancient representation of a snake eating itself, a symbol of eternal cyclical renewal – and found on worn metal buttons.”

Prada

Milan Fashion Week
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 24: Kendall Jenner walks the runway at the Prada fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2022/2023 on February 24, 2022 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)

The Prada runway was a star-studded affair: Hunter Schafer, Kaia Gerber, and a newly redheaded Kendall Jenner all walked for a front row that included Jenner’s sister, Kim Kardashian, who donned a full leather look. To pay homage to the “history of women” and the “profession of modeling,” Prada posted childhood photos and home videos of the models on Instagram page the day of the show.

Fendi

Milan Fashion Week
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 23: Bella Hadid walks the runway at the Fendi fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2022/2023 on February 23, 2022 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Pietro D’Aprano/Getty Images)

Creative director Kim Jones, didn’t look too far for this season’s inspiration. Jones’ wheels started turning when jewelry designer Delfina Delettrez walked into Fendi’s HQ in Rome dressed in a printed blouse stolen from her mother’s wardrobe. The encounter sparked Jones to dig through the luxury house’s history to rediscover Spring-Summer 1986. “These are collections which, although they come from the past, feel very now,” read the show notes. Bella Hadid opened the runway wearing a sheer slip dress paired with a fuzzy pink jacket and Y2K’s favorite revival accessory, opera gloves. 

Roberto Cavalli 

Milan Fashion Week
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 23: A model walks the runway at the Roberto Cavalli fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2022/2023 on February 23, 2022 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Roberto Cavalli continues to reinvent its signature cheetah print dress each season, this time it included lots of leather. For Fall-Winter 2022, creative director Paul Surridge was inspired by the last Queen of Naples, Maria Sophie of Bourbon. “In the heart of seduction, individualism and such total freedom, you can even play with cage dresses,” the show notes read. “Cavalli’s magical cut-out thus becomes scaffolding made up of fabric bars that are assembled and disassembled on the body with a gesture of feminine self-affirmation.”

Alberta Ferretti

Milan Fashion Week
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 23: A model walks the runway during the Alberta Ferretti Ready to Wear Fall/Winter 2022-2023 fashion show as part of the Milan Fashion Week on February 23, 2022 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

At Alberta Ferretti, it was all about hoods — but make it high fashion. Several red-carpet-ready looks got the cozy-chic treatment with attached hoods.

Diesel

Diesel Mini Skirt
A model walks the runway at the Diesel fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week.

For his Fall-Winter 2022 collection and runway debut for the Italian label since becoming the creative director, Glenn Martens’ paraded several ultra mini skirts down the runway. Martens continues to dive into the Y2K era introducing the low-waisted silhouettes in the brand’s sought-after denim that would undoubtedly have gotten early 2000s Paris Hilton’s approval.