All through the collection were colourful pins, holding together skirts, jackets and dresses. Lipa’s safety-pin opening look, an ode to Liz Hurley’s iconic Versace dress which she wore to the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral more than 25 years ago, was a sign of what was to come on the runway.
(Photo by Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 24: Emily Ratajkowski walks the runway during the Versace Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2022 fashion show as part of the Milan Fashion Week on Septemin Milan, Italy. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 24: Naomi Campbell walks the runway during the Versace Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2022 fashion show as part of the Milan Fashion Week on Septemin Milan, Italy. MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 24: Gigi Hadid walks the runway during the Versace Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2022 fashion show as part of the Milan Fashion Week on Septemin Milan, Italy. Versace muse Naomi Campbell wore a pink and orange suit and was followed swiftly by Madonna’s 24-year-old daughter Lourdes Leon in a gold sequined gown.Įmily Ratajkowski, who gave birth to her first child, Sylvester, in March, also took a turn wearing a bright crop top with a matching silk headscarf and low-rise wrap skirt, and so did another house face Irina Shayk. There was her potential future sister-in-law, Gigi Hadid, who walked in a high-shine PVC dress and matching headscarf (though sister Bella, who skipped out on the Met Gala and hasn’t appeared at any fashion week shows yet, was still notably missing from the action). (Photo by Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)įollowing Lipa came a slew of equally famous faces. MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 24: A model walks the runway during the Versace Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2022 fashion show as part of the Milan Fashion Week on Septemin Milan, Italy. Making her runway debut, Lipa wore a black jacket with cut-out hip detail and a matching knee-length skirt, both of which feature Versace’s iconic safety pins in yellow, orange and blue. As a song by the label’s current face and the world’s current biggest pop star Dua Lipa kicked off the show, the singer herself surprised attendees by walking out onto the catwalk. The fever outside was warranted and so too was the online equivalent: Versace’s website crashed momentarily at showtime, so heavy was the traffic to its livestream. To mark her iconic house’s return, Donatella was never going to go small. Runways were paused soon after due to the pandemic, and last night’s show marked Versace’s first since early 2020. Two years ago, in 2019, the brand tapped none other than Jennifer Lopez to close its spring-summer 2020 show, enlisting the singer to wear her iconic Google-breaking Grammys dress 20 years later. The hysteria isn’t without reason: every season, Donatella Versace never fails to create a spectacle that steals headlines, clogs up Instagram feeds and has the whole town talking. Hundreds of fans crowd the footpath and spill out onto the road, holding their phone cameras in the air, desperate to catch a look at the action. The outside of Versace shows are a scene like no other at Milan Fashion Week. MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 24: Dua Lipa walks the runway at the Versace fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week – Spring / Summer 2022 on Septemin Milan, Italy.