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Fendi, Diesel open Milan’s Fashion Week

Fendi, Diesel open Milan’s Fashion Week

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Milan’s five-day calendar returned to near pre-COVID-19 levels with 68 runway shows, 104 presentations and 30 events. A crop of new designers appeared, including many of color, for perhaps the most diverse week of Milan fashion shows ever.

Models wear creations as part of the Fendi women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Among the week’s highlights: Haitian-Italian designer Stella Jean returns after a two-year hiatus; Bally makes its Milan runway debut with Filipino American designer Rhuigi Villasenor; and Maximilian Davis debuts as Salvatore Ferragamo’s new creative director.

Here are snapshots from Wednesday’s shows, including Fendi and Diesel.

STRUCTURED COOL AT FENDI

Fendi womenswear designer Kim Jones stripped the usually luxe Fendi showroom down to polished concrete floors and painted steel beams and bleachers to show his next warm weather collection.

A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

He saved the luxe for the runway looks. The Spring-Summer 2023 collection was a studied balance of construction, texture and color.

Delfina Delettrez Fendi, from left, Silvia Venturini Fendi, Linda Evangelista, Marc Jacobs, and Kim Jones appear following the FENDI Spring Summer 2023 collection presentation during Fashion Week, Friday Sept. 9, 2022 in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Aprons tied askew in satin created a flowing layer over trousers, while perforated leather versions were like jumpers over sheer dresses.

A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Layering was key to the styling. Jones played with texture, paring an asymmetrical nubby wool coat over a sheer top, both in neutrals, saving the eye-popping color for the platform boots. Silken dresses were draped and tied to the form, and carefully constructed satiny coats had peek-a-boo slits and were tied elegantly in the back, like an elaborate Japanese bow.

A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The silhouette encompassed body-hugging ribbed knitwear dresses with demure slits to flowing asymmetrical silken dresses. Square-necked ribbed cardigans gave a scholastic accent to skirts with deep, sexy slits on each side, or silken trousers with utility pockets with trailing pocket closures.

A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Neutrals in sage, copper and white anchored the color palette, which exploded with accent pieces in cream-infused versions of seafoam green, cornflower blue, tangerine and flamingo pink.

A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The final look underlined the simple elegance of Jones’ propositions: A racing-back tank tucked into white trousers softened by this season’s apron-half skirt — all in the silkiest white.

Models wear creations as part of the Fendi women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

“What is particularly interesting to me about Fendi is exploring the notion of functional utility alongside femininity __ because Fendi women are strong women with full, busy lives,” Jones said in show notes.

A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Fendi’s tiniest bag yet was worn on a chain around the neck. Logos were subtle: knit into the inside hem of sweaters and visible only if twisted upward, or with the double-F logo on linings or emblazoned as if initials on the back of Jone’s new bowed Obi belt.

A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Footwear featured colorful platform boots or sliders. Jones is moving the brand away from its heritage fur and focusing instead on Silvia Venturini Fendi’s handbags, which use shiny leather, canvas and shearling.

DIESEL BLOWS UP DENIM LOOKS

In a rare open-door fashion week event, Diesel made room for the general public on the upper arena tiers of its runway show, set around blow-up dolls entwined in a fulsome threesome.

A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

On the ground level, models walked beneath a squatting female figure, past a prone male, head turned demurely.

A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Glenn Martin’s coherent women’s and men’s collection expanded the meaning of denim.

A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

He nailed the low-rise, high-waist debate right off the top, his first look offering the suggestion of a low-rise silhouette rising into a high-waist panty — the illusion of having it both ways. The look was finished with a matching bra top.

A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

For him, trousers appeared to slouch and a distressed sleeveless sweatshirt in denim wash was tucked in.

A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Denim effects were dyed into sheer vest tops, worn open over Daisy Duke-style shorts with matching denim stilettos. The male counterpart was considerably more covered, in a double-hooded trench paired with well-worn trousers and denim boots.

A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Denim itself was well-worked over in innovative washes that suggested the desert, and might be accompanied by a bright palette of separates in orange, green or pink.

A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The collection evolved into ever more dystopian looks that seem inspired by the sci-fi classic “Dune,” in sandy colored and tattered styles, as a soundtrack suggested the call of the giant sandworm. They included layered and flowing halters and skirts secured by multi-notched belts, or a gray hoodie over a rag-tattered skirt. New iterations of jeans had large flapping leg panels, as if for taking flight.

A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Adding to the sci-fi vibe: a model with green-hued makeup wore a reptilian shimmery mini-dress.

A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women’s Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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