Designers open everything after a pandemic

by time news

AThis is how you can celebrate your fortieth: Giorgio Armani has just bowed after the show of his second brand Emporio Armani. It’s been 40 years since he founded it. For the anniversary this year, he is treating himself – and his company – to an exhibition in the in-house museum Armani / Silos. Giorgio Armani works independently of the time, loose blazers from 40 years of company history hang in the showrooms, then and now are almost indistinguishable. The eagle logo flashes again and again. Sportswear, evening dresses, campaign photos with very relaxed-looking people. Giorgio Armani has long since created his own present. With his work he is practically at rest in himself.

Jennifer Wiebking

Editor in the “Life” section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

This is one of the reasons why it is an exception in fashion. This was particularly evident at the Fashion Week in Milan, which ended on Monday. It’s the first big fashion week in a year and a half, with one live show after the next, with guests who were finally allowed to travel from overseas and celebrities like Gigi Hadid and Dua Lipa on the catwalk. Chiara Ferragni in the front row. And with the corresponding fan clusters in front of the door.

Prospect of life after the pandemic

It’s busy and it’s loud. With the prospect of life after the pandemic, fashion brands are vying for attention. Where, if not here, would that be more obvious? No region was hit harder in the first wave of the pandemic than Lombardy. Nowhere else have people internalized discipline with mask and distance rules so quickly. With the Green Pass, the digital vaccination certificate, the doors of everyday life are now opening in Italy.

The Italian designers’ answer to all of this: they drive what goes on. In any case, a couple of fashion days in Milan seem like Instagram stories in a loop. In the next moment a bass could pop in from somewhere. Or suddenly a marching band march in, like at Pomellato’s party, incidentally for the birthday of the nudo ring, which is just 20 years old. Or colored smoke could rise from the fan curve – on a baseball field on the outskirts of Milan, which Boss and Russell Athletic have equipped on the occasion of their cooperation, with cheerleaders, players, food booths.

Versace is now produced by Fendi ...


Versace is now produced by Fendi …
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Image: Versace by Fendi

In between Gigi Hadid, who dances and wears shorts and cropped sweaters. “Sportswear has become even more important in the pandemic,” says Hugo Boss brand director Ingo Wilts after the break on the baseball field. A couple of loose blazers, more jackets than jackets, are also included, but they too point to what Wilts calls “another suit image”. “Comfort is particularly important for younger customers.”

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