Change has arrived. Fashion in flux.
If you thought fashion was content to sip spritzes on TikTok, Milan just yanked the glass away and smashed it against the cobblestones. What a week, equal parts soap opera, requiem, and revolution.
First came the bombshell: Silvia Venturini Fendi stepping down. A dynasty handing over the keys, politely parked with the title “Honorary President.” Translation: thank you, darling, but we need a new pilot. Who’s next? LVMH promises answers “in due time”, which usually means “after the accountants have had their say.”
Then, Armani. Giorgio bowed out not with fireworks but with whispers. A lantern-lit Brera, Ludovico Einaudi’s piano, and clothes that didn’t shout but sighed with legacy. It was fashion as elegy. The end of an era, sewn in silence.
But if Armani pulled on the heartstrings, Versace cut them clean. Enter Dario Vitale, who declared no more Medusa, no more gowns-for-J.Lo, no more shrieking logos. Instead: bras, vests, and art-school audacity. Editors called it bold; influencers screamed betrayal. But here’s the point, he dared. In a business addicted to the safety of “what sells,” Vitale lit a match. Whether it burns or fizzles is beside the point. Change isn’t polite.
Elsewhere, Gucci skipped the catwalk entirely, trading it for Spike Jonze cinema and Demna’s storytelling circus. Jil Sander whispered minimalism, Bottega reminded us hands still matter more than algorithms, and Ferrari proved luxury can be distilled into a skirt and shirt without fuss.
Even Dolce & Gabbana brought out Hollywood’s finest, because when in doubt, borrow a little star power. But beneath the noise, a pattern emerged: excess is being folded away, replaced by something leaner, quieter, riskier.
So, better or worse? That’s the wrong question. Milan showed us fashion isn’t about stability; it’s about flux. The only constant is the lurch forward, the stumble sideways, the occasional heel snapped on cobblestones.
Now, all eyes swivel to Paris. And Paris, as we know, doesn’t do quiet.
Change has arrived. Whether you like the cut or not, you can’t say Milan didn’t stitch it boldly.
