Fendi seduces Milan with sky-high red stiletto boots
Veteran designer Karl Lagerfeld celebrated exquisite backsides with the help of supermodel Gigi Hadid on Thursday as he unveiled his sumptuous Fendi autumn-winter 2017 collection
The female derriere took centre stage thanks to thonged leotards under sheer dresses.
Beyond that, camel coats, soft A-line skirts and dresses were inspired by Viennese woodblock printing and 18-century Italian “papiers dominotes”, a precursor to modern wallpaper – think geometric patterns.
The brand’s famous fur coats were embellished with overlaid mosaics, while cobalt, petrol blue or white shirts and dresses were made in printed silk.
Shirts were tucked in at the front but not at the back, a look the Rome-based fashion house is reclaiming from the streets. Skirts were layered, with a cream underlay peeking out below the top coat.
See-through dresses were worn over black or dark pink leotards cut into a deep ‘V’ at the front with a plunging back descending to a thong.
Lagerfeld had dabbled with rear ends in his spring-summer collection in September, but here the German designer fully embraced them, saying goodbye at the same time to the bare-nipple trend which has dominated catwalks from New York to Paris and Milan.
