Milan Fashion Week: Donatella Versace presented marine life, bright colours and lots of body positivity – just what the doctor ordered for spring/summer 2021
Body-hugging tropical prints and a starfish motif plastered Versace’s upbeat spring/summer 2021 collection, unveiled at a closed-door catwalk show amid the crumbling columns of a fallen, submerged civilisation – a pretty apt metaphor for today’s global crisis
Milan Fashion Week continued in disjointed, discombobulated style for its third day on Friday (September 25), veering from the physical to the digital, with an uneasy eye fixed on the economic damage wrought by coronavirus.
Instead of the brand’s signature Medusa logo, Versace chose the starfish as the motif of the season, a hopeful symbol of self-regeneration.
The collection itself was upbeat, with Versace including models of all shapes, a recent runway trend.
Amid the rubble, the collection provided optimistic bursts of colour – green, pink and yellow. The female silhouette showed off legs and midriffs, with joyful ruffled miniskirts or tightly pleated sheath dresses that fell into a frothy wave of ruffle.
Men wore muscle-hugging knitwear in vertical stripes and starfish colour detailing, paired with comfortable matching Bermudas or amply fitting suits with bright printed shirts. Colourful striped ties were tied around the waist, in an office-be-damned style.