Milan Fashion Week 2021 wrapped with Valentino and Dolce & Gabbana paying tribute to shuttered cinemas, robot discos and pandemic-era PPE
- As Covid-19 cases surged in Rome, Dolce & Gabbana live-streamed its show celebrating robotics and AI on its website and social media
- Valentino’s choice of location was one ‘of love, to continue to sustain culture’; the luxury brand presented long evening dresses with short skirts and capes
Models walked down an empty theatre to unveil Valentino’s latest collection, while in Dolce & Gabbana’s show they mixed with robots in a disco-like atmosphere, as the curtain came down on Milan Fashion Week on Monday (March 1).
Valentino paid tribute to cultural venues, including the cinemas and theatres which have been closed for almost a year, hosting a sober show dominated by black and white clothes in Milan’s largely empty Piccolo Teatro.
Valentino’s autumn/winter 2021-2022 collection mixed long, evening lace dresses with short skirts and capes. The eponymous founder’s decision to present the show where he did was an act “of love, to continue to sustain culture”.
In contrast, bright colours, leopard prints and glittering gold and silver coats and blouses featured in Dolce & Gabbana’s presentation, which was streamed lived on the brand’s website and social media.