Milan Fashion Week: How Versace married gritty and divine for spring/summer 2023, with Bella Hadid and Paris Hilton strutting in dark and neon bridal dresses with veils and tiaras

Sep 27 , 2022

A model presents a creation by Versace from the spring/summer 2023 collection during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, on September 23. Photo: EPA-EFE

Italian luxury label Versace mixed tiaras and studs for its latest womenswear creations at Milan Fashion Week, offering a collection it called “a goddess gone grunge” for next spring.

Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace acknowledges applause following the presentation of Versace’s women’s spring/summer 2023 fashion collection on September 23, as part of the Fashion Week in Milan. Photo: AFP

Designer Donatella Versace opened the show late on Friday, September 23, with all black looks, including tightfitting dresses slashed at different angles. Black biker jackets and leather trousers had fringes or metal studs.

A black and red striped look from Versace’s spring/summer 2023 collection, shown during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, on September 23. Photo: EPA-EFE

Versace called its spring/summer 2023 collection, presented during Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, on September 23, “a goddess gone grunge”. Photo: Reuters

Versace’s women’s spring/summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, on September 23, for Milan Fashion Week, which runs from September 20 to 26. Photo: AP Photo

A daring, fringed number by Versace from the spring/summer 2023 collection presented during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, on September 23. Photo: EPA-EFE

A top with an oil slick shine features in this all purple look, which gives off cyberpunk vibes, from Versace’s women’s spring/summer 2023 fashion collection presented on September 23, as part of the Fashion Week in Milan. Photo: AFP

Pink and purple designs followed, including long dresses with deep cowl necklines, flared trousers and long zebra print chiffon shirts.

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Deep necklines featured in Versace’s spring/summer 2023 collection presented during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, on September 23. Photo: EPA-EFE

Flashy pink and purple in Versace women’s spring/summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, on September 23. Photo: AP Photo

A pink and black suit-like look accessorised with pink sunglasses from Versace’s spring/summer 2023 collection presented during Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, on September 23. Photo: Reuters

“I have always loved a rebel. A woman who is confident, smart and a little bit of a diva,” Donatella said in a statement.

“She wears leather, studs and frayed denim and she has enough attitude to mix them with chiffon, jersey and a tiara! She is a strong liberated woman; she is gorgeous; she knows it. She is the goddess of freedom.”

Neon bright babydolls, stockings and veils from Versace’s spring/summer 2023 collection presented during Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, on September 23. Photo: Reuters

US model Bella Hadid channelled dark bride vibes during Versace’s women’s spring/summer 2023 fashion collection show on September 23, as part of the Fashion Week in Milan. Photo: AFP

The last looks included short and long lace-trimmed dresses in purple, pink and lime, accessorised with veils in the same colour.

Paris Hilton wears a sparkly pink creation as part of the Versace women’s spring/summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, on September 23. Photo: AP Photo

Paris Hilton in a pink dress, veil and tiara for Versace’s spring/summer 2023 collection presented during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, on September 23. Photo: EPA-EFE

US reality television star Paris Hilton closed the show in a short pink crystal mesh bridal dress with lace trims, accessorised with a pink veil and tiara.

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Milan Fashion Week

‘I have always loved a rebel,’ said Donatella Versace in a statement about the Italian luxury brand’s latest collection, dubbed ‘goddess gone grunge’
All black looks abounded, as did pink and purple with zebra print, studs and leather … long dresses combined with deep cowl necklines and flared trousers