Milan Fashion Week 2022: How Fendi put a fresh spin on classic looks – including collections by Karl Lagerfeld – for its women’s autumn/winter 2022-23 show, with Bella Hadid leading the pack

Feb 24 , 2022

Models, including Bella Hadid, present creations from the Fendi autumn/winter 2022-2023 collection during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, on February 23. Photo: Reuters

After New York and London’s events came Milan Fashion Week with mostly in-person shows, including by fashion giants like Prada, Versace, Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana

Designer Kim Jones was inspired to dip into the luxury brand’s archives after seeing jewellery designer Delfina Delettrez wearing her mum’s vintage Memphis-print blouse

Milan picked up the autumn/winter 2022 catwalk baton on Wednesday, February 23, with designer Kim Jones revisiting Fendi archives as inspiration for new looks at the Italian luxury label’s Fashion Week show.

The February 23-28 event, which follows fashion weeks in New York and London, is hosting mainly in-person catwalk shows rather than digital presentations this season, including by heavyweights Prada, Versace, Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana.

A model presents a creation for Fendi during the catwalk show for its women’s autumn/winter 2022-2023 collection on the second day of the Milan Fashion Week in Milan, on February 23. Photo: AFP

At Fendi, part of luxury conglomerate LVMH, model Bella Hadid opened the show in a pale pink chiffon slip dress, teamed with a cropped furry jacket and long green cashmere gloves.

A model dons a sheer dress paired with boots featuring Fendi’s distinctive logo motif for the brand’s women’s autumn/winter 2022-2023 show on the second day of the Milan Fashion Week in Milan, on February 23. Photo: AFP

A model in an earth toned look for Fendi’s women’s autumn/winter 2022-2023 show on the second day of the Milan Fashion Week in Milan, on February 23. Photo: AFP

Hers was the first of many soft chiffon designs in the collection, including see-through tops, trousers and jumpsuits, adorned with wavy frills or patterns and sometimes peeping out of tweed outfits.

Kim Jones, artistic director of Fendi couture and womenswear, said he looked into the archives after seeing jewellery designer Delfina Delettrez wearing her mother’s old Memphis-print blouse.

A model in a navy outfit for Fendi’s catwalk show for its women’s autumn/winter 2022-2023 show on the second day of the Milan Fashion Week in Milan, on February 23. Photo: AFP

Jones works alongside Delettrez’s mother and the founding family’s scion Silvia Venturini Fendi, who looks after menswear and accessories, at the Rome-based label.