Runway

Demna Gvasalia has spent much time poring through the Balenciaga archives since he joined the house last October. Under his direction, the Pre-Fall lookbook was apparently shot there, while his first womenswear collection reinterpreted the attitudes found in Cristóbal Balenciaga’s haute couture for everyday clothes of today.

Showing us he has a good old-fashioned sense of humour and knows how to poke a bit of fun at himself – or celebrate himself, or both – Giorgio Armani sent out a winner of a T-shirt among his Spring/Summer 2017 collection today: a black and white smiling portrait of himself, worn with a loose and light jacket as per the rest of the collection. It was fun and funny and deserved the on-cue clapping it so got. Because this was the piece!

Get #WetWithDirk titled for Dirk Bikkembergs the new presentation menswear clothing line at Milan Fashion Week for its Spring/Summer 2017.

A key look from the Fendi Spring/Summer 2017 fashion show presented during Milan Fashion Week.

MSGM Spring/Summer 2017 Milan Fashion Week.

The room was buzzing with good vibrations as Etro family and friends walked alongside professional models, all of them dressed to impress themselves alone. Veronica Etro cheered them from the front row — her husband Alessandro Frigerio was in the show, as were two of her nephews, Swann and Gerolamo Etro — while the walkers low-fived as they passed each other, trying not to laugh. One even strode down the runway with his dog.