Milan Fashion Week: Meryl Streep at Dolce & Gabbana as scenes shot for Devil Wears Prada sequel
MILAN — Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci were on the front row of Dolce & Gabbana’s Milan Fashion Week show on Saturday, in character as magazine editor Miranda Priestly and her art director as scenes were shot for The Devil Wears Prada 2.
Part of the filming for the sequel to the fashion movie will take place in Milan.
Vogue doyenne Anna Wintour, widely considered an inspiration for the Miranda Priestly character, was also at the show to see the models parade in pajama-style trousers and shirts, paired with black lace lingerie or oversized jackets.
Accessories included faux fur bags and slippers and black stiletto heel shoes worn with mid-calf socks.
The new collection by designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, titled PJ Obsession “celebrates the freedom to redefine the boundaries between private and public, between power and seduction,” according to the press notes.
EMPORIO ARMANI
Emporio Armani unveiled on Thursday its first collection since the death of the fashion house’s founder and designer, with models paying tribute to the man known as King Giorgio with long applause during the final walk of the show.
No one came out for the usual designer’s bow, not even Giorgio Armani’s niece Silvana, who always worked alongside him in creating the womenswear collections.
Some in the audience had tearful eyes.
Mr. Armani, who died on Sept. 4 aged 91, worked on the brand’s collection until the very end of his life, the company said earlier this month, when they confirmed the shows at the Milan fashion week.
Emporio Armani’s spring-summer collection, titled “Returns,” was dominated by neutral tones, airy garments and multicultural inspirations. (Watch the show here: https://tinyurl.com/yu3vd3cs)
“The collection is born from the desire to capture the impulse and shifting sensations that accompany a return to the city, after a journey,” the brand said in notes for the press.
Earlier on Thursday, Italian fashion house Prada presented a collection titled “body composition,” designed by Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, which included uniform-style outfits and evening wear in a juxtaposition of contrasting elements.
“There are radical reconsiderations of the fundamental properties of clothes — skirts find their points of suspension from the shoulder, brassieres have shape without structure,” they wrote in the notes. (Watch the show here: https://tinyurl.com/mrxttetf )
FENDI
Italian luxury brand Fendi unveiled its Spring/Summer 2026 collection on Wednesday, featuring both floral designs and geometric patterns in a broad range of colors. (See the show here: https://tinyurl.com/59uy5khz)
Models walked through Fendi’s Milan headquarters, where the runway was set in a large space filled with multicolored blocks, creating a pixel-like backdrop that echoed the collection’s mix of textures and shades.
At Fendi, which was founded in Rome in 1925 and is now part of French luxury conglomerate LVMH, designer Silvia Venturini Fendi presented both the menswear and womenswear lines, saying a “shared spirit” was behind both.
It’s about a relaxed and colorful sense of ease with a romantic elegance,” she said in the press notes.
The color palette ranged from white to turquoise and bright red, along with softer pastel tones.
Also Italian fashion house Missoni presented its summer collection on Wednesday in Milan, to be followed by Etro later in the day.
GUCCI
Gucci kicked off Milan Fashion Week on Tuesday by breaking the mold: In a short dramatic film, Demi Moore, Edward Norton, and other actors wore designs by new creative director Demna as French parent company Kering seeks to revive the century-old Italian label.
The story, set in a birthday dinner celebration, replaced the traditional live runway walk.
Kering is banking on Demna, who transformed Balenciaga’s austere image to incorporate pop culture, to bring his magic to its flagship label Gucci, which accounts for the bulk of its profits, after two years of sliding sales to accelerate its recovery.
Inside Palazzo Mezzanotte, which houses the Milan stock exchange, Gucci screened The Tiger, co-directed by American Spike Jonze and Dutch Halina Reijn, and starring Ed Harris, among other actors. (Watch the movie here: https://tinyurl.com/mtve93zy)
Models draped in Demna’s new “La Famiglia” collection, including opulent fur coats and deeply plunging shirts, sat in the front rows of the makeshift movie theater.
Ms. Moore, the film’s protagonist, watched in a gleaming golden dress from the velvet seats.
“There’s only Gucci in my head,” Demna told journalists in brief remarks at the event, describing his Gucci debut as part of his process to redefine the house’s stylistic codes.
In a surprise, Gucci showed images of the Georgian designer’s styles on Instagram on Monday, ahead of Tuesday’s screening in a bold attempt to grab attention at the start of a packed fashion show season.
New Kering Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Luca de Meo, chairman and controlling shareholder Francois-Henri Pinault and newly appointed Gucci CEO Francesca Bellettini also attended the event.
Demna’s first catwalk show will be held in February. — Reuters
