Versace Spring / Summer 2016

MILAN — It is Friday night in the Italian fashion capital and there is no other place to be than via Gès—wait, no. Scratch that, there actually had been an address change from the elegant if not limited courtyard long used to stage the Versace runway show to an arena whose immensity of scale could better match the very house founded by the late Gianni Versace. So it was, then at Piazza VI Febbraio where Donatella dazzled all those present in person or remotely (via live-stream) with her Spring / Summer 2016 runway show, replete with arrays of synchronized lasers, fog, and a pulsating soundtrack of “Transition” by Violet and co. The lineup for this show historically has always been about strong women and the same was true Friday night, which saw a fair few veterans of the catwalk as well as a quartet at Next from today’s emerging generation of strong women that includes Olivia Jansing (pictured), Lineisy Montero, Julia Fleming, and Binx. Do you have a life or are you just living, asked Donatella Friday night, and one thing is certain following the show, these four girls are very much living. Credits include: Client, Versace; Collection, Women’s Ready-To-Wear Spring / Summer 2016; Clothing design, Donatella Versace; Styling, Jacob K; Hair, Guido Palau; Makeup, Pat McGrath; Casting, Piergiorgio Del Moro.