SUPERMODEL REUNION AT VERSACE SHOW
MILAN: Donatella Versace authored the defining moment of Milan fashion week on Friday with a blockbuster show honouring her late brother, Gianni, which closed with a surprise supermodel reunion that brought the cheering crowd to its feet.
Security guards had to brush back the audience when it rushed the catwalk once a white curtain at the head of the room peeled back at the show’s close to reveal the guests of honour.
Out stepped Cindy Crawford, Carla Bruni, Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen and Claudia Schiffer in gold lame as the George Michael anthem Freedom ‘90 pounded from the sound system.
Each of the women — all now in their 40s or 50s — had personally worked with Gianni during their years on the runway.
“Gianni this is for you,” a voice declared throughout the show, which featured great hits of the murdered designer’s canon.
There were his iconic baroque designs on dress and trouser combinations, a glittering number bearing Andy Warhol’s pop art Marilyn Monroe and rock’n’roll leather adorned with shimmering tassels.
It was all done before a starry crowd, including Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, Kardashian mum Kris Jenner, and Gucci creative mastermind Alessandro Michele.
Superstar model sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid were there, too — but to show off the collection to buy- ers, fans and bloggers.
“We pay homage to not only (Gianni’s) artistic genius but to who he was as a man, and above all, as my brother,” Donatella wrote in her notes on the Spring/Summer 2018 collection.
Giorgio Armani’s show earlier aimed for the same determined joy, which flew in the face of a world that seems dogged by disaster at US First Lady Melania Trump harvesting the White House Kitchen Garden in Washington on Friday.
South Lawn, was established in 2009 by Michelle as part of her work fighting childhood obesity.
A stone at the garden had a sign saying that Michelle created it “with the hope of growing a healthier nation for our children”.
“Healthy, nurturing and positive environments the moment — some natural and some man-made.
The clothes he sent down the runway were bright and modern, full of vivid prints and crisp cuts.
What was not there was outrage over Donald Trump, fear that North Korea’s cold war might get hot, and no trace of the carnage left by a string of earthquakes and monster hurricanes. AFP
are instrumental in enhancing the wellbeing and mindfulness of all children,” Melania said, suggesting she is keen to continue Michelle’s work.
The vegetable garden is the first grown at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s “victory garden”, planted in 1943. AFP