THE RUNWAY REPORT
LOUIS VUITTON
Louis Vuitton creative director Virgil Abloh sent out an inclusive collection swathed in streetwear swagger with notes of Michael Jackson. The fall show saw crystal-beaded tour jackets walk alongside layers of tailored grey—think flowy trousers, blazers and boxy bomber jackets—with a houndstooth suit reworked using miniature maps of Africa. Abloh also appropriated the US flag into statement outerwear—and all this to the tune of Billie Jean.
VERSACE
Donatella Versace went hell for leather, sending out I-don’t-give-a-damn models dressed in the house’s iconic ’90s bondage prints. Red knits and yellow topcoats roared along the runway, while a Tom Ford collab saw the New Yorker’s logo stamped over trousers, shirts and a retro-look leather jacket finished with a Versace-print cross-body bag and chunky sneaker. Not one for bold? Versace’s series of grey suits is your takeaway for fall.
“WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW IN THIS COLLECTION ARE THE DIFFERENT FACETS OF A MAN WHO, LIKE EVERYONE, DRESSES ACCORDING TO THE OCCASION AND HAS GAINED THE COURAGE
