Whether it’s the colour of chilli or cherry, red leather was the hot pick of the season at Bally and Gucci’s spring-summer 2024 shows at Milan. Both houses featured the debut collections of their new creative directors, Simone Bellotti at Bally and Sabato De Sarno at Gucci.

Bellotti revived Bally’s signature design elements, such as structured coats and bags but modernised them with pops of bright red, while De Sarno brought a minimalistic yet playful note to Gucci’s new collection with crop tops, pencil skirts and pointed heels in matching maroon shades.

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Go big or go home—that’s the approach that Bottega Veneta and The Attico took when it came to garment proportions for their spring-summer 2024 collections.

Bottega Veneta’s creative director Matthieu Blazy presented dramatic outfits such knitted fishnet dresses adorned with large raffia pom poms, while The Attico’s co-founders Gilda Ambrosio and Giorgia Tordini opted for oversized fluffy coats that were wrapped cosily around the models’ bodies.

Mini hemlines were in full force at the Versace and Tom Ford shows. Versace embraced ’60s-style fashion through a collection of pastel-hued vintage-inspired dresses in cheeky short hemlines. At Tom Ford, new creative director Peter Hawkings turned to the maison’s archives and brought back a rakish ’90s-style aesthetics with ultra-short pants in luxurious fabrics.

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Ferragamo and Fendi mixed bold colours with neutrals in several runway looks, layering dresses over trousers and tying jumpers across tops to break up typical silhouettes visually. 

Both creative directors went for a clean approach—but Ferragamo’s creative director Maximilian Davis went for a single pop of colour in a garment or accessory, whereas Fendi’s artistic director Kim Jones chose multiple shades in the same colour family for a vibrant splash across an entire look.

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