Milan Fashion Week

Models wear creations as part of the Benetton women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Matty Bovan energizes Milan fashion, Armani offers elegance

Milan Fashion Week has come to a close after five days of mostly womenswear previews that celebrated diversity and renewal.

A model wears a creation as part of the Dolce & Gabbana women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Kim Kardashian culls Dolce&Gabbana archives for Milan show

Paris Jackson, center, attends the Missoni women's Spring Summer 2023 fashion show in Milan, Italy, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

In Milan, Gucci, Sunnei, Missoni focus on transformation

A model wears a creation as part of the Prada women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Prada, Max Mara back to pre-pandemic splendor in Milan

Models wear creations as part of the Fendi women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Fendi, Diesel open Milan Fashion Week with sense of renewal

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A model wears a creation as part of the Giorgio Armani men's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Monday, June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Gucci unveils ‘HaHaHa’ collaboration with Harry Styles

By the fourth and final day of Milan Fashion Week menswear previews for next spring and summer, designers seem to have understood the assignment.

A model wears a creation as part of the Prada men's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Prada mixes nostalgia and grunge for summer 2023 menswear

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons offered a nostalgia play for next season, mixing gingham, coming from the feminine world, with masculine menswear.

A model wears a creation as part of the Versace men's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Milan designers invoke joy, nostalgia in menswear

Denim, fringe and chunky rubber sliders. These are the elements of next year’s summer wardrobe emerging from the second day of Milan Fashion Week menswear previews on Saturday.

Models wear creations as part of the Bottega Veneta Fall/Winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Bottega Veneta gets a Milan reboot, DSquared2 spreads love

Milan Fashion Week has closed five off-kilter days of runway shows for next season, marked both by a sense of relief that strict pandemic rules were easing but with growing distress over the war in Ukraine.

A model wears a creation as part of the Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Sharon Stone takes in Dolce&Gabbana at relaxed Milan fashion

Front-rows of A-listers and shoulder-to-shoulder seating gave Milan Fashion Week a pre-pandemic air.

A model wears a creation as part of the Prada Fall/Winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Milan Fashion Week goes on under shadow of Russian attack

Milan Fashion Week continued Thursday under the shadow of the Russian attack on Ukraine and the possible economic repercussions as the West moves toward tighter sanctions.

A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli Fall/Winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Fendi, Cavalli open a more relaxed Milan Fashion Week

The Italian fashion world has opened a Milan Fashion Week that brought the return of Russian buyers after two years and the easing of pandemic travel restrictions.

Models wear creations as part of the K-Way men's Fall-Winter 2022-23 collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

K-Way windbreaker brand taps hip new market with R&D line

K-way, the Franco-Italian brand synonymous with windbreakers, is stepping into luxury fashion with its first live runway show ever on the closing day of Milan Fashion Week.

Models wear creations for the Fendi fall winter 22/23 collection, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Fendi leads Milan trends with feminine silhouettes for men

Milan menswear designers seem to have decided on the answer, but the question remains: Have the pandemic lockdowns emboldened men to embrace a more feminine silhouette, including skirts, mini-dresses and cape coats?

Models wear creations for the DSquared2 fall winter 22/23 collection, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

DSquared2 designers welcome fashion crowd back to Milan

Milan fashion houses were charting a path out of the pandemic that included a menswear calendar packed with 22 live runway shows and another 18 physical presentations this month.

Vintage Gucci bags are displayed inside the new on-line concept store, called Gucci Vault, featuring refurbished vintage Gucci pieces and collections by young designers. The project was presented in Dazio del Ponente in Milan's Parco Sempione, where a sampling of the items on sale were displayed during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Gucci launches Vault vintage site during Milan Fashion Week

Gucci has launched an e-commerce site featuring refurbished vintage Gucci pieces alongside capsule collections by young designers chosen by Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele.

Dua Lipa, left, and Donatella Versace acknowledge applause at the conclusion of the Versace Spring Summer 2022 collection during Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Dua Lipa walks the Versace runway, Prada resists normality

Donatella Versace pumped energy into Milan Fashion week with a star-filled runway and front row, and collection strong on the fashion house’s codes: bright colors, safety pins and especially silky foulards.

Models wear creations for the Emporio Armani Spring Summer 2022 collection during Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Emporio Armani celebrates 40 years during Milan Fashion Week

Giorgio Armani has celebrated 40 years of his Emporio Armani line with a retrospective show at his Silos museum and a collection for youthful dressers that brimmed with colorful optimism.

Models wear creations for the Fendi Spring Summer 2022 collection during Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Fendi, Del Core lead Milan fashion’s runway return

Italy’s fashion capital is again alive with the sound of shoppers swarming boutiques and editors filling socially distanced fashion week venues, a sign of a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.

Armani, Dolce & Gabbana to go live for Milan Fashion Week

Milan Fashion Week will remain mostly digital for menswear previews in June, with just three fashion houses opting to host guests in their showrooms as international travel just begins to resume amid the lifting of coronavirus restrictions.

A model wears a creation by fashion designer Mokodu Fall as part of the Black Lives Matter Fall/Winter 2021/22 collective fashion show, presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. 2021. Fi...

5 Africa-born designers open digital Milan Fashion Week

MILAN (AP) — Five designers of African origin making their runway debuts opened Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday under the banner “We are Made in Italy,” having nurtured dreams deemed fanciful in their native countries and which faced considerable obstacles coming to fruition in their adopted Italy.

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 file photo, Carlo Capasa, head of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion, attends the Fendi women's 2019 Spring-Summer fashion show, during the Fashion Week...

Milan opens 1st fashion week with no VIP guests due to virus

MILAN (AP) — Italy’s fashion chamber is opening on Friday the first Milan Fashion Week that won’t have VIPS populating runway front rows, as the reality of Italy’s persistent resurgence of the coronavirus has forced an all-virtual format for presenting menswear previews.

5 live menswear shows planned for hybrid Milan Fashion Week

MILAN (AP) — Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi and Etro are planning to stage live runway shows previewing menswear collections next month during a mostly digital Milan Fashion Week.

Creations displayed at a presentation as part of the Giorgio Armani 2021 women's spring-summer ready-to-wear collection during the fashion week in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Colleen Barry)

Armani, Ferragamo premiere short films at Milan Fashion Week

MILAN (AP) — To show or not to show: Each Milan fashion house had to make a difficult decision how to reach the fashion public this season under the safety constraints imposed by the coronavirus.

People walk past a giant screen streaming Versace fashion live show, during the Milan's fashion week in Milan, Italy, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Milan Fashion: Marni avenges lockdown with global video

MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week continued in disjointed, discombobulated style for the third day on Friday, veering from the physical to the digital, with an uneasy eye fixed on the economic damage wrought by coronavirus.

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 file photo, fashion designer Stella Jean talks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome. The Italian fashion council’s only Black designer has hailed as a ‘’breakthrough’’ the inclusion of a Black Lives Matters event to the official September show calendar and the formation of a working group aimed at ending racial discrimination in Italian fashion. Stella Jean, a Haitian-Italian designer based in Rome, has been pressuring the Italian National Fashion Chamber to promote cultural reform through concrete commitments toward greater racial diversity, spurred by top fashion house’s social media posts supporting Black Lives Matters. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Milan Fashion Week to include Black Lives Matter event

MILAN (AP) — The Italian fashion council’s only Black designer has hailed as a ‘’breakthrough’’ the inclusion of a Black Lives Matter event to the official September show calendar and the formation of a working group aimed at ending racial discrimination in Italian fashion.

A model wears a creation as part of the Ermanno Scervino women's Fall Winter 2020-21 collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Armani to hold runway show in empty theater due to new virus

MILAN (AP) — In a last-minute change, Giorgio Armani is holding his Milan Fashion Week runway show behind closed doors Sunday due to concerns raised by the coronavirus, and instead stream the event from inside the empty showroom.

A model wears a creation as part of Max Mara's Fall/Winter 2020/2021 collection, presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Irony prevails at Benetton, transparent femininity at Prada

MILAN (AP) — The frills are on at Milan Fashion Week, where “pretty” is womenswear watchword of the next cold weather season.

Gucci bares backstage, No. 21 celebrates a decade

MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week opened Wednesday with outreach to China, largely cut off from the rest of the world by a new virus, and to Africa, often overlooked by luxury except as references.

A man looks at a Bulgari fashion shop window, in the Montenapoleone shopping district, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. China's virus outbreak is giving global business a chill. In Milan’s luxury Montenapoleone shopping district, dozens of luxury brands decked out their windows for Chinese New Year. But wealthy Chinese shoppers, who are responsible for about one-third of all luxury purchases globally, have failed to arrive in their usual numbers. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Virus blocks 3 Chinese brands from Milan Fashion Week

MILAN (AP) —

Italian fashion officials on Tuesday forecast a nearly 2% drop in first-half revenues due to the virus emerging from China, which also is preventing three Chinese fashion houses from traveling to Milan Fashion Week later this month.

Fendi lets sun shine on post-Lagerfeld era, glancing back

MILAN (AP) — A naïve streak is running through the collections on preview during Milan Fashion Week — with a return to simpler times, yesteryear prints and patterns and unfussy silhouettes.

Milan: Less is more at Prada, Arbesser keeps it personal

MILAN (AP) — Sustainability is coming into even sharper focus at Milan Fashion Week.

The industry is seeking to show its mettle in big and small ways after 32 leading fashion companies signed off on a set of shared goals presented to the leaders of Group of 7 industrial nations.

Fendi, Armani close Milan Fashion Week in fresh venues

MILAN (AP) — Milan mainstays Fendi and Armani close out four days of menswear previews on Monday, capping a lighter-than-usual program with some of the Italian fashion world’s top labels altering their show rhythms.

A model wears a creation as part of the Missoni women's Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb.23, 2019. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

In Milan, Ferragamo, Cavalli focus on color, inclusiveness

MILAN (AP) — Color was the watch word on the fourth day Saturday of the mostly womenswear collections during Milan Fashion Week.

Model Kaia Gerber wears a creation as part of the Moschino women's Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb.21, 2019. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Fendi honors Lagerfeld and fashion’s ‘longest love story’

MILAN (AP) — Fendi paid understated tribute Thursday to Karl Lagerfeld, who died this week and was the Rome-based fashion house’s creative director for 54 years.