Versace by Fendi or “Fendace” is not a collaboration, but a spectacular fashion swap that celebrates the “friendship and the cultural impact” of two legendary — and once rivalling — Italian luxury houses. To close out Milan Fashion Week, Versace creative director Donatella Versace and Fendi creative director Kim Jones swapped roles for one night only to present two 25-look collections at the Versace family palazzo on Via Gesù. As impressive as the new Fendace logo and the iconic fusion designs was the star-studded front row and the supermodel lineup. Versace by Fendi spring/summer 2022, otherwise titled “Fendace” or “The Swap” was modelled by ’90s supers Naomi Campbell, Karen Elson, Amber Valletta, Kristen McMenamy, Shalom Harlow, Kate ...
Kim Jones is starting at Fendi with a bang. The recently appointed womenswear creative director, who succeeds the late Karl Lagerfeld, presented his debut collection for Fendi Couture spring/summer 2021 at the Palais Brongniart in Paris — that boasted an all-star model lineup of Demi Moore, Bella Hadid, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cara Delevingne, Adwoa Aboah, Lila Moss, and mum Kate Moss. The tight edit of 19 looks included some pieces we’ll be thinking about well after Haute Couture Fashion Week. Bella Hadid wore a stunning, sheer iridescent slate grey gown with Venetian glass hair combs, Lila Moss also modelled a sheer creation covered in pearls, and Demi Moore took to the catwalk in a chic black set. The collection was inspired by the romantic and creative relationship be...