It’s a matter of equal opportunities. For nigh on 80 years, Brioni’s peerless Roman fatto a mano tailoring was only formally available to men. Then, last year, creative director Norbert Stumpfl cautiously began to sprinkle a few refigured feminine pieces into his mix, before showing Brioni’s first-ever stand-alone women’s collection last season.

Fashion Week returns to Paris from September 23 to October 1, 2024! This fashion week is an opportunity for the major Houses and young designers to unveil their women's ready-to-wear collections for the Spring-Summer 2025 season, at fashion shows, presentations and trendy events in the capital.

Models paraded past a long, horizontal wall of windows before stepping onto the catwalk to flash their flesh, faux implants and bandages.

And while the reset, following seven years of maximalism at the Kering-owned label, came as a shock to many, de Sarno has stuck to his guns: yes, fashion is for expressing oneself, but dressing up doesn’t have to be so far removed from reality.

Sabato De Sarno presents a carpe diem-inspired collection that drew on "casual grandeur" and brought out Nara and Lucky Blue Smith and Gabbriette.

Simone Rocha conjured a dreamy, slightly melancholy world of ballet dancers in their private time, wrapping up warmly on their way to and from the studio; dressing for rehearsals, and taking a bow as the flowers land on stage, and at their tired feet.