The red carpet in Venice becomes a lesson in the history of clothing: the 17th-century collar, the Flemish-Spanish and English traditions, Jonathan Anderson and an actor who really knows his way round costumes

. Chanel disappeared for eight years and returned as queen. Galliano, fifteen years after the scandal, his apologies and a long period of atonement, has turned down the Met’s honour. In a fashion world that remembers everything and forgives little, true luxury has become the right to be forgotten

Chris Xu’s giant makes its debut in Hong Kong and ends the first day almost flat after an initial 10 per cent plunge. Protests, tariffs and sustainability concerns have dented the appeal of a model that seemed unstoppable

Guido’s “Odyssey ’85” was called “Nobody”. Calypso was a record producer, Penelope another Valentina. And Nolan’s version? “He would have liked it very much”

It all began thirty years ago with sulky models, then came the multinationals with their obsession with EBITDA, prices rising at a dizzying rate which had to be countered by the product’s timelessness to justify its purchase, followed by ‘woke’ culture, cultural appropriation and the anxiety of saying or doing something wrong in a globalised world that is impossible to control. The result: never has there been a less cheerful environment than this one, which, as Sottsass said, should instead draw its strength from the ephemeral and the unstable. And yet you’re still surprised that results are suffering and recovery is stalling? 

As confirmed by LuxVide, the cast for the biopic on the great Italian fashion designer has not yet been finalised, but there are high hopes for the fashion house. Stefano Ciammitti’s name is already being mentioned for the costumes. The last pupil of Tosi, a versatile designer much loved by Garrone (Io Capitano), Nunziante (Zalone’s films) and Ozpetek himself (Diamanti)