A day in which guns had been fired and missiles dropped upon democracy in Europe felt like a strange day to be traipsing about Milan in chauffeured cars to look at fabulous clothes.
There was a general mood of unease throughout the day, which started with Maxmara’s excellent tactile, teddy-heavy collection and peaked with Prada’s vibe-shifting tank tops, mesh skirts and triangle handbags, sported on Kardashian-Jenners and Euphoria stars.
It was Jeremy Scott’s sublimely surreal Moschino show though that offered a dose of sartorial escapism. Inspired by the trappings of a stately home and featuring models in wacky golden candlestick headpieces, baroque pictureframe dresses, dresses inspired by red velvet sofas and heavy tapestry curtains and even a giant golden harpsichord, it was without doubt Scott’s most bonkers collection to date.
The Hadid sisters, both of whom had walked Maxmara that morning, hit the runway – Bella in a black bodycon dress with golden baroque detailing and Gigi closing the show in a dramatic golden leaf-entwined gown.
Scott does not shy from a theme, and this one was most definitely hammered home: chandeliers inspired vast swinging earrings and conical bra tops swishing audibly with strings of beads. Model Adut Akech shuffled out in a grandfather clock dress while another model looked Schiaparelli-esque in a shining silver tray bustier.
The golden hardware was a particularly campy highlight: a floor-skimming black coat came peppered with golden sink tap handles, while skirt suits came bedecked with golden cutlery brooches and Moschino’s signature drawer handles as buttons.
When Scott came out to take his bow wearing, inexplicably, a vast red space suit (a replica of David Bowman’s in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey apparently) laughter rippled through the audience, which was something given the circumstances.
