Quiet Luxury: Everything You Need to Know About Milan's Fashion Week
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What better way to showcase how effortlessly chic your style is than with high-quality, timeless pieces that don’t need to have a logo all over them? Welcome to the world of quiet luxury. Quiet luxury is a classic style that has been around forever, but with the rise of popular shows like Succession, the fashion industry has brought back the minimalist, monochrome tones, with pieces more craft-focused, focused on refined tailoring and logo-free clothes. The materials the clothing is designed with play a huge role in this “stealth wealth” look, and Milan Fashion Week did not shy away from this; from silks to leather, Milan Fashion Week brought quiet luxury in full throttle in their Spring Summer 2024 shows this past week.
Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons co-designed the Prada collection showcased, and without a set or theme for the catwalk, the clothes spoke for themselves. Opening with hyper-feminine dresses in monochrome shades of pink and blue silk, quiet luxury was already taking an effect within the first few seconds of the show. With a nod to Raf Simons' impact on this collection, there is a good amount of leather and metals throughout the show, the two of these adding an edgy look and maintaining life while still employing rather minimalist designs. Fendi did not shy away from leather either, though typically more recognized for their fur. This fashion house did not disappoint in its use of leather for this SS collection. Designer Kim Jones presented color-blocked leather jackets in red, blue, and brown, bringing a pop of color and design while still focusing on a subtle look at luxury. Bottega Veneta played around with their use of leather, in different twisted, woven, knotted, and perforated looks. Ferragamo brought a female badass look to the scene, pairing glossy leathers with bold colors, such as green.
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Green was all over Ferragamo’s SS 24 collection, keeping quiet luxury from falling into too dull or monotonous, green seemed to be a trend to add a pop of color to other designers' collections as well. With a new designer for Gucci, De Sarno, the brand has shifted away drastically from Alessandro Michele’s, former designer for Gucci, vibrant and playful “camp” collections. Coming back to a more neutral and minimal classic Gucci style, the brand may have seemed to be a bit dull in this SS 24 collection, but luckily there was a pop of green with an acid lime long-fringed jacket displayed in the show. Max Mara, typically known for their more muted, sophisticated look, used green in less of an eye-catching way but nonetheless brought some color to their show with pops of emerald green throughout. Roberto Cavalli had more fun with their show this year, while still maintaining a quiet luxury look steering away from logos splattered on the pieces. There were sheer dresses with ruffles, feathers, fun patterns, and yes, more green.
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Blending sophisticated, luxurious clothing while still maintaining brand personality, the designers at Milan’s Spring/Summer 2024 fashion week show did their best. Dolce and Gabbana, maintaining their classic lacey look, was still able to bring spice to their show with a sexy undertone to their clothes. While the show in past years has usually been seen as a pit stop from Paris Fashion Week to London Fashion Week, this year, the designers came out to play, and in a subtle yet luxurious way, they did not disappoint.
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Writer: Dani Garcia-Novas
Editor: Blake Fiadino
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