Fendi Men Fall 2023

Watching Fendi's fall menswear show, with its winding airways above the runway carrying silver pinball orbs in a mesmerizing display, it was hard to take your eyes off the ball.

Warning, back to the clothes, it was just as hard not to do a quick mental count what each outfit must cost, given the lavish components: hand-painted, antique-finish leather coats and shearling jackets; long puffer jackets in nappa leather; hand-woven cashmere totes stuffed with cashmere blankets and crocodile boots with Cuban heels.

Good luck dressing to less than five figures.

Here is one of Milan's most overtly luxurious collections, sumptuous in texture and enveloping in its generous proportions and several layers of the best fabrics.

Silvia Venturini Fendi also added a disco theme for the presentation, expressed via a heart-pounding soundtrack and bespoke by Giorgio Moroder, more eyeliner than Adam Ant has ever worn, and evening looks sprinkled with enough cash to create a dazzling play of light.

The theme has a personal history: when she lived in New York in the 80s and worked at Bergdorf Goodman, Venturini Fendi used to wear a one-shoulder top under her "normal" clothes so she was ready for a shimmy at Studio 54 after work - or a spin at the Roxy, then a roller-skating rink.< /p>

The designer has taken these one-shoulder models for men in sexy sweaters — or a quirky striped shirt that offers a pinch with every step.

Fendi's slender young models sometimes seemed overwhelmed in their long layers of luxurious double-faced cashmere coats and baggy sweaters that often sprout additional garlands of fabric to wrap around the body, like the pashmina brigade of old.

But break down the collection and there were some solid investment pieces in understated, classic colors like gray, oatmeal, navy and black.

"Almost everything is reversible," noted Venturini Fendi backstage, also talking about the comfortable nature fabrics, irresistible to the touch. “Clothes that make you feel good,” she says. "It can also be healing."

As it came out, Moroder's soundtrack kicked up a notch, and Donna Summer felt the love.< /p>