Born in Italy in 1978, Versace has become an international leading fashion brand and the symbol of Italian luxe. Managed by the art director Donatella Versace in 1997, the extravagant, sexy and luxurious Medusa was the brand signature. 2022 Resort collection brought back the optimism. Comfort is presented from the aspects of design, material and printing. Donatella gave the Medusa a psychedelic spin, taking a sort of trippy turn through a kaleidoscopic tunnel of pop-bright colors and melty, distorted, lava lamp patterns—think: Summer of Love with a luscious twist. She cleverly kept the collection's silhouette svelte and neat: A-line, 60's mod-ish, and slashed short with conviction. Summer tweeds in acid sherbet colors looked fresh and luxe, signaling a desire for more dressed-up situations. Riffing on the house heritage, Versace offered little tweed skirt suits in vibrant colors with hand-finished fringed hems. The primness of A-line shifts was sharply contrasted by doses of slick, liquid latex in a sort of 'sickly bubblegum pink' (as it was described) and a new baby blue shade, called DV. It was rendered into a couple of ultra-short bustier slipdresses that will be headturners wherever they go. The same can be said of a rather sensational translucent crystal mesh number with lace intarsia, its surface mutating into melty aurora borealis shades. It sparked joy and optimism to no end.

The CHANEL Cruise 2021/22 collection by Virginie Viard is inspired by Jean Cocteau's film Testament of Orpheus(1960). The filming spot is also the place of this catwalk -- the Carrières de Lumières in Les Baux-de-Provence. The hand-drawn white starry pattern also comes from Jean Cocteau, the friend of brand founder Coco Chanel. And the preview poster is exactly the letter from Cocteau to Coco.