See all of the 100+ looks from the LuisaViaRoma fashion extravaganza.
FLORENCE — How do you celebrate a 90th anniversary and close Pitti Uomo? Have several thousand guests head to the hills outside of Florence to the Piazzale Michelangelo with a breathtaking view of the city for a fashion extravaganza to mark nine decades of the Florence specialty store LuisaViaRoma.
And extravaganza is the only word, given there were 102 looks worn by 61 female and 22 male models. The show marked the debut of Carine Roitfeld’s CR Runway events, along with her son Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, and offered a compilation of some of the most significant looks of the fall season now in the LuisaViaRoma store, as well as a range of vintage pieces.
Gigi Hadid opened the show in a Karl Lagerfeld tuxedo-inspired top with an inlaid tie matched with vinyl pants Giovanni Giannoni/WWD While it was a lot of looks, the pace was fast, and the models reunited at the end to stand on the steps of the huge statue, a reproduction of Michelangelo’s David. It wasn’t over, though. A few minutes after the end of the show, Lenny Kravitz took the stage to play a few of his hits, including “Fly Away,” followed by “American Woman.” Then there was a chic dinner, hosted by Roitfeld, across the street, as the scent of jasmine filled the night air.