'I was quite nervous coming here from London, but it turns out I know a lot of people and that has made it much easier.' For the first time in nearly 40 years, Penelope Tree returns to the runway for Fendi's spring 2021 show.
When asked to describe her in three words, John Lennon answered: “Hot, hot, hot, smart, smart, smart!” According to David Bailey, who loved her and photographed her in the 1960s, she was the catalyst that fired the flower power movement of that era. And this afternoon in Milan, Penelope Tree turned up on a runway, at Fendi, for the first time, she reckoned, in nearly 40 years.
“Penelope is a great woman,” said Silvia Venturini Fendi preshow: “I wanted to ask her here because she shows that strength is absolutely beyond age. Really, she’s amazing.” Tree, who happens to be a close friend of my aunt, is absolutely both amazing and strong. However, when bumped into during the pre-see, she was swaying a little in a gust of nervy anticipation. “How long since I did a show?” she asked back. “Don’t make me think about it. I’m pretty sure it was in the 1980s for Jenny [Kee] and Linda [Jackson]. But right now I’m just trying to keep it together. What’s great is that there are so many others doing it—it makes you feel like nobody cares too much.
Pshaw! When Tree got out there she made it look as easy as ever. Wearing a black suit over rattan slides with a Chaos lighter holder swinging jauntily at her hip, her bangs still framing the face that entranced fashion’s original generation, she killed it. Now in her eighth generation, Tree is making a tentative return to the work.
. When I was doing shows everyone was crammed into a tiny room and there was a lot of anxiety, but this is so beautifully organized and calm. I was quite nervous coming here from London, but it turns out I know a lot of people and that has made it much easier. All this is extraordinary, really.” As is she: Hail to Penelope Tree.
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