Taking a giant leap forward, we now have two iconic Italian maisons — Versace and Fendi — swapping places to create collections for each other. Led by Versace’s chief creative officer Donatella Versace, together with Fendi’s creative director Silvia Venturini Fendi and artistic director Kim Jones, “Versace by Fendi” and “Fendi by Versace”, otherwise known collectively as Fendace (pronounced fen-dah-chey) — sees Jones creating for Versace, and Donatella creating for Fendi.
From fashion collaborations with athleisure brands and artists, couturiers continue to find fresh ways to keep consumers on their toes. Stella McCartney, for example, teamed up with 85-year-old American artist Frank Stella who lent the fashion designer his catalogue of minimalism and maximalist abstraction for a vibrant Fall 2022 collection. For Nike fans, this June will see the launch of the Louis Vuitton and Nike “Air Force 1” collection of sneakers designed by the maison’s late artistic director Virgil Abloh.
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