Gigi Hadid channeled a punk-inspired rebellious spirit on the runway at Versace's latest show at Milan Fashion Week.
Hadid is a familiar face on the Versace runway, and this season she wore a black button-up dress with a sheer built-in blouse and white collar and cuff details.
The fall/winter 2024 collection infused Versace's signature glamor with a punk aesthetic, as seen in the black leather gloves, dark eye makeup, and loose hair Hadid wore to complete the look.
Versace's aesthetic has always been maximalist, bucking the quiet luxury trend taking over the runways, and this season is no different.
Powerful tailoring was central to the collection: think military-inspired coats with matching miniskirts, boucle suits and structured jackets with statement shoulders.
Long button-front jackets worn over pants reinvented a classic Versace look from the archives, previously worn by Purple Rain singer Prince.
Punk elements were seen in plaid outerwear and grunge mohair sweaters, while still retaining elements of Versace's polish, with sleek silhouettes, leopard prints and a smattering of sparkles.
While many other Italian brands are undergoing changes (Moschino's new creative director showed his first collection at Milan Fashion Week, and Sabato De Sarno seems increasingly confident in Gucci's new direction), this was a somewhat predictable Versace collection, where Donatella Versace has been in charge since the late 90s.
On Instagram, Versace described the show as a “quiet rebellion,” but the beauty looks on display were anything but quiet: Models wore extreme black cat-eye movements and some donned extremely spiky wigs.
Makeup artist Pat McGrath told Vogue: “It's about punk. The focus is a dewy, ink-black eye that feels very rebellious, but is still glamorous and sexy. It's punk, but it's still very Versace.”
McGrath said she sent three spectacular black-winged looks down the runway: one that was sharp and graphic, another with soft edges, and another that she said had “a very bold shape, paired with bleached eyebrows.”
Actress Anne Hathaway, a long-time Versace ambassador, sat front row in a look straight off the runway.
She wore a figure-hugging red leather midi dress with a built-in corset and off-the-shoulder neckline, but without the matching red gloves the model wore on the runway.
The show came about when Jennifer Lopez revealed in a Vogue video that her stylist had urged her not to wear the green chiffon Versace dress to the Grammy Awards in 2000, causing such a stir that it is often cited as the motivation for Google created its image search function. .
