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At Milan Fashion Week, Clothes That Dance

From Fendi to Jil Sander, tactility took centrestage on the first two days of Milan Fashion Week, but the results were a little icy, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Spring/Summer 2022 looks from Fendi, Jil Sander and Roberto Cavalli. Courtesy.
Spring/Summer 2022 looks from Fendi, Jil Sander and Roberto Cavalli. Courtesy.

Despite pandemic-era calls for a “reset,” the Milan fashion week that started on Tuesday seemed to pick up almost exactly where we left off in February 2020, albeit with masks and social distancing measures in place: the same onlookers crowding entrances to show spaces; the same sprints from one end of town to the other; the same delays. Plus ça change, say the French.

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