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Silvia Venturini Fendi on What Is ‘Normal’ Right Now

BoF’s editor at large talks with the designer about antisocial voyeurism, colour as ‘vitamins’ — and an unexpected collaborator.
Silvia Venturini Fendi. Fendi.
Silvia Venturini Fendi. Fendi.
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“I wanted to talk to you,” Silvia Venturini Fendi insisted over the driving electronic soundtrack of Fendi’s virtual menswear presentation on Saturday. It was her words set to Italian musician Not Waving’s music, and she felt it was the least she could do to maintain direct contact with people during a time of virus-driven isolation.

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Tim Blanks
Tim Blanks

Tim Blanks is Editor-at-Large at The Business of Fashion. He is based in London and covers designers, fashion weeks and fashion’s creative class.

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