Fendi’s Milan show takes Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid to the tropics

Sep 22 , 2017

Models parade at the end of the Fendi spring/summer 2018 show during the Milan Fashion Week. Photo: REUTERS

Karl Lagerfeld channelled tropical chic at Milan Fashion Week, unveiling a collection that was all see-through and skin with colours cool enough to soothe your sunburn

The latest designs from veteran German designer Karl Lagerfeld emerged “in a swirl of Caribbean colour and flavour”, as he said in his notes on the spring/summer 2018 collection for Fendi at Milan Fashion Week.

Superstar models Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner helped show off the looks to the selfie-snapping crowd that included fashion godmother Anna Wintour in the front row.

Gigi Hadid presents a creation at the Fendi spring/summer 2018 show during Milan Fashion Week. Photo: AP

Kendall Jenner presents a creation at the Fendi spring/summer 2018 show during Milan Fashion Week. Photo: AFP

To the sounds of jungle electro, there were stripes big and small on display as well as skin peeking out from just above the hip. Fringes fanned out like palm fronds on the strap of one of the bags – which are among the accessories the house is famous for.

A model presents a creation at the Fendi spring/summer 2018 show during Milan Fashion Week. Photo: AFP

There was not a dour trace in the collection, which comes just over three months after the death of Carla Fendi. She was one of five sisters who inherited a small leather goods workshop that they turned into a luxury juggernaut.

Lagerfeld, who has designed collections for the house for over 50 years, has often been referred to as the sixth Fendi sibling.