MILAN, February 27. You stroll right into a room and gasp! ― somebody in entrance of you is carrying the identical outfit.
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Chill out, it occurs. It's Milan Vogue Week and visitors have been carrying the identical outfits in reveals that happen from Wednesday to Sunday.
Greater than 50 reveals within the Fall/Winter 2024-2025 girls's calendar, from Diesel and Dolce & Gabbana to Gucci and Versace, entice visitors from around the globe, however a lot of them find yourself trying virtually an identical.
At Fendi on opening day, two influencers from Dubai chatted nose to nose and wore the very same animal print lace-up boots.
In the meantime, the color-block print shirt adorned with the Fendi emblem worn by Fatma Husam, 29, was chosen by many different girls.
Did that hassle you?
“It's fully regular,” Husam stated. “As a result of, in any case, how a lot clothes do these manufacturers make?”
Her pal, Deema Alasadi, 35, agreed.
“At a celebration it could be just a little damaged, however at Vogue Week it's completely regular.”
Japanese musicians Aya and Ami, recognized collectively as Amiaya, took it to the following degree like solely twins can with matching cherry purple bob hairstyles and an identical black Fendi thigh-high boots with gold heels.
Later Wednesday at Roberto Cavalli, a blonde lady in an extended, flowing costume printed with lemons from designer Fausto Puglisi's Resort 2024 assortment smiled sheepishly for the cameras.
Close by, one other visitor pouted and posed in a jumpsuit sewn from cheetah cloth (a mainstay of the model) that left little to the creativeness.
However these aren't the one lemons and animal prints within the room.
'Herd intuition'
Luxurious manufacturers personally costume A-list celebrities attending their trend reveals in cutting-edge appears to be like, like Uma Thurman and Sharon Stone dressed all in black at Tom Ford on Thursday night time, ensuring to not duplicate appears to be like within the first rows.
However influencers (to whom manufacturers generally ship probably the most coveted items) and different visitors should delve into their very own closets, making duplications of previous seasons inevitable.
However the satan is within the particulars, Husam stated on the Fendi present.
“Everybody can put on the identical garments, however in numerous kinds,” he stated.
Imitations are most evident with regards to manufacturers with daring logos, corresponding to Gucci and Versace, however more durable to detect in those who take a extra delicate strategy, corresponding to Prada and Armani.
It's widespread amongst trend editors who attend reveals, stated Godfrey Deeny, international editor-in-chief of FashionNetwork.com.
“In the event you're an editor, you're all the time on the lookout for what's new, however you even have the herd intuition of wanting everybody to know that you realize what's new,” he stated.
“So that you all collectively put on the identical garments.”
Many within the business take consolation, he stated, in realizing that “after they go, everybody will likely be carrying the identical absurd sneaker.”
After all, with regards to model staff, safety guards and ushers at trend reveals, it's customary to put on the identical factor: black. – ETX Research