No. 02 · Venice, shows & maisons
Venice, and the front row.
The shows I sat in and the maisons' nights between them, filmed and told story by story: the 83rd Venice Film Festival and the amfAR gala, Saint Laurent by the Eiffel Tower, Demna's first Gucci runway, Milan Fashion Week, Armani Beauty in Venice, Bvlgari's Eclettica jewels and the Biennale, and the studio where a collection begins.
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01 / 24Venice Film Festival · amfAR
Opening night
Venice, 83rd Film Festival.
83rd Venice International Film Festival · amfAR Venezia
The Lido, and the gala.
Ten days of the Mostra: the red carpet under the photographers, water taxis down the Grand Canal, dinners facing Santa Maria della Salute, and the amfAR Venezia gala at Molino Stucky, raising funds for AIDS research.
- Opening film: Ink by Danny Boyle; jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal
- amfAR Venezia, 6 September: hosted by Taika Waititi, Marina Abramović honoured, Bebe Rexha on stage
- 24 photos and films
Mostra 83Scena 1Take 1
The film
On the Grand Canal, facing Santa Maria della Salute. Turn the sound on.
Proiezione · Sala Grande
Film 01 of 12On the Grand Canal, facing the Salute
Mostra 83Scena 2Take 1
Getting ready
Hair, make-up and the gown in the palazzo, with the invitation on the table.
Mostra 83Scena 3Take 1
By water
Every arrival in Venice is by boat: water taxis, gondolas and the palazzi from the canal.
Down the Grand Canal
By water taxi
Gondolas at Generali
The palazzo
The canal at night
Scroll to sail down the Grand Canal
Mostra 83Scena 4Take 1
The red carpet
The Lido at night: the photographers, the big screen and the amfAR wall.
0000 flashes · walk past a photographer and he turns to you
Mostra 83Scena 5Take 1
The gala
amfAR Venezia at Molino Stucky: dinner facing the Salute, champagne, and Bebe Rexha on stage.
The amfAR table at Molino Stucky · hover a plate to stop the table, tap to open
Part one
The shows.
Saint Laurent · Paris Fashion Week
Spring-summer 2027, all gold.
Anthony Vaccarello's gold show: a ballroom built outdoors, gilded chandeliers hung over the runway, the Eiffel Tower glittering behind it. I filmed it from the seats, and the same week caught L'Oréal's show in Paris, where Céline Dion surprised everyone on stage.
- 49 of 59 looks in metallic gold, an homage to Yves Saint Laurent
- The set recalled the salon where he showed his couture
- 15 stories and films
0 / 15 lit · move through the dark
Gucci · Milan Fashion Week
Demna's first Gucci runway.
Autumn-winter 2026, the first runway show of Demna's Gucci, called Primavera after Botticelli's painting. A dark venue full of statues, string music as guests arrived, one sharp beam of light down a long runway, and fog for the finale.
- Demna called it "a birthday" rather than a fashion show
- He promised a Gucci "lighter, softer, more refined"
- 10 stories and films
Look 01 / 10
III · Milan Fashion Week · February 2025
Max Mara, Sportmax, autumn-winter 2025.
Three show films and the looks as they walked past. Keep scrolling: the catwalk moves.
Malta Fashion Week · Valletta
Laced in, in emerald.
Six nights of runway at the Triton Fountain, the gateway to Valletta. Backstage I was laced into an emerald corset gown with a green tulle veil, then filmed the collections from beside the catwalk.
- Runway shows at Pjazza Tritoni, by the Triton Fountain
- 4 photos and 4 runway films
Backstage · Valletta
Laced in.
Eyelets 00 / 16
Scroll to lace the gown
Tied · ready for Pjazza Tritoni
The runway · Pjazza Tritoni, Valletta
Part two
Between the shows.
Armani Beauty · 83rd Venice Film Festival
The Armani Cinema Club.
Armani Beauty's ninth year as the festival's official beauty sponsor: the red velvet seats of the Armani Cinema Club, and the party for I WILL, the new Giorgio Armani fragrance, under mirrored spheres and a red ticker of light.
- Official beauty sponsor of the Venice Film Festival for the ninth time
- I WILL, the new Giorgio Armani fragrance
- 8 photos and films
Bvlgari · High Jewellery
Eclettica, in Milan.
The presentation dinner for Bvlgari's Eclettica high jewellery: emeralds, diamonds and a Roman eclecticism of sculpture, painting and architecture. Move your cursor: the light follows you across the cases.
- More than 150 creations, 15 of them convertible
- "Eclettica": the inclusivity at the heart of Bvlgari since 1884
- 13 photos and films
61st Biennale Arte · with Bvlgari and Dior
In Minor Keys, Venice.
The 61st International Art Exhibition, In Minor Keys, curated by Koyo Kouoh. I spent its opening nights inside the private palazzi of Bvlgari and Dior: candlelit tables under painted ceilings, champagne towers and a masked Venetian evening.
- Biennale Arte 2026 runs 9 May to 22 November
- Bvlgari is exclusive partner of the Biennale until 2030
- 12 photos and films
Drag the prints across the table · tap one to open
Behind a collection
Where the looks begin.
Helping to build a collection: the line-up sheets clipped to the rail, the fittings, the first look in powder blue. Each frame hangs from the rail; pass by and it swings.
- Line-up boards, fittings and styling
- 5 photos
The atelier · studio light 09:00
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The blazer dress, first fitting
Scroll to walk the rail from morning to sunset · move the mouse and the hangers sway · tap a look to step up to it
Milan · the desk
What arrived at the door.
Invitations, handwritten notes and the gifts that came with them. Pick one up and move it, tap to read it in the phone.
Milan · the diary
Between the shows.
The city and the hours off duty. Every frame opens in the phone.