VERSACE: Dose of Versace Homme for Menswear Spring 2023 MFW

Versace delivered a hefty dose of its Versace Home collection for its Menswear Spring 2023 outing at Milan Fashion Week runway and here are some highlights!

“Going through the archives. Donatella’s menswear attention had been drawn to an archive print featuring the frozen-in-lava death masks of Pompeii—the Naples-neighboring Roman town that was frozen forever by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. This print proved the starting point to a kinkily intellectual collection that combined simplicity, sexiness and depth. Against these prints played the rigidly formal striping of regimental clothing—another out-of-time classical clothing code. Versace put them in her blender, added a pinch of powerfully colored python print, chucked in some lemon-hued latex for a twist, flipped the switch, and let the results erupt.

Out onto the pebbled runway flowed a powerfully hot collection of lovable menswear. Forward-facing pieces including racerback onesies for men were placed against traditional items recontextualized, including double layered tailored jackets and overcoats recast in that lemon latex. Funny touches included the gold headpieces worn by certain models, among them the sons of key house models from the past, including Mark Vanderloo, Helena Christensen, Andre van Noord, Carla Bruni, Megan Douglas and Angela Lindvall. This was a cleverly deft collection that could have benefited from more organized communication from the house, yet was eminently readable nonetheless thanks to the quality of Versace’s menswear team.” – Vogue