It might not have been a Versace first, but it definitely qualified as news today that the main shoe in the house s Resort collection was a plastic pool slide. Let s put it this way: It s not a Donatella shoe, although a company rep did report that she took the flatform version of the shoe out for a spin at home in Milan. The rest of the collection found Versace revisiting familiar terrain—acid colors, body-con fabrics, ultrashort lengths—in some refreshing new ways. Playful was the name of the game here. Emojis were woven into the body-con knits. A strong athletic theme coursed through the collection, in everything from a nylon tracksuit with Versace s signature Greek key motif detailing to hourglass dresses with sports uniform color-blocking. Even the lingerie-influenced pieces retained a fairly innocent allure, thanks to the poppy shades of orange and pink they were shown in. Versace also experimented with blush—"the new white," she s calling it—but it didn t resonate the way the brights did. What really set the collection apart from the take-no-prisoners tenor of most of her runway shows was a vivid floral print that she used for flippy, pleated slipdresses and one pair of positively epic high-waisted bell-bottoms. Now those are something we d love to see DV in.
