Front row

From references to the meaning of numbers in the Neapolitan La Smorfia, Antonio Patruno delves into the stories behind the FW23 N°21 and Fendi catwalks

The week featured everything from Diesel’s 10,000 condom pile to nurses’ whites at Prada. Amidst the chaos, a dichotomy between rigour and seduction emerged

While in Italy to show with the support of Dolce&Gabbana, the Japanese designer sat with us to talk couture, organza and creative inspirations

A return to fine tailoring, rigour and simplicity was the focus of the city’s FW 2023/24 menswear shows, but brands also explored redefined masculinity

Two runways rocked the Florentine trade show. Performance blurred fashion and art at Jan-Jan Van Essche, while Martine Rose presented an Anglo-Italian remix

Meet the new wave of Shanghai designers who joined the latest IM graduate show. Featured are supernovae, some star matter and connections from the metaverse

Meet the trailblazers spicing up Chinese mythology-inspired avatars in a futuristic cyberpunk era as shown in the “ZETA 3022” film at the IM Shanghai show

The Awake event saw the school’s 16 top students rock the city’s fashion week. From ready-to-wear to couture, their collections modernise Chinese heritage

Presenting top talent collections, Istituto Marangoni’s fashion show lit up the event dedicated to the schools of Piattaforma Sistema Formativo Moda ETS

Coperni’s spray-on dress, Ye’s “White Lives Matter” T-shirt and Loewe’s pixel hoodie – clothes created a buzz around the brands showing in the Ville lumière

Lingerie, cut-outs, and transparencies: next summer is all about undressing

With brands showing mourning looks, LFW paid tributes to the Queen. But King Charles III is heralding a new era of innovation and Englishness even in clothes

Insiders develop an informed mind, aware of the dynamics behind what designers want to show. With the big four back, here is a guide to analysing a runway

This report will take you on a journey from a world of clockwork oranges to where sexiness is at its peak. Oversized or mistress looks: everything works next winter

After a three-year hiatus, Lagos-born talent Mowalola Ogunlesi rocked the latest fashion week. Her off-schedule show was hosted in partnership with TikTok

From references to silhouettes, consider this your cheat sheet to everything that went down at two of the hypest Italian catwalks