IT’S not every day you find yourself on a basketball court, in Milan, for Fashion Week. But that’s exactly where we found ourselves this evening for the last show of the day – and one eagerly awaited at that: Versus. “It all started with a basketball theme and then there are the milkshake colours, the zipper details and the sportswear fabrics,” explained Christopher Kane, the Versus secret weapon now for the last five seasons. “It’s a bit about the cheerleader and a flapper,” he continued – referring to the riff on pleated sports skirts that featured throughout and which, with their thick and dropped pleats, masterfully tapped themselves into the Twenties era. Out from a set of wall bars the models took to the court – it was actually a court, no catwalk really in sight – in super light shades of lilac and aqua and pink. The shapes were simple and functional and entirely in-keeping with his athletic theme. While basketball might have been the starting poin...
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