It was a quiet Sunday at Milan Fashion Week when Miuccia Prada took to a podium at her headquarters alongside Raf Simons to announce his appointment as co-creative director. With news of the pandemic hitting Italy, Giorgio Armani had already cancelled attendance for his present that day, and backstage at Dolce & Gabbana, we weren’t doing the double kisses so entrenched in fashion week tradition. That afternoon, in the bar of the Grand – always the style week situation room – panic set in as flights have been being moved ahead and Paris plans have been discussed. Flying out of Milan that evening felt a bit like being on the run. But because the shows in Paris continued, we had no concept what was to come back. In the months after, the business would be plunged into disaster mode, workplaces would shut, and fashion weeks would be cancelled.

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