JIL SANDER

Milan Fashion Week has closed five off-kilter days of runway shows for next season, marked both by a sense of relief that strict pandemic rules were easing but with growing distress over the war in Ukraine.

Front-rows of A-listers and shoulder-to-shoulder seating gave Milan Fashion Week a pre-pandemic air.

Dior took over Paris’ iconic Place de la Concorde for its menswear show whose theme was none other than the city of Paris itself.

Italy’s fashion capital is again alive with the sound of shoppers swarming boutiques and editors filling socially distanced fashion week venues, a sign of a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.

Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Prada and Versace are all returning to the runway in September, according to the Milan Fashion Week calendar published on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. After the coronavirus pushed many fashion houses to make on-line only presentations during the last fashion week in July, more than half of participating Milan fashion houses will hold physical shows to present previews for Spring-Summer 2021 in September. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)MILAN Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Prada and Versace are all returning to the runway in September, according to the Milan Fashion Week calendar published Wednesday. After the coronavirus pushed many fashion houses to make online-only presentations in July, more than half of participating Milan fashion houses are making plans to present in-person previews for Spring-Summer 2021. In all, 28 fashion houses plan to stage live shows and another 24 will participate in the Sept. 23-28 Milan Fashion Week through digital shows.