Fendi, Diesel open Milan Fashion Week with sense of renewal

Sep 21, 2022, 8:41 AM | Updated: 7:51 pm

A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

(AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week opened Wednesday with a sense of renewal.

Milan’s five-day calendar returned to near pre-COVID-19 levels with 68 runway shows, 104 presentations and 30 events. A crop of new designers appeared, including many of color, for perhaps the most diverse week of Milan fashion shows ever.

Among the week’s highlights: Haitian-Italian designer Stella Jean returns after a two-year hiatus; Bally makes its Milan runway debut with Filipino American designer Rhuigi Villasenor; and Maximilian Davis debuts as Salvatore Ferragamo’s new creative director.

Here are snapshots from Wednesday’s shows, including Fendi and Diesel.

STRUCTURED COOL AT FENDI

Fendi womenswear designer Kim Jones stripped the usually luxe Fendi showroom down to polished concrete floors and painted steel beams and bleachers to show his next warm weather collection.

He saved the luxe for the runway looks. The Spring-Summer 2023 collection was a studied balance of construction, texture and color.

Aprons tied askew in satin created a flowing layer over trousers, while perforated leather versions were like jumpers over sheer dresses.

Layering was key to the styling. Jones played with texture, paring an asymmetrical nubby wool coat over a sheer top, both in neutrals, saving the eye-popping color for the platform boots. Silken dresses were draped and tied to the form, and carefully constructed satiny coats had peek-a-boo slits and were tied elegantly in the back, like an elaborate Japanese bow.

The silhouette encompassed body-hugging ribbed knitwear dresses with demure slits to flowing asymmetrical silken dresses. Square-necked ribbed cardigans gave a scholastic accent to skirts with deep, sexy slits on each side, or silken trousers with utility pockets with trailing pocket closures.

Neutrals in sage, copper and white anchored the color palette, which exploded with accent pieces in cream-infused versions of seafoam green, cornflower blue, tangerine and flamingo pink.

The final look underlined the simple elegance of Jones’ propositions: A racing-back tank tucked into white trousers softened by this season’s apron-half skirt — all in the silkiest white.

“What is particularly interesting to me about Fendi is exploring the notion of functional utility alongside femininity __ because Fendi women are strong women with full, busy lives,” Jones said in show notes.

Fendi’s tiniest bag yet was worn on a chain around the neck. Logos were subtle: knit into the inside hem of sweaters and visible only if twisted upward, or with the double-F logo on linings or emblazoned as if initials on the back of Jone’s new bowed Obi belt.

Footwear featured colorful platform boots or sliders. Jones is moving the brand away from its heritage fur and focusing instead on Silvia Venturini Fendi’s handbags, which use shiny leather, canvas and shearling.

DIESEL BLOWS UP DENIM LOOKS

In a rare open-door fashion week event, Diesel made room for the general public on the upper arena tiers of its runway show, set around enormous blow-up dolls entwined in a fulsome threesome.

On the ground level, models walked beneath a squatting female figure, past a prone male, head turned demurely.

Glenn Martin’s coherent women’s and men’s collection expanded the meaning of denim.

He nailed the low-rise, high-waist debate right off the top, his first look offering the suggestion of a low-rise silhouette rising into a high-waist panty — the illusion of having it both ways. The look was finished with a matching bra top.

For him, trousers appeared to slouch and a distressed sleeveless sweatshirt in denim wash was tucked in.

Denim effects were dyed into sheer vest tops, worn open over Daisy Duke-style shorts with matching denim stilettos. The male counterpart was considerably more covered, in a double-hooded trench paired with well-worn trousers and denim boots.

Denim itself was well-worked over in innovative washes that suggested the desert, and might be accompanied by a bright palette of separates in orange, green or pink.

The collection evolved into ever more dystopian looks that seem inspired by the sci-fi classic “Dune,” in sandy colored and tattered styles, as a soundtrack suggested the call of the giant sandworm. They included layered and flowing halters and skirts secured by multi-notched belts, or a gray hoodie over a rag-tattered skirt. New iterations of jeans had large flapping leg panels, as if for taking flight.

Adding to the sci-fi vibe: a model with green-hued makeup wore a reptilian shimmery mini-dress.

HOLLYWOOD GLAM AT CAVALLI BY FAUSTO PUGLISI

As he looks ahead anxiously to Italy’s parliamentary elections Saturday, Cavalli creative director Fausto Puglisi took inspiration from the glamour of Hollywood’s golden era.

“I am really afraid of the new election. We are going to risk a lot,” Puglisi said backstage after the show, expressing concern that a far-right party has been leading in the polls.

To calm his nerves, Puglisi created looks from the finest Lake Como textiles, which he draped, pleated and fanned for diva-like impact. “I wanted this kind of freshness, kind of naïve,” he said.

The first look appeared as “Ave Maria” played: an angelic white brocade midi dress with a demure neckline — setting a restrained tone that Puglisi maintained for a few more looks before unleashing the Cavalli DNA to a more up-tempo soundtrack.

Then: A strapless cocktail minidress was constructed from an overlapping pleated skirt and bodice, as if a pinwheel had stopped. It is a construction that re-appeared on maxi skirt looks and with deep slit dresses. The Cavalli silhouette encompassed everything from body-confident slinky dresses and bodysuits with diamond cutouts down the torso, to pretty skirts and long silken dresses with pastoral museum prints.

Looks were accented with pretty pineapple, grape bunch and palm tree brooches and earrings. The motifs also appeared as prints and in one case, a beaded minidress evoked a pineapple down to the spiny leaves at the neckline.

Puglisi said his references were “the new Hollywood Renaissance starting from the ’30s and ’40s. … I didn’t want excess. I wanted to play with colors, with the very classic fabrics.”

N. 21’s LOVER

The “amante,” or lover, at Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s N. 21 brand is rushing, barely dressed, lingerie peeking out, hair tussled and mascara smudged.

She, or he, wears sheer elements: a sheer shirt tucked in askance beneath a red sequin jacket, itself carelessly buttoned. The back of a ruched skirt is not quite zipped up all the way. Haste is evident.

Sheer dresses with a 1940s silhouette shows off bright red pointy bra and panties, or hang languorously off the shoulder. Masculine touches, like clothe button down shirts, are assumed to be borrowed. One is worn with a full pleated skirt.

Twisted rhinestone necklaces finish the looks. Shoes are cantilevered, an architecture that the show notes say make the actual heel “superfluous.”

“The collection deals all the moods of a lover: from love to anger to sex to eroticism to the deepest passion. The mood can pass from one to another in no time at all,” Dell’Acqua said. “The concept is very cinematic.”

Not to give away the ending, but the show closed with tattered wedding dresses made out of lace remnants.

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              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Model wear creations as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Model wear creations as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Model wear creations as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Model wear creations as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the N. 21 women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Model wear creations as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Models wear creations as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation as part of the Fendi women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Models wear creations as part of the Fendi women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            Delfina Delettrez Fendi, from left, Silvia Venturini Fendi, Linda Evangelista, Marc Jacobs, and Kim Jones appear following the FENDI Spring Summer 2023 collection presentation during Fashion Week, Friday Sept. 9, 2022 in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

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Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers.

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Officers describe chaos, fear on Jan. 6 as judge weighs prison time for Oath Keepers’ Rhodes

Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and public servants who fled the mob's attack told a judge on Wednesday that they are still haunted by what they endured, as the judge prepares to hand down sentences in a landmark Capitol riot case.

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Target on the defensive after removing LGBTQ+-themed products

Target once distinguished itself as being boldly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community.

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Wanting to lose weight is a common goal for many people as they progress throughout life, but choosing between a holistic approach or to take medicine can be a tough decision.

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Valley Boys & Girls Club uses esports to help kids make healthy choices

KTAR’s Community Spotlight focuses on the Boys & Girls Club of the Valley and the work to incorporate esports into children's lives.

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