Fendi celebrated 100 years with a mega runway show Wednesday that highlighted the Roman fashion house’s roots as a maker of luxurious fur stoles that grew into a touchstone of Italian craftsmanship under the creative direction of the late Karl Lagerfel…
ByCOLLEEN BARRY AP fashion writer
February 26, 2025, 4: 45 PM
MILAN — MILAN (AP) —
Fendi celebrated 100 years with a mega runway show Wednesday that highlighted the Roman fashion house’s roots as a maker of luxurious fur stoles that grew into a touchstone of Italian craftsmanship under the creative direction of the late Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi.
A fifth generation of the Fendi family — 7-year-old twins Dardo and Tarzio Delettrez Fendi — opened huge wooden doors on the new lush and expanded Fendi showroom to signal the start of the centenary show, designed by their grandmother, Venturini Fendi.
The twins wore a replica of an equestrian ensemble originally designed by La