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Fashion offers sense of joy and renewal in difficult times, says Giorgio Armani

‘Sometimes small things can make a big difference,’ says 89-year-old designer as he presents Milan show inspired by winter flowers

At a preview for her show on Friday, Donatella Versace told the press: “Clothes don’t give you all the strength, but some of it,” while Miuccia Prada said the starting point for her collection with her co-creative director, Raf Simons, was “an instinctive need for love and goodness … especially in a time like this”. Blooms arrived embroidered on fedoras, as 3D sequined embellishments, and appliquéd as wild flowers climbing towards the waist from the hem of full tulle skirts that represented “the power and energy of nature and the lifecycle of our planet”. Elsewhere, the grand finale of red-carpet-ready glitz that Armani is famed for came in emerald-green bandeau gowns, velvet blazer suits, and beaded corsets, as brand ambassadors Cate Blanchett and Aaron Taylor-Johnson watched from the front row.

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