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Fendi kicks off Milan fashion week with nod to Roman heritage with a British twist

The Blitz Kids and New Romantics inspire designer Kim Jones’s latest collection along with classical Italian imagery

They were the work of the late designer Karl Lagerfeld, who had a 54-year tenure at the Italian fashion house before Jones took the helm in 2020 and who used to sketch prolifically on notepads as chunky as the Yellow Pages. Photograph: Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty ImagesFashion has been preoccupied with the 1990s and 2000s in recent years, so it was perhaps time that the 1980s had a moment to shine. And there was a little bit of humour thrown in, too, via leather lollipop holders on bags – the work of Silvia Venturini Fendi, artistic director of accessories.

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