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MILAN,SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
by SALLY SINGER
Let’s begin at the end. For the finale of her Spring/Summer 2020 show, Veronica Etro sent out a parade of barefoot models in super-classic men’s shirts (striped and monogrammed) tucked haphazardly into resolutely slouchy jeans (paisley-printed, mid-rise, raw-edged). The cut and vibe of both these items were perfection: pristine but easy, patterned but somehow neutral. There wasn’t an editor in the room, male or female, who didn’t sit under the thought bubble “I want to
...be that girl.”
The finale was Veronica Etro at her best—old-world, bohemian, cultured, and feminist. And her conviction that the shirt is due for a return (“we are all full of tee shirts”) was the best part of this collection. There were two shirts that ruled the catwalk today: one, a classic men’s piece with sharp cuffs and a shirttail hem; two, a massive blouse in dotted swiss or cottoShow more