The flamboyant costumes John Galliano used to wear to take his bow are a thing of the past. Even if—as rumored all over Milan this week—his return to fashion is imminent, it will presumably be with a more sober mien. But it’s still always fun to parse what designers wear to take in the applause at the end of their shows. At Gucci on Wednesday, Frida Giannini flaunted a ’70s-inspired flower-print top (a departure from her all-black look for Spring 2014), perhaps as a signal of this season’s shift toward the casual; Diane von Furstenberg wore a flowing green dress from her own collection for her leisurely victory lap; and Henry Holland and Jeremy Scott sported psychedelic patterns and pieces that echoed what they put on the runway. At Moschino, Scott in a self-designed shirt added yet another layer to a very meta collection. But Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein, Jonathan Anderson of J.W. Anderson, and a bunch of others (including the usually besuited Tom Ford) took to the American staple, jeans, which have a plainness that perhaps serves to highlight the collection that came before. They’re probably also meant to say, “Hey, I’m working here.” In Milan, many—e.g.,Donatella Versace—stuck to black, which is arguably the Italian equivalent of a pair of blue jeans. Peter Dundas of Pucci, however, nodded to American culture in a different way, with what appeared to be a Bob Dylan T-shirt. Of course, during a fashion show, everyone’s eyes are on the collection, but in some cases it’s the very last look, the designer’s outfit, that remains in the audience’s mind.
Click through our slideshow to see what some top designers wore to take their Spring 2015 bow.
Austen Rosenfeld, Style.com
