An independent fashion notebookOctober 2026 / Edition 01
RUNWAY NOTE.

Milan,
in focus.

Prada’s layers and skirt variations, a Gucci viewing guide, and an archival lesson in mixing prints.

Adut Akech on the Roberto Cavalli Fall/Winter 2022 runway, Milan, 23 February 2022. Archive photograph.
Adut Akech on the Roberto Cavalli Fall/Winter 2022 runway, Milan, 23 February 2022. Archive photograph. Photograph: Christopher Macsurak. Source · CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; uncropped.
Style notes / Archive lesson

Two prints, one outfit: find the shared rhythm

An archival Cavalli close-up is the starting point for an exercise in scale, spacing and a quiet border.

Archive / FW22 • 2 min read
From the photographic archive

A moment worth revisiting.

Adut Akech on the Roberto Cavalli Fall/Winter 2022 runway, Milan, 23 February 2022. Archive photograph.

This archival image provides historical context. Current collection coverage is labelled separately in the stories above.

Adut Akech on the Roberto Cavalli Fall/Winter 2022 runway, Milan, 23 February 2022. Archive photograph.
Adut Akech on the Roberto Cavalli Fall/Winter 2022 runway, Milan, 23 February 2022. Archive photograph. Photograph: Christopher Macsurak. Source · CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; uncropped.