Emporio Armani celebrates 40 years and other highlights from day 2 of Milan Fashion Week

On the runway, the simple fashion response to lockdown is denim and knitwear, and easy-to-wear shoes. Here are the highlights from the second day of mostly womenswear previews for next spring and summer on Thursday: EMPORIO ARMANI CELEBRATES 40 YEARS Giorgio Armani celebrated 40 years of his Emporio Armani line with a retrospective show at his Silos museum and a new collection for youthful dressers that brimmed with colorful optimism. “To see these kids so clean, so simple, so sweet, made me very happy.” The Emporio Armani preview for next spring and summer featured both menswear and womenswear, opening with denim suits in dark tones for her and patchwork for him, before transitioning to wispier silky looks like chiffony minidresses, or belted shirts or jackets over loose trousers for men. “I have to say that Silvana and Leo have been notable support for this Emporio Armani for all these years,″ Armani said MAX MARA OVERTHINKS FASHION Another winter of rolling lockdowns has given Max Mara creative director Ian Griffiths a lot of time to think. Griffiths said the casting was “expanding the idea of diversity to normalcy” and said he wanted “to show a woman who is proud of herself.” DROMe READY TO RESTART DROMe creative director Marianna Rosati basked in the chance “to finally live again” and experience “the sense of fashion week, and the sense of people coming together.” Rosati took cinema, music and photography as inspirations for her latest collection, including graphic images and psychedelic images, applying them to her statement pieces, like corsets and jackets.