Well, this certainly kicks your birthday party’s you-know-what.
Creative director Karl Lagerfeld, purveyor of iconic clothing and iconic runway shows, pulled out all the stops Thursday for Fendi’s newest couture collection. In celebration of the brand’s 90th anniversary, he went full on Lagerfeld, transforming Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain with an ethereal, translucent runway that gave the illusion models like Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner were walking on water.
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Stunning.
The show comes at the end of a whirlwind week of haute couture shows in Paris and less than a year after the fountain’s reopening in November 2015. The 18-month restoration of the baroque landmark, which was first completed in 1762, was funded by Fendi.
Vogue reports the label “shuttled guests by chartered plane to Rome” (as one does) before treating them to what can only be described as both a sartorial and architectural masterpiece.
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Talk about living la dolce vita, eh?
See more images from the show below:
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ROME, ITALY - JULY 07: A model walks the runway at Fendi Roma 90 Years Anniversary fashion show at Fontana di Trevi on July 7, 2016 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images )
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ROME, ITALY - JULY 07: Models walk the runway at Fendi Roma 90 Years Anniversary fashion show at Fontana di Trevi on July 7, 2016 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images )
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ROME, ITALY - JULY 07: A model walks the runway at Fendi Roma 90 Years Anniversary fashion show at Fontana di Trevi on July 7, 2016 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images )
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ROME, ITALY - JULY 07: General view at the Fendi Roma 90 Years Anniversary fashion show at Fontana di Trevi on July 7, 2016 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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ROME, ITALY - JULY 07: Kendall Jenner walks the runway at Fendi Roma 90 Years Anniversary fashion show at Fontana di Trevi on July 7, 2016 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images )
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ROME, ITALY - JULY 07: Designer Silvia Venturini Fendi and designer Karl Lagerfeld acknowledge the applause of the audience at the runway at Fendi Roma 90 Years Anniversary fashion show at Fontana di Trevi on July 7, 2016 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images )
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ROME, ITALY - JULY 07: A model walks the runway at Fendi Roma 90 Years Anniversary fashion show at Fontana di Trevi on July 7, 2016 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Venturelli/WireImage)
