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Kit Butler opened Dolce & Gabbana's "STILE", a sleek, elegant reaffirmation of the old codes that make the brand so great. In the press conference before the show, Domenico Dolce got to the heart of the matter when he explained: “Bombarded as we are by the constant noise of social media and by the turnover of trends, influencers of not-so-reliable standing, and a deluge of images, we keep asking ourselves, ‘Will people remember us? Will we leave a remarkable-enough legacy, a style that stands the test of time?’” Kit and fellow Soul superstars Brian Whitby, Yeray Allgayer, Ondrej Mokos, Luka Tesic, Ryan Park, Finley Graham, and Calvin Van Capelleveen demonstrated just how secure that aesthetic legacy truly is.

Timo Pan opened DSquared2's #D2Naughty, a boisterous and bawdy affair with plenty of raunchy fun to be had. As designers Dean and Dan Caten put it, “It’s steamy. Sexual versus proper. WASP-y country club versus raunchy. Privileged upper crust trying out adult entertainment. Elites meet snob. Snob meets knob.” Joining Timo were fellow SOUL superstars Jass Reeman, Luka Tesic, Ondrej Mokos, Mateus Ribeiro, Razak Salifou, and Daniils Dmitrijevs. The show was made possible by stylist Haley Wollens, hair stylist Sam Mcknight, casting director Julia Lange, and manicurist Antonio Sacripante.

"I’d like to explore a more rugged, casual side of Dunhill and embrace its Britishness—in terms of pattern, color, and texture—but in a lighter way.  I don’t want to do fussy, old, heavy English clothes because I don’t think they’re relevant—I’m about embracing a kind of handsome, masculine sensibility with a sensitive approach."