“For Fendi is Italy’s pre-eminent fur house, and fur - in the main at least - remains beyond the pale in Britain.

There were, it is true, plenty of fur-free looks in a collection notable for what Lagerfeld termed its “violent pastel” palette, the Bridget Riley-esque patterns applied to the company’s highly-coveted handbags, and some wonderfully loopy, studded-heeled, Sydney Opera House-shaped shoes.

Nonetheless, even in summer, Fendi will always offer its customers fur. The first catwalk ensemble was an astrakhan and mink coat - its arms dyed with a colourful mosaic check - that came teamed with a handbag from which dangled a dice-like fur cube. And a panelled coat of goat, mink and fox, delicately hand-painted with a colour-splatter relief reminiscent of Martin Sharp’s 1960’s Jimi Hendrix ‘Explosion’ poster, was one of the key closing looks.”

(via style)