In a reversal of the norm, thus far at the spring/summer 2025 shows , we’ve seen more of Bella than we have of Gigi. (Hadid, the Younger might still be eschewing runways proper, but she did, at least, make a cameo on Gansevoort Street for the premiere of boyfriend Adan Banuelos’s documentary short, Horse Sense – albeit in an outfit that felt more Fort Worth than front row.) Gigi, however, has simply been busy: launching a Caviar Kaspia X Guest in Residence collection , celebrating daughter Khai’s 4th birthday with a Baby Yoda “May the FOURce be with you” cake , and trying to identity the bearded guy sitting next to Camila Cabello at Off-White .
Happily, Donatella convinced the 29-year-old to trade Pennsylvania for Porta Nuova this week, with Gigi joining fellow new-gen supers Vittoria Ceretti and Mona Tougaard on the catwalk for Versace’s spring/summer 2025 show at Sforzesco Castle. There were distinct ’70s vibes, there were extremely high-maintenance fringes, and there was Channing Tatum flying solo on the front row, looking like such a good boy! . Gigi’s relationship with the Italian house can be traced back to autumn/winter 2016 – a collection that, Vogue trumpeted, brought the “sexiness” back to Versace.
“I love mixing the cool girls with the reality girls,” Donatella explained of her then-surprising casting decision. (Kendall Jenner, just out of her teens, also walked.) “It’s about a woman’s power – for every kind of woman!” Cut to s.