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Put your best foot forward with this season's trend for transparency

- JACK MOSS, HANNAH SILVER

Bare necessities

Donatella Versace's S/S25 collection for Versace was self-referential: the designer, who recently stepped away from her role as Versace's creative director, drew on her Spring 97 Versus collection for inspiration (the youth-focussed Versace diffusion line ran on and off from 1989-2018). Chanelling a 1990s spirit of 'joy, spontaneity and freedom', the S/S25 show was a playful amalgam of colourful clashing prints, boldly hued tailoring and seductive accessories, such as these vertiginous transparent heels, which give the wearer the appearance of hovering on air. 'Lighter, fresher and freer in spirit,' surmised Donatella Versace, hitting on a trend for transparency that ran throughout the season's footwear, with designers from Victoria Beckham to Sportmax each proposing their own take on the foot-baring style. versace.com

Hermès invites users to be crafty and creative with a new bag

Draw the line

Below, artist's portfolio bag, £25,000, by Hermès