Sharon Stone attends a relaxed Dolce&Gabbana fashion show in Milan

After two years of digital-physical hybridization, social distancing, and travel restrictions that kept many overseas buyers also editors away, there was a feeling of return to some new normal, one that now includes war on Europe's eastern outskirts.

A-listers in the front rows and shoulder-to-shoulder seating gave Milan Fashion Week a pre-pandemic feel. This week, Sharon Stone has sat admiringly at Dolce & Gabbana, Rihanna, and A$AP Mob. Rocky wore Gucci, while Kim Kardashian wore Prada at Prada.

Why leave all the fun to the light universe when there's a real-life version of a gleaming red mini-dress with exaggeratedly puffy sleeves or a shaggy Yeti-style coat with bold stripes or checks?

The catchword in Domenico Dolce also Stefano Gabbana's new collection is sexy, regardless of the real-life avatar. Sheer stockings with garters that look out of short hemlines, light lace dresses, and even, bizarrely, one-legged trousers are the season's stable. 

Corsets were used to define the shape of many coats and dresses and create silky outlines on fitted black dresses, tops, and jackets.

Sharon Stone sat in the first row with Sam Webb, Lady Kitty Spencer, Adam Senn, and rapper Gunna. She nodded appreciatively at passing glances, saying, "Gorgeous" to a strappy faux fur black dress and "Wow" to a furry white number.

The designers recently announced that they would no longer be using fur this year but would continue to collaborate with furrier artisans on synthetic alternatives to preserve the craftsmanship.