Four fashion shows, 14 awards, dozens of ballets and many speeches – perhaps the most notable is Cate Blanchett’s speech that awarded Giorgio Armani the well-deserved “Visionary” award. That event was his CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards, and an almost surreal swanky crowd gathered at the city’s famous La Scala opera house on Sunday night.

Guests appearing in green and dressed up include Miuccia Prada, Patrizio Bertelli, Raf Simons (Prada’s understudy), Marco Bizzari (Gucci’s understudy), Alessandro Sartori, Gild Zegna (Zegna, of course) and Giorgio Armani (other than himself). none) and Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli. awarded the Human Rights Award to

Valentino also provided the House Red gown worn by Rossy De Palma, who did a wonderful job of grabbing the audience’s attention at the event.The most moving moment of the night was , when Indya Moore presented Ara Lumiere’s Kulsum Shadab Wahab with the Social Impact Award. The brand employs and supports women who have experienced acid attacks and other forms of domestic violence. Three of them accompanied Wahab on stage. She thanked the judges. Another notable winner of hers was Nkwo Unkwa. Through her own brand her NKWO, she has developed a new technique to reclaim fabrics sourced from discarded garments exported to Nigeria.

Gucci CEO Marco Bizzari, who won the Climate Action Award for his collaboration with Gucci and La Soledad to support a regenerative farming initiative in Uruguay, unveiled another sustainability-focused initiative at home. did. “The climate really knows no boundaries,” he said before describing Gucci’s new support for programs to revive crops, including cotton, in Sicily and Puglia.