Fendi Has a Little Fun in the Sun for Spring 2017

Photos Credit: Fendi

Summer is about fun in the sun, and

Silvia Venturini

got straight to the point at yesterday’s

Fendi Spring 2017 Menswerar show

. She transported her audience from the runways of Milan to a backyard complete with swimming pool, Fendi-diving board and AstroTurf, tapping into the resort looks of mid-century artists and academics. Backstage, her mood board was filled with images of Albert Einstein on the beach, Pablo Picasso in a pair of terrycloth shorts, David Hockney in a bumblebee shirt and Salvador Dalí enjoying his summer holidays. Emulating their laid-back resortwear, she sent out a collection that felt very luxurious—as Fendi is wont to do—but still captured the carefree spirit of summer.