AdR IS BEYOND: Milan is the city where Anna Dello Russo’s fashion career took off back in the Eighties–and the city continues to be fascinated by the Vogue Japan fashion director and digital influencer, who on Friday evening celebrated her “AdR Book: Beyond Fashion” tome with a book-signing event. A sea of around 400 people – including family, friends, fashion students, fans and passersby – gathered outside the Coin department store waiting to have their copies signed and to take a selfie with Dello Russo.
Sporting a sparkly mini frock covered in sequins from young designer Giuseppe di Morabito, Dello Russo contended the event “is not a book-signing, it’s more like a sensorial experience. It’s amazing. You need to entertain people, make them have fun, talk funnily yet seriously, like in my book. We need more lightness, we need to relieve from burdens and open up to people, they are the future,” she said pointing to the number of young fashion enthusiasts surrounding her.
Anna Dello Russo with her fans at the “AdR Book: Beyond Fashion” book-signing event in Milan.
ALESSANDRO GAROFALO
The venue was filled with Dello Russo-shaped balloons, South Italian traditional festive lights and even a life-size doll accurately mimicking the editor’s
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