A furtive appearance - a few tens of seconds at most -, followed by a standing ovation.
You could call it the Linda Evangelista effect.
It was in any case the highlight of the Fendi parade, Friday, September 9, in New York.
The supermodel and brand ambassador made her return to the catwalks, during the final salute of the creative team, fifteen years after her last show, and a year after revealing publicly that she had been the victim of a cosmetic surgery gone wrong.
Linda Evangelista was dressed in a large blue opera cape, reminiscent of the color of jeweler Tiffany & Co (a brand, like Fendi, owned by luxury giant LVMH), and carried a silver Baguette bag under her arms.
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For the 25th anniversary of said bag (famous bread-shaped model created by Silvia Venturini Fendi 1997), the Italian brand has seen things big.
Orchestrated by Fendi and Kim Jones, its artistic director, the event naturally focused on the famous Baguette, declined as desired on the silhouettes, but also on an extended list of guests (around 1,000 people).
It included in particular Kate Moss, Kim Kardashian, Sarah Jessica Parker, or even Christy Turlington Burns, Shalom Harlow and Amber Valletta, who strongly applauded the appearance of Linda Evangelista.
After having lived as a recluse following an aesthetic medicine intervention which "deformed her face and her body for life", the supermodel reconnects with the world of fashion.
This month, she's headlined
, where she recounts the ordeal she endured to reclaim her image.
