Italy's Bottega Veneta comes to New York Fashion Week

The Italian brand Bottega Veneta made its debut Friday at New York Fashion Week with the help of Gigi Hadid on the runway and Salma Hayek on the front row, skipping the traditional finale for models lounging on a set designed as a swanky apartment.

Models, wearing fashion from the Bottega Veneta collection, sit on furniture that is part of the runway show during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

The company came to town for one season only (it usually shows in Milan) to mark the opening of its Maison flagship housewares and furniture store on Madison Avenue. Hence, the company's chairs, couches and other pieces mixed with vintage furnishings at the cavernous American Stock Exchange Building downtown.

On the runway, with Hayek joined in the crowd by Julianne Moore and Priyanka Chopra, the company showed fall and winter collections for both men and women, from floral silk pajamas worthy of lounging in such a space to a black velvet lace dress with diamond cutouts for Hadid.

She joined the company's creative director, Tomas Maier, at the end.

Bottega Veneta said in show notes that the building, in a Renaissance Revival style with Art Deco elements, was chosen to showcase the company's Italian roots and its New York coming out.

Of his multicolored coats, animal prints for shirts and soft evening dresses, Maier said he wanted to express the "real bravery and boldness" of New Yorkers.

"Nothing stops them. Nothing seems impossible," he said.

A model wears fashion from the Bottega Veneta collection during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Models wear fashion from the Bottega Veneta collection during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

That meant, for some of his models, a touch of fur and some soft evening dresses in satin and silk. But it was some of the men who scored big. One walked in a bright orange suit and another in a hipster plaid purple jacket with a tiger print back collar. Still another had on comfy black loafers over yellow socks, wearing narrow-cut black trousers paired with coat of many colors (green, yellow, red and gray among them) in a bold geometric design.

These apartment loungers must eventually hit the New York City streets. There were poppy wool jackets, multicolored shearling coats and cashmere sweaters for that. Maier didn't forget the toll this concrete jungle often takes on the feet, adding for good measure what he described for women as "statement-making boots on a pavement-friendly low heel."

A model wears fashion from the Bottega Veneta collection during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Models wear fashion from the Bottega Veneta collection during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

A model wears fashion from the Bottega Veneta collection during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

A model wears fashion from the Bottega Veneta collection during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

A model wears fashion from the Bottega Veneta collection during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

A model wears fashion from the Bottega Veneta collection during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

DETROIT (AP) — The NFL draft gives players a chance to flaunt their style and many took advantage with custom-made suits.

A few hours before Quinyon Mitchell hit the red carpet Thursday in the shadow of the Fox Theatre, the former Toledo cornerback was getting his fit right.

Mitchell led two Baynes + Baker representatives and a personal shopper to his Detroit hotel room, where he tried on his custom-made black silk tuxedo with his name embroidered on the inside of the jacket.

After slipping on his Prada shoes, Mitchell invited his family to come up to his room for their feedback, which was overwhelmingly positive.

“I want to look good,” Mitchell told The Associated Press with a laugh when asked about how he landed on the look.

Baynes + Baker co-founder Ravi Punn fitted Mitchell and also created a suit for Drake Maye that the former North Carolina quarterback plans to wear Friday.

Punn said Mitchell's look exudes confidence.

“It fits great," said Punn, who works with Ethan Weisman of Pantheon Limited to design suits and fits for players. “Everybody’s going to be complimenting him all night. That just adds to everything.”

Mitchell and Maye were among the 13 first-round prospects to accept invitations to attend the draft. All of them had a chance to walk the red carpet along Woodward Avenue, just up the street from the site of the draft at Campus Martius Park, a few hours before the first pick was announced.

J.J. McCarthy was not a part of the festivities in the Motor City, but still had Alo Yoga make a custom charcoal gray suit.

A day before the draft, Caleb Williams was not very forthcoming about his look. Williams would only reveal he would be wearing black boots.

“I just finished my suit alterations and everything," Williams said. "I did a couple fittings. I did a couple drawings and things like that.”

Maye, meanwhile, did acknowledge his khaki suit with North Carolina blue accents was exactly what he was looking for.

“I keep it simple with my suit," he said. "I wear something North Carolina — represent — just because I love that school.”

Associated Press Writer Mike Householder contributed to this report.

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A closeup of the custom suit by Ravi Punn of Baynes + Baker for Toledo cornerback Quinyon Mitchell is seen during a final fitting before the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Ravi Punn, right, of Baynes + Baker, adjusts the collar on Toledo cornerback Quinyon Mitchell during a final suit fitting for the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 25, 2024 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)