MILAN (AP) — Diesel brought the runway to the streets this season, hiding its collection in plain sight at locations throughout Italy's fashion capital on the first day of Milan Fashion Week on Tuesday.
Creative director Glenn Martens created a literal Easter egg hunt, with models standing in big transparent plastic eggs to show off the edgy, youthful brand’s denim-centric distressed and treated looks.
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Models wear creations part of the Diesel's Spring Summer 2026 collection in the backstage ahead of the collection's show, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Models wear creations part of the Diesel's Spring Summer 2026 collection in the backstage ahead of the collection's show, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Models wear creations part of the Diesel's Spring Summer 2026 collection in the backstage ahead of the collection's show, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
A model wears a creation part of the Diesel's Spring Summer 2026 collection in the backstage ahead of the collection's show, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
A model wears a creation part of the Diesel's Spring Summer 2026 collection in the backstage ahead of the collection's show, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
“We decided to give the front row to the city of Milan. Instead of having a show with guests, anybody could go and see the collection at the same time,’’ Martens said.
The 55 co-ed looks for next spring and summer were hidden at 18 locations throughout the city. “Some are hidden in bars, some in sex clubs, some in gay clubs, some in churches,’’ Martens said. For the fashion crowd, a special preview was staged at the brand's Milan headquarters, sans eggshells.
At one central piazza, a brass band playing Top 40 hits serenaded the crowd as a model in a transparent egg slouched in plaid utility pants and a V-neck T-shirt, and another danced in ruffled knitwear paired with a ruched skirt and floral tights.
Models wear creations part of the Diesel's Spring Summer 2026 collection in the backstage ahead of the collection's show, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Models wear creations part of the Diesel's Spring Summer 2026 collection in the backstage ahead of the collection's show, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Models wear creations part of the Diesel's Spring Summer 2026 collection in the backstage ahead of the collection's show, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
A model wears a creation part of the Diesel's Spring Summer 2026 collection in the backstage ahead of the collection's show, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
A model wears a creation part of the Diesel's Spring Summer 2026 collection in the backstage ahead of the collection's show, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media that the U.S. Coast Guard had boarded the Motor Tanker Veronica early Thursday. She said the ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”
U.S. Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team, which Noem said conducted the boarding as in previous raids. The military said the ship was seized “without incident.”
Noem posted a brief video that appeared to show part of the ship’s capture. The black-and-white footage showed helicopters hovering over the deck of a merchant vessel while armed troops dropped down on the deck by rope.
The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned tanker seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.
The Veronica last transmitted its location on Jan. 3 as being at anchor off the coast of Aruba, just north of Venezuela’s main oil terminal. According to the data it transmitted at the time, it was partially filled with crude.
The ship is currently listed as flying the flag of Guyana and is considered part of the shadow fleet that moves cargoes of oil in violation of U.S. sanctions.
According to its registration data, the ship also has been known as the Galileo, owned and managed by a company in Russia. In addition, a tanker with the same registration number previously sailed under the name Pegas and was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for moving cargoes of illicit Russian oil.
As with prior posts about such raids, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”
However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear that they see the actions as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.
Trump met with executives from oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro's capture.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)
