Surridge is a minimalist in maximalist’s clothing, so this was decidedly on the tame side for a Cavalli show, without a smidgen of the gleeful bad taste he was notorious for. But it was not without potential in the red carpet department.
He didn’t flat-out reject the famous Cavalli-isms—there were plenty of zebra stripes, for example, animalier being a key house look—but the tone of this show couldn’t have been more different than that of his predecessor or of Cavalli himself.