MILAN — On Saturday night, Bottega Veneta seated its guests on hundreds of huge beanbags in colourful animal form. Michelle Yeoh got a ladybird, Jacob Elordi a bunny rabbit. François Henri Pinault, CEO of Kering, was a bear. Fashion’s probably never been a more doggedly serious business than it is right now, but Matthieu Blazy turned the prelude to his Bottega Veneta presentation into a playground. For a joyful moment, “What’s your animal?” replaced woe about the third quarter….

