Vogue Italia & Ray-Ban - Two Style Icons Unite to Honor 60 Years in Milan
Vogue Italia and Anna Wintour celebrated 60 years in style with a chic dinner party and celebration in Milan during Fall Fashion Week 2025 with Ray-Ban for a group of exclusive supermodels such as Taylor Hill, Alek Wek, Vittoria Ceretti, Irina Shayk, Amelia Gray and Frida Aasen, celebrities such as Normani, Beatrice Granno, Jameela Jamil and Shailene Woodley, fashion personalities like Ashley Graham, Erica Pelosini, Alton Mason, and designers like Alberta Ferretti, Brunello Cucinelli and Margherita Missoni, who all showed off their best Milan Fashion Week style for the Ray-Ban hosted dinner at Vesta Fiori Chiari restaurant.
Vogue Italia, for their 60th anniversary celebration, featured the first introduction of Ray-Ban’s newest style that debuted this past Fall - the Mega Balorama -- which the guests absolutely fell in love with. The silhouette was inspired by a Ray-Ban archival style from the 1960s.
Anna Wintour herself, braved the rain during Milan Fashion Week to celebrate at their 60th Anniversary event, at the eatery which is also owned by Ray-Ban president Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, and hosted the soiree.
The new Ray-Ban style, the Mega Balorama, is a sleek wrap-around style that can be seen on many of the guests as they enter the dinner party and worn during the dancing celebration, featuring DJ Carlita and a beautiful red cake in honor of Vogue Italia’s 60 years.
The full list of VIPs that joined Vogue’s Anna Wintour, Luke Leitch, Emanuela Schmeider, Camille Miceli, Tiffany Godoy, Virgina Smith, Tonne Goodman, Nicole Phelps, among many other VIP guests and Vogue notables included Ashley Graham, Irina Shayk, Jameela Jamil, Amelia Gray, Vittoria Ceretti, Shailene Woodley, Taylor Hill, Normani, Claire Holt, Frida Aasen, Neelam Gill, Alek Wek, Eva Herzigova, Dixie D’Amelio, Beatrice Granno (White Lotus), Alton Mason, Margherita Missoni, Alberta Ferretti, Brunello Cucinelli, Isabeli Fontana, Karen Elson, Joan Smalls, Rania Benchegra, Erica Pelosini, Mona Tougaard, Brina Knauss, Andrea Adamo, Aron Piper, Paul Forman (Emily in Paris), Eva Gutowski, Jessie Andrews, Steven Badius, Ellie Thumann, Ferdinando Verderi, LB Kamara, Anok Yai, Mati Fall Diba, Lina Zhang, Anna Della Russo, Chiara King, Fabiola Baglieri, Heija Li, Angelina Kendall, Freya Nutter, Fedez, Karolina Spakowski, Josh Heuston, Francisco Lachowski, Sheila Bawar, Gilda Ambrosio, Alex Consani, Malick Bodian, The Influence founder Ali Lasky, Ray-Ban Director of Culture Tommaso Chiabra, and Ray-Ban President and Luxottica Chairman Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio.
On The Cover
Model and Fashion personality Erica Pelosini showcases the new Ray-Ban Balorama sunglasses style as she arrives at the Vogue Italia 60th Anniversary Dinner at Milan Fashion Week on September 18, 2024, photographed by Bobby Rachpoot.
About Erica Pelosini
Erica Pelosini is a native of Florence, Italy. She started her career modelling at the age of 4 during Pitti Bimbo. At the age of 14, while she was walking a fashion show for Armani, she realized that she wanted to also contribute creatively behind the scenes, so after her study at Polimoda Fashion Institute and Marangoni in Paris she started her career with Vogue Magazine. Her work with Vogue led to a mentoring relationship with some of fashion’s key figures such as Anna Dello Russo, Franca Sozzani, Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Testino, Valentino, and many more. After many years in the industry, she found herself constantly back in the forefront modeling, consulting and established as a notable international fashion presence. She recently played herself on Emily In Paris, and can be found front row at every major fashion week and gracing all the major red carpets globally.
Event Images by German Larkin and Exterior Arrival Images by Bobby Rachpoot.
Cover Image by Bobby Rachpoot.