Impeccable and polished. This was a mega debut collection from Louise Trotter who never missed a beat with her Bottega Veneta. She succeeds Matthieu Blazy and the transition felt seamless. This was a designer at work who just gets it working alongside the house artisans who produce the many incredibly detailed looks.

Speaking backstage after the show, Trotter told us that it was a collective of people that had got to here - humility, too, is her strong point - and she spoke passionately about some of the processes and thousands of hours that had gone into making pieces: the Intrecciato cape from woven leather, the thousands of tiny paillettes  encrusting a jacket, the recycled super soft shards of plexiglass in the hyper mobile skirts and fab swaying sweaters (a nod to Murano glass).

Under Daniel Lee (rewind to his tenure 2018-2021) he took the house’s DNA Intrecciato weave and added super volume across the collections. Trotter instead went back to the beginning, to 1966 when the house was first founded. Her take was finer and will re energise the thirst for the many new bags that were lining up for attention.

The menswear too was equally strong with a lovely sense of crisp white shirts, all detailed collars and the best black tie with woven lapels. When it lands in Feb don’t walk, run.