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Talking of expecting the unexpected, we’ve just got our first glimpse of Dario Vitale’s new era at Versace, and it’s on Julia Roberts at Venice Film Festival. The actress is better known as an American sweetheart than a Versace muse, and the clothes seem to follow suit, with Vitale stripping back the excess for a much simpler rendering of what Versace could be. Watch this space for the designer’s debut proper on September 26 at Milan Fashion Week.

And speaking of Venice debuts, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher also wore not one but two custom Dior looks by Jonathan Anderson to this year’s festival. Styled by Karla Welch, the first daytime look consisted of grey trousers and a floor-length yellow bow, while the second red carpet gown featured a gigantic, 19th-century bustle at the back. J Dubs’ Dior women’s debut is due to take place on October 1 at Paris Fashion Week.

Sportswear giant adidas has finally released its Superstar: The Original Icon campaign in the UK, adding a roster of British names to the line-up. Dropped earlier this summer, the brand’s global campaign featured Missy Elliott, Samuel L Jackson, Jennie, Glorilla and Gabbriette, and now joining them are Olivia Dean, Shygirl, Barry Keoghan, Jude Bellingham and Liverpool footballer Florian Wirtz (who’s actually German). The brand is celebrating the campaign with the three-day cultural takeover THIS IS SUPERSTAR, an immersive experience that includes a full-size skate park, barbershop, tooth gem station, photobooth and more. THIS IS SUPERSTAR is open from August 29 to 31 at London’s 180 Studios.

London HIV charity Positive East has just launched a pop-up shop featuring a collection of wearable art from iconic artists. A collaboration with the David Wojnarowicz Foundation sees his 1990 work “We Are Born into a Pre-Invented Existence” printed across t-shirts and vests, while a second collaboration with the Peter Hujar Archive features Hujar’s photograph, “Hudson River (I) 1976”. The collection also includes works from Sunil Gupta, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley and Linder, plus Leigh Bowery lensed by David Gwinnut. Head to positiveeastpopup.org.uk for the full collection.

Birkenstock has just re-upped its collaboration with Kith for a braided version of the Boston mule. “We introduced the hand-braided execution on the London silhouette two years ago,” said Kith creative director Ronnie Fieg. “It’s a very intricate process that we’ve been working to implement across other Birkenstock silhouettes. The Boston is arguably the brand’s most iconic silhouette, so it only made sense to apply our vision to it next. The results are my favorite Birkenstocks that I own.” Head here to shop the new collection.

This week, New Balance unveiled Coco Gauff’s bespoke US Open kit as she stepped onto the court in New York. Consisting of a leather varsity jacket with embroidered lining, box pleated skirt and cropped tank, the look “blends playful prep with performance-ready pieces, while giving a nod to American originals that evokes a sense of hometown pride.” The kit was unveiled alongside a new campaign video, featuring a young tennis player walking past a New York brownstone with the kit hanging from a washing line. For the latest from New Balance, head here.