The former Miss Universe witnesses Max Mara’s latest resort collection Pia Wurtzbach is back in Italy to explore the latest fashions the country has to offer. But the best style moments cannot just be seen on the runway but also on the former Miss Universe’s daily ’fits. During her trip, the “Queen of the Universe” author got to explore the beauty of the Venetian canal.
Like a romantic leading lady, Pia was clad in a red floor-length dress by Italian fashion house Max Mara. The Filipino beauty queen was there to witness the brand’s resort 2025 collection. Dubbed “Venetia,” creative director Ian Griffiths’s resort 2025 collection for the brand is inspired by Venetian merchant and explorer Marco Polo’s travel.
The brand follows in Polo’s footsteps with an opulent and multi-cultural collection that aims for a little magic. Polo spent 20 years at the court of Kublai Khan in Mongolia, where, even today, camel and cashmere wools are produced and were also traded on the so-called Silk Road, a conduit for all manners of luxurious commodities. Naturally, the collection kicks off with camel, black, white, and tan and introduces silks in nuanced shades like those Polo might have brought back from Cathay or Constantinople.
From “robes de chambre” to parkas via trenches and tabarri, Max Mara serves up the stateliest coats. There are gowns for special occasions, snappy tunics, sharply cut tailleurs, and neat all-in-ones with everyday elegance ready for travel and .