For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeLouise Trotter’s debut as creative director at Bottega Veneta on Saturday contained moments of fantasy most evident in the fringe that bounced on coats and swirled like shiny bristles on glimmering skirts and jackets. ‘Bottega’ means workshopBottega Veneta has some of the finest craftspeople in Italian luxury, and Trotter said they were an inspiration to her Spring-Summer 2026 collection. Bottega's knots and weavesTrotter worked in the Bottega Veneta codes of the intreccio weave and the knot, employing wool, leathers and satins. Big soft bags paid homage to the house’s 1966-1977 era, where Trotter discovered bags in the archives that had a functionality that accompanied “the liberation of women at the time.”“This show was really about the journey and life of Bottega Veneta,’’ Trotter said.