I t’s not easy to be the follow-up act to one of the most successful reinventions of a luxury brand in recent years. The second Bottega Veneta collection by Matthieu Blazy confirmed he is the man for the job.

The departure just under a year ago of Daniel Lee, the British designer — the man who took the Italian brand’s signature woven leather and made it cool — was a sudden one. Lee is now one of the names in the frame to take over at Burberry, which presents its delayed show in London today.

However, Blazy’s confident and highly contemporary vision has made the musical chairs of the fashion industry seem irrelevant. He presented Milan Fashion Week with a luxe take on a wardrobe —

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