And so on tonight’s Kith’s runway, Bella Hadid, Anwar Hadid, et al. came out strutting around in head-to-toe Kith x Versace. The collaboration spans menswear, womenswear, and a whole swath of accessories from socks to rings to sneakers to sunglasses. It’s the shades Fieg pauses at during a preview. “This is a very important piece,” Fieg begins. “For me it was like Biggie Smalls wore these and made them really famous is my world, and also my mom had them. It was both ends of the spectrum. Being able to bring back the classic frame with an updated silhouette is really special to me.” You can tell from the way he pauses, too, that among the zillions of collabs Kith does, this one is special.

“One thing I want to credit Donatella with is her trusting us and also letting us have the creative freedom and letting us dream up big, impactful branding moments for the collection that I think really make sense with what they do and what we do,” continues Fieg, explaining that he looked at Versace’s print archive for inspiration. Versace adds, “I love taking [the prints] apart and putting them back together in a completely different way that still has a flair of the past but an entirely new feeling. The past is the past, you can take inspiration from your heritage—and I am lucky enough to have a big and strong one—but you always have to look ahead. You cannot be trapped in your own story. The logos are fun if you look at them used in a very modern way. At the end of the day, it’s not the ’90s anymore!”

Time may have moved on, but the kids are still loving all those ’90s trends from bike shorts to oversize puffa jackets. A high point of the collaboration: a women’s oversize puffa in rich burgundy velvet that can be unzipped to become a cropped jacket. “Cool, right?” smirks Fieg. You might not wear it with a bikini top as in the show—although the weather is certainly wild—but it’s a good piece for a Versace-phile to have on hand.

For men, there is a magnificently bougie faux fur logo coat, taped tracksuits, and slick suiting with golden flourishes. As Versace notes, the Kith man and the Versace man are actually not so different: “When you think of Kith, much like Versace, you have a very precise image in mind: that of effortless streetwear, coolness,” she says. “They are at the cutting edge of what’s cool and what people on the street want. They make me think of guys like Victor Cruz. People look at him for his sense of style because he can go from looking sharp in a perfectly tailored tux to a printed T-shirt and shorts and still look amazing.”

The release date is still hush-hush, but you can bet that when it drops, it’s going to drop hard. When asked why she wanted to collaborate with this brand, Versace said succinctly, “Because Kith is cool.” From Donatella’s mouth to fashion lovers’ ears.