In the 1980s and 1990s, the National Chamber of Italian Fashion entrusted a designer with the poetic task of closing the Roman haute couture fashion week with a show open to the public on the large stairs of the Piazza di Spagna. From Naomi Campbell to Carla Bruni, an entire generation of supermodels walked down these 135 “Spanish steps” one by one, under the aegis of the chosen designer of the year.