If these Thom Browne clothes ring a bell, it’s because the designer invited friends famous and otherwise out to dinner at the Commerce Inn during New York Fashion Week, dressing them all in his clothes as a special bonus. In lieu of a runway (he had just put on his second couture show in Paris […]
At her fall 2011 show, Mary Katrantzou, as she said so herself, “pushed print to the limit.” If it isn’t her most iconic collection, it’s up there near the top, a tour de force from a designer still in her 20s in which Fabergé eggs, Ming vases, and other objéts became wearable works of art. […]
It began with a trip to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “The design team and myself, we went on a little excursion to LACMA for the exhibition, ‘Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstractions’,” Jonathan Simkhai explained over Zoom from his home in LA. The outing served as inspiration for a collection with both […]
“It’s not such a bad thing to be a muse,” Lou Lou de la Falaise once said, and she should know. She was of course the ubermuse: Someone who Yves Saint Laurent, whom she was doing the muse-ing for, was eternally inspired by, influenced by, looked to for what might feel gorgeous and ineffable and […]
Sachin Ahluwalia described this Sachin & Babi pre-collection as more of a “holiday collection than resort.” This was evident in the celebratory tone of these photos, which conjured a cocktail party, but even more so in details on the clothes that included vibrant florals in the shape of beading, lace appliqués, prints, and, of course, […]
On his brand Instagram account, Alexander Wang is offering Wangovers to tourists and locals he meets in the South Street Seaport neighborhood where he’s headquartered. It’s compulsively watchable content, not least of all because the people who agree to his proposals aren’t typical Wang customers. He’s made over a Bronx granny and a Westchester mom […]
When Cult Gaia’s Jasmin Larian Hekmat began conceptualizing her new resort collection, the designer kept having visions of her woman in a fairytale setting. “It started with this vision of a castle in the distance,” said Hekmat. A narrative for the season then formed. “She has her basket, and starts collecting things of beauty that […]
Ladbroke Grove local Molly Goddard threw her first fateful off-schedule London Fashion Week installation/party back in September 2014. “It was in a church hall in Mayfair,” she recalled today. “I paid £300. I was given some rum, and went to Brick Lane for bagels. Oh and I had a wedding singer.” Her guests were given […]
Last year, Carolina Herrera was the first American label to join the sisterhood of the traveling pre-collection shows, staging its resort collection in Rio de Janeiro. This year, designer Wes Gordon continued his tour through Latin America, bringing the show to Mexico City’s famed Museo Anacahualli, designed by Diego Rivera to house his vast collection […]
It’s become a tradition for Emilia Wickstead to cast friends for her pre-fall and resort look books—and this season, she also invited along their dogs. (For some of her previous outings, Wickstead has also included their infants and toddlers; clearly that old saying about never working with children and animals isn’t a concern.) Writer Plum […]
