Lacoste’s Fall/Winter 2017-2018 collection presented in New York had an outer space theme. For his research, Felipe Oliveira Baptista took off for Russia to visit the Moscow Space Museum. There, the artist explained that he had “made a sort of cosmic journey… to look at spaceships in detail.” At the head of the label’s creative...
“All these different people with different styles, different dress codes, it’s the future, the past, Art Deco, the city, the American West… it’s all of these things, and at the same time none of them. There’s no one era, one thing, one look. It’s the mixing of all these characters and individuals, exactly like America....
Alexander Wang invited his guests to a historical place: the RKO Hamilton Theater in the heart of Harlem. This theater, built in 1913 and closed since 1965 was once a boxing training center, a church, and even a nightclub. With these walls housing Alexander Wang’s runway, next season could only be charged with an insubordinate...
With iridescent colors and a brand new character, Jonathan Saunders seems to be playing with the founder’s groovy past to bring her legendary wrap dress into contact with rebelliousness. The result? Stripes, animal prints, and electrifying colors like turquoise, orange, and gold motifs – these pieces will surely appeal to a new DVF generation. Even...
“Men’s clothing, notably suits, should never be restrictive. Comfort is, for men, something that gets top priority,” emphasizes Véronique Nichanian. Hermès has no equal when it comes to perfecting the essence of something. By uniting comfortable cuts with luxury, it’s the materials that once more reveal all the brand’s style. The atmosphere is more muted...
The silhouette imagined by creative director Kris Van Assche plays with contrasts. Adjusted jackets and three-fourths cuts – on bottom, the pants are more streetwear. With large pieces and cargo pants, the Dior man finally seems to adventure into the intellect of the underground, more particularly that of ravers. In reality, Kris Van Assche was...
I Nuovi Principi, The New Princess. This is how Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana decided to name their new collection, introduced in Milan for Fall/Winter 2018. This season, for the first time, it’s millennials, all of them fils or fille de or Instagram personalities – like Rafferty Law, Sistine et Sofia Stallone, Jaden Smith, Presley Gerber, Brandon Lee, Cameron...
Three spaces in one at the heart of Parisian fashion – this is a first for Chanel. By bringing together their fashion, accessories, and watchmaking/jewelry spaces around a Thassos marble interior staircase, the brand has created a brand new type of space that is a natural fit for Printemps. Chanel called on architect Peter Marino...
1837: Thierry Hermès founds his eponymous boutique in Paris, specialized in the creation and production of saddles and harnesses. Located in the Grands Boulevards neighborhood, Hermès was still a far cry from being a luxury boutique – on the contrary, their target customer was demanding professionals and individuals seeking fine materials. In those days, horses...
It was a lightning strike, an illumination, a revelation – an inspiration. Valentino Garavani was literally dazzled. “I had one of the biggest shocks of my life in Barcelona: as a student I was invited to the Barcelona Opera and, enthralled, I saw a woman with grey hair in one of the boxes, very beautiful,...
