Pharrell Williams wore a full Kenzo outfit by his close friend and frequent partner Nigo to tonight’s show. He paired it with a yellow duffle bag from his own debut collection, which was hot off the oven and the runway. It was like coming full circle. Those who know the history will know that Nigo…
Kim Jones’s name is already part of the history of Christian Dior and other places. Five years ago, he moved here and pushed for Virgil Abloh to take over his old job, changing the way the fashion world works for good. His creativity to include everyone made a model for luxury that is now everywhere.…
VIEW SLIDESHOWPharrell Williams came to tonight’s show wearing a full Kenzo outfit by his close friend and frequent partner Nigo. He paired the outfit with a yellow duffle bag from his own debut collection, which was hot off the oven and the runway. It all came full circle. Those who know the history will know…
André Courrèges’ work is interesting because it is a bit strange. Nicolas di Felice has embraced this peculiarity, as seen in this season’s heeled sandal. This commercial reinterpretation of a shoe found in the archive is made from a single sheet of metal and is not wearable, but that is the point. The show began…
Since 1975, Giorgio Armani has started every collection with a blank page and a pencil. To mark the release of his latest collection, he placed a large pencil at the end of the runway in his showspace on Via Borgonuovo. Fashion is ever-changing, and each season brings a new layer to the last. This season’s…
Since around the year 700, kings and queens have been in charge of England. More recently, they took control of Scotland and Wales, and by 1919, they controlled almost a fifth of the world. Last September, while Charles Jeffrey Loverboy was putting this collection together, Elizabeth II was being buried and Charles III was getting…
Etro is a brand known for its vibrant colors and shapes, but in today’s climate, fashion statements are being kept to a minimum. Marco de Vincenzo, the creator at Etro, found inspiration in an old book of vices and virtues from the 17th century. He drew parallels between the symbolic images and modern day communication…
Giorgio Armani presented his first collection in 1975, a year before the 21st Summer Olympics in Montreal. To commemorate the upcoming 33rd Olympic Games in Paris next year, Armani showcased a selection from his Emporio line. At the end of the show, 12 Italian Olympic athletes, half of whom were Paralympians, walked the Teatro Armani…
Valentino Garavani debuted his first men’s collection in Milan in 1985. This year, Pierpaolo Piccioli returned to the city and opened Milan Men’s Fashion Week with his “The Narratives” show. The show was held at La Statale, Milan’s public university, in a beautiful Renaissance building. The rap and indie artist d4vd played a live set…
Ralph Lauren is the king of American fashion, and his Purple Label line is no exception. His team recently returned to his Milan palace to show off the collection, which was designed by Lauren himself from his Madison Avenue perch and made in Italy from start to finish. The collection was divided into three parts:…
Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce have been reflecting on the purpose of their work for some time. They contemplate ideas such as identity, making a lasting impression, and the longevity of trends. At the press meeting before the show, their conversation was both humorous and thought-provoking. Domenico asked, “Will people remember us?” due to the…
ERL IRL’s first show was a unique blend of the past and the future. Set in the year 2176, the show was held in the courtyard of Palazzo Corsini and featured an appearance by Dior Men Resort from the previous year. Eli Russell Linnetz created the collection to tell a story of his own making…
Far-flung “destination” concerts may be this year’s craze, but nothing beats the destination-sensation of a local Martine Rose show. This time, she convened one of her inimitable human inter-generational slices of real life at St Joseph’s Community Centre in Highgate, north London, where children, teens, parents, aunties, uncles, and assorted fashion folk gathered on a…
This evening’s Fendi show featured the house’s newest menswear collection and the new €50 million leather goods factory, which produced all of the bags that accompanied Silvia Venturini Fendi’s 57 designs. The factory is located in Bagno a Ripoli, a Tuscan hamlet 30 minutes outside of Florence. The long, low, terracotta-colored structure is roofed with…
Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent men’s show in Berlin was a miracle of impressive tailoring. Vaccarello shared a small clip of the 1950 French short film Un Chant d’Amour on Instagram, which inspired the title of the collection: Each Man Kills the Things He Loves. This title was taken from a song sung by Jeanne Moreau…
Yomif Kejelcha Atomsa and Tamirat Tola, two Ethiopian long distance runners, ran a lap around the courtyard of La Monnaie de Paris last evening. The event was part of a performance put together by Grace Wales Bonner, featuring guests such as Lewis Hamilton and Naomi Campbell. The collection, titled Marathon, was described as an ode…
Could The Row be a Parisian brand, at least in part? Of course, it was born in New York and remains there. Vogue Runway’s Sarah Mower enthused over the “ingenuously subtle” clothing in her Fall ’23 review, concluding that the collection was “very New York.” When this Paris-based reviewer arrived at The Row’s permanent Paris…
Voice of Fire, a Virginia choir, was singing loudly about the theme of its Pharrell Williams-composed song, “Joy (Unspeakable).” As the tempo increased and their white and off-white “Damouflage” robes shimmered in the light, and Williams emerged in his top-to-toe green pixelated Damier duds, and we stood and whooped as he walked down the golden…
The crowd erupted in cheers and oohs as a model wearing a white shirt with a fringed print and black schoolboy shorts walked down the industrial meshed steel walkway. Suddenly, slime started dripping from the ceiling and falling on both sides of the models. This sticky substance looked like something out of a movie, and…
Out. In. Out. BANG! Rick Owens’ models were walking by every eight seconds, their bodies shaped like bowties with wide shoulders and legs and a narrow waist. Owens was wearing a baseball cap with a huge brim and saw that even people with a lot of weight could pull off the look. Every eight seconds,…
Before this show started, many of the people in the Alyx crowd were happy to drink white wine and make plans for the after-party. A lot of people wondered if it would ever begin. After 45 minutes, the loudspeakers in Via Ventura began to rumble. Out came tailored coats with peak lapels and a black…
The Gucci Horsebit Loafer was created by Aldo Gucci in 1953 and is now 70 years old. To celebrate this important milestone, the house of Gucci held a special event at the art space Spazio Maiocchi on the first day of Milan’s Men’s Fashion Week. The event was a multidisciplinary, immersive experience, with installations, live…
At the Zegna show, hundreds of us gathered in the shade of Alessandro Manzoni’s flat stone glare. Manzoni is known for writing I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed) in 1827, which is seen as the most important literary work that led to the creation of a national Italian language. We all wore the same Zegna baseball…
Jonathan Anderson changed the fashion stage when he took the stage wearing Ireland’s secret Canterbury shirt for the Rugby World Cup in France in September. This was a sweetly personal nod to the closeness of his home life, as his dad, Willie Anderson, was the captain of the Irish Rugby Union team. Anderson’s collection was…
Dark and raw describe this collection in a couple of words. Much like the full length forest green wool shawl collared robe that’s been finely stitched with a horizontal pattern and wide herringbone patterns on the collar itself. Then there is black wool extra wide crew neck sweater with extra material that was napped on…
This collection is all about color blocking and fabric blocking. What stood out the most from this collection was the grayish blue and burgundy suit. This color block combo features burgundy pants, and the jacket has burgundy suit sleeves. However, the rest of the suit jacket except the sleeves is a grayish blue tone, and…
