Why the American fashion capital and its millennial consumer seem to be obsessed with nostalgia, how The Row outdid itself again, and the controversial element in Raf Simons’s looks…
Read moreChanel FW20: Dressing The Emperor
In what seemed like it would never happen, a hint of change has arrived at Chanel with Virginie Viard’s simpler, nostalgic collection, paradoxically ushering in a breeze.
Read moreGivenchy FW20: Same As It Ever Was
This season, Clare Waight Keller’s designs serve as a reminder for the potential of luxury, as a genre of fashion with a capital F, best articulated in its nuances and subtleties.
Read moreHaider Ackermann FW20: The Power of Indifference
“The HA person experiences intense emotions, but understands the importance of controlling them. They’re sensitive to life’s contradictions, and can expertly bounce between extremes. This is a collection of zero fucks.”
Read moreCeline FW20: I Am, Therefore I Want
“His constant cultural mining, zeitgeist parades, and never-ending rock-and-roll homages make for many a dish difficult to digest. But Slimane is no poseur; he’s not feeding into the musical myth for extra cool points, he’s righteously leading the band.”
Read moreChloé FW20: Sincere Synergy
Natacha Ramsay-Levi’s take on feminine complexity is entwined with her honest vulnerability: this season, she yielded the maturation of the Chloé woman to explore this fragility through deeper art references.
Read moreSaint Laurent FW20: YSL Woman in Love
Anthony Vaccarello offered a new, colorful, portrait of the Saint Laurent woman last night in Paris for the brand’s Fall Winter collection.
Read moreMoncler 8 Richard Quinn FW20: Nostalgic for 60s Sci-Fi
Richard Quinn’s designs for Moncler Genius engendered a vintage feel to a futurist event, and lend themselves to a woman who is drawn to things that are larger-than-life.
Read moreSimone Rocha FW20: On Birth, Life, and Loss
“It’s easy to notice the collection’s nuances to rituals that have defined the female experience. But Rocha’s collection also reminds us that loss and grief are part of life’s ever-changing story.”
Read moreMarc Jacobs FW20: Craft in Chaos
“It is at the brink of chaos and order that our brain achieves a state of consciousness.” Now, apply that sentiment to a good runway show and you get equal parts of design and performance…
Read morePeter Do FW20: Dressing The Shadow Self
Embracing the alternative ego with one of fashion’s most promising new designers.
Read moreCarolina Herrera FW20: On Infinite Shapes
The collection’s unique purity begs the question: if you were to distil your personality down to its essence, what does that look like?
Read morePFW SS20 Recap: Moral Competition
In trying to undo decades of wasteful consumption and inequality, brands are eager to convey their virtuous values…
Read moreGivenchy SS20: Not Tiffany's
Clare Waight Keller lightened up for Spring/Summer 2020, making the moodier Givenchy devotee yearn for the darkness.
Read moreValentino SS20: Amazing Grace
It’s the redemptive, pious aspect of Pierpaolo Piccioli’s clothes with several elements of vice thrown in that get us every time.
Read moreSaint Laurent SS20: Vaccarello's Sense Of Self
The creative director’s latest collection was a careful blend of the fresh and the familiar, something that we all tend to strive for as we hone our own personal style…
Read moreMFW SS20 Recap: Turn On, Tune In, Don’t Drop Out
The Counterculture movement of the 60s and 70s, which where the earliest psychological research on environmental issues began, was a thread throughout Milan Fashion Week collections this season.
Read moreVersace SS20 Review: J.Lo, Reigning Millennial Icon
Instagram users erupted when Jennifer Lopez closed the Versace show yesterday. None more than millennials.
Read morePrada SS20 Review: Do Not Disturb
Favoring the offbeat rather than the overtly beautiful, can the Milanese brand attract a new generation of consumers to its thought-provoking designs?
Read moreLFW SS20 Recap: Who Would You Like To Be Today?
A look at the common identity-driven thread behind London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020 through the lens of fashion psychology.
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