Resort is a sort of prelude to Jil Sander’s spring (shown after the fact), where the Meiers embraced a darker, edgier tone. Hints of this shift started to emerge here, marking a departure from the enveloping sense of cocooning seen in previous seasons. Shiny fabrics, glossy leather, and sharper, more angular silhouettes —the designers were […]
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 […]
For spring, Gilda Ambrosio and Giorgia Tordini riffed on The Attico’s repertoire of languid vintage glamour inflected with tough chic boyishness. “We’re always on the go,” they offered. “The collection is about urban velocity, about Milan’s fast-paced lifestyle, street-savvy smarts, and a bit of goth.” Cue slouchy, distressed cargo pants paired with a delicate feathered […]
It’s become a tradition for Emilia Wickstead to cast friends for her pre-fall and resort lookbooks—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 Sykes can […]
