If you’re one of the few who have yet to join TikTok, you likely missed the furor around a certain sample sale—and no we’re not talking about The Row, but Staud. Videos of young New Yorkers clamoring to buy the brand’s iconic beaded Tommy handbag (limited to two per customer), along with others where members […]
It was in the thick of party season when I visited Roland Mouret at his Clerkenwell studio—and judging by the racks of clothes showcasing his pre-fall collection, the mood was certainly festive Chez Mouret. Earlier in December, at the Fashion Awards, one of the designer’s meticulously cut black velvet gowns was worn by Issa Rae, […]
For fall, Apiece Apart designers Starr Hout and Laura Cramer looked to the streets of New York City for inspiration. The duo drew from the shapes and colors being worn by the women around their studio, finding creativity in their effortless silhouettes and sleek mix-and-matching. “What we love is seeing our clothes in the wild,” […]
Change is afoot at the By Malene Birger company; Emilie Martinsen-Kønigsfeldt, the company owner, has assumed creative direction. The pre-fall and fall 2025 collections had been already designed when this decision was announced, making this the penultimate lineup by Maja Dixdotter. Having joined the company in 2020, the Swedish designer asserted her vision and made […]
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 […]
Monica Paolini and Sean Monahan’s label is called Sea, but they’ve traditionally stuck to land and sky, aesthetically. Recent collections have included barn jackets and cardigans with quilt-inspired embroidered featuring farm animals and give-peace-a-chance jeans with applied doves. For pre-fall they dipped a toe into the life aquatic. The collection includes adorable bloomers and cropped […]
Cherries decorate tops, dresses, and other upbeat wardrobe pieces in PH5’s pre-fall collection. These can be savored as is, but there is, of course, a backstory. Addressing climate change is one of designer Zoe Champion’s passions, and this collection grew out of her discovery of low-chill cherries, which have been selectively bred—though not genetically modified, […]
Earlier this fall, Rachel Comey’s social media manager posted videos of women at the designer’s annual sample sale showing off their prizes. Coming across the images on Instagram, what was striking was not just the diversity of her shoppers—young and not-so-young, uptown and down—but also their purchases. There’s a cult of Rachel Comey, and what […]
John Singer Sargent’s celebrated 1889 Portrait of Madame X featured as the centerpiece of Ian Griffiths’s pre-fall moodboard; he said he was captivated by its fashionable appeal at an exhibition of the Gilded Age master at London’s Tate Britain. Depicted in a black velvet gown with a revealing (for the era) heart-shaped neckline, the alabaster-skinned […]
Sabato De Sarno said that he started the new Gucci pre-fall collection by looking at the house’s history in the 1970s. Via text provided by the company, the designer added: “It was an immersion into that casual grandeur we now recognize as part of Gucci’s DNA: a daily elegance, simple yet deeply Italian, made of […]
