Loewe: Menswear SS20
The Creative Director of Loewe Jonathan Anderson has a fascination with the art world: Loewe and art are interconnected. Indeed, since Anderson’s inception at the house, Loewe has become the default fashion label for art’s creative liberals. They appreciate Anderson’s
Wooyoungmi: Menswear SS20
During the post-war economic boom of Japan in the 1980s, a new musical genre evolved. City Pop was an amalgamation of many western musical styles. With it a dress-style evolved, one which mixed New Wave references from the UK with
Thom Browne: Menswear SS20
The collegiate worlds of various sports collided with the exquisite world of ballet at the Thom Browne SS20 show. Set in the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts: the home of fine arts teaching in Paris; it was a beautiful backdrop
Hermès: Menswear SS20
Pink and camel; mint and mink; light pink and mushroom; light pink and yellow: it take a practised hand to mix colours like this. Hermès creative director for men’s Véronique Nichanian has spent over 30 years at the storied French
Dior: Menswear SS20
Upon walking into the Dior runway venue for designer Kim Jones' SS20 show, guests were greeted by a reimagining of Christian Dior’s world and personal ephemera including his desk and a fireplace. These were created by the American artist Daniel
Junya Watanabe: Menswear SS20
It’s a joy to shop Junya Watanabe. At the shows - planning looks - and in stores too. And going shopping seemed to be the inspiration behind Watanabe’s latest line-out. Models pulled canvas shopping bags over their shoulders and wore
Comme Des Garçons Homme Plus: Menswear SS20
Transformation and liberation through time was the title of the SS20 Comme des Garçons Homme Plus collection. The show, cut into three acts, was inspired by composer Olga Neuwirth’s opera Orlando. The original book by Virginia Woolf, the opera, and,
Balmain: Menswear SS20
On a huge and elevated stage built especially for the Balmain x (RED) festival and runway show; dozens of models showcased designer Olivier Rousteing's new spring collection for the house. Moving spotlights and smoke ramped up the rock concert atmosphere. The
Berluti: Menswear SS20
The slit-front trouser (from the front-pleat up), a wider “puddle flare” and a leather patchwork jogger with knitted-cuff hem. These new trouser options from Berluti designed by the brand’s creative director Kris Van Assche formed part of his spring line-out
Louis Vuitton: Menswear SS20
Place Dauphine, a small stroll from the Louis Vuitton design studios in the centre of Paris, was the destination for the brand’s incredible SS20 runway line-out. It was a clever move by Men’s Artistic Director Virgil Abloh after the house
Issey Miyake: Menswear SS20
To the Square Louis XIII, Place des Vosges, Paris, this morning, for the Issey Miyake SS20 men's show; which was dedicated to the hugely successful ISSEY MIYAKE HOMME PLISSÉ SS20 line. The much-respected choreographer & director Daniel Ezralow created an
Raf Simons: Menswear SS20
You can thank the composer Mica Levi for the haunting soundtrack at last night’s Raf Simons show. The original score for the 2014 horror smash Under the Skin starring Scarlett Johansson: it was the perfect dark accompaniment to Simons’ mind-screw
Undercover: Menswear SS20
Jun Takahashi’s Undercover registers with the fashion elite, and since its inception in 1993, this gothic-flexed and Tokyo-based brand has been permanently making cool. Takahashi’s creative process is fascinating. It sits at a crosscurrent of art and contemporary culture and
JW Anderson: Menswear SS20
JW Anderson has been at the shears cutting up all manner of eveningwear to create some beautiful things. When he wasn’t chopping at the lapels of a dinner jacket, and fashioning them into a scarf, he was sewing the sleeve
Off-White: Menswear SS20
A series of paths led models through a garden of white carnations. The SS20 Off-White show has started. And on they came: padded jackets and graffiti-strewn white denim; this same graffiti then came expertly embroidered on a throw and worn