Valentino: Menswear Spring/ Summer 2019
To the divine world of Valentino now and the show notes, those sometimes useful
Y/Project: Menswear Spring/ Summer 2019
Since Y/Project designer Glenn Martens won the esteemed ANDAM Grand Prize in 2017, the fashion world’s eyes have been laser-focused on the growth and creative clout of this cool Parisian brand. Martens has firmly cemented himself at the house, which cleverly fuses
Off-White: Menswear Spring/ Summer 2019
Since his inception as Mens Artistic Director at Louis Vuitton fashion’s arch disruptor, the talented Virgil Abloh, has been the talk of the fashion world. This morning, Abloh showed his Spring/ Summer 19 designs for Off-White, the streetwear powerhouse and
Craig Green: Menswear Spring/ Summer 2019
If the statues dotted around Florence’s famous Boboli Gardens, the venue for Craig Green’s Spring/ Summer 2019 show last night, allude to wealth, power and status, then the linear constructions strapped to Green’s models said much the same. These constructions
Ten Talks To Hiroshi Fujiwara About His Moncler 7 Fragment Collaboration
Hiroshi Fujiwara didn’t really know too much about Moncler before he started working with them. The Italian outwear powerhouse is the new and latest collaborative partner to work with Fujiwara. More of this further down. This Japanese designer is at the
Roberto Cavalli: Menswear Spring/ Summer 2019
Hertfordshire lad and St Martins grad Paul Surridge has spent pretty much his whole working life in Milan, and after designing for houses including Jil Sander and, more lately, as Creative Director at Z Zegna, the talented chap landed his
Fumito Ganryu: Menswear Spring/ Summer 2019
Last year, fans of now defunct fashion label Ganryu, were left crying into their drop-crotch jeans and fiddling with their batwing cardigans, when news reached them that the brand’s owner, the vast Comme des Garçons Group, was closing the label.
Ten Commandments: Gucci: The Look
You’ll always find me in the library at parties, said no lyric to a famous song ever. But it should have! Meet Sean. Sean likes books. Sean is a bookworm, a Gucci bookworm. Here’s Sean on his love of books
From The Issue: Designer Co-Op By Richard Gray
The fashion world is changing: the production, show and buying systems are evolving every season. In many ways, things have never been more difficult for a young designer – students, too. So how do London’s new and established fashion stars
AZZEDINE ALAÏA LONDON BOUTIQUE LAUNCH: A Night To Remember
“That was really special,” last night’s opening of the new Azzedine Alaïa boutique on London’s Bond Street elicited comments from many guests, a mix of friends of the designer, many of the capital’s creatives, along with the house's loyal customers. The 3-storey
RIP Dearest Dale
Today we shed a shopping trolly full of tears for TV presenter extraordinaire Mr Dale Winton, who sadly passed away yesterday aged 62. On hearing of his death, the comedian and television presenter Graham Norton thanked Winton for "the best bit
From The Issue: Violent Passion Surrogate, Our Comme Des Garçons Plus Profile Story
In Germaine Greer’s book The Boy, the feminist author and writer examines the beauty of boys through art. She makes fascinating parallels between the appreciation of the young male and the aesthetic pursuit of him by great painters and sculptors. She
Ten Thinks: Unicorns Are As Rare As Unicorn Pooh
Today, declares the marketing department of an unnamed plastic toy manufacturer, is National Unicorn Day. Now, this statement and the press release it came written on, caused a stir in the 10 office because a. there are no such things as unicorns and thus the
Ten Thinks: Shopping Now? A Queue Culture
Thursdays are the new Saturdays. Fridays too. The old shopping routine for fashion people, and general hanging around boutiques talking, used to happen on Saturdays. Fashion shoppers chatted with shop staff and showed off a bit and shop staff squeezed the cash
Ten Thinks: Hair Do? Don’t Do.
Samuel Wilkin (top) is a model. His hair is long-ish and centre parted. This style used to be called “the curtains”. In the second picture, me aged 17, in, I think, 1989. My hair was so “curtainified” back then and gelled and