Dior Homme treat us here to another masterclass in monochrome. Or rather, legendary photographer Patrick Demarchelier does. I use the term 'treat' mainly in reference to our Editorial Directress Phoebe, who leads her life entirely in monochrome, or, well, just black

In 1996, Helmut Lang was tasked with reinterpreting the Louis Vuitton monogram – a special gift for a design celebrating a century. Other designers were asked, too. Big ones – Azzedine Alaïa, Vivienne Westwood, Isaac Mizrahi, Romeo Gigli – designers

In New York my accent at last meant nothing. Americans were blissfully unaware of the unsubtle distinction between prince and peasant revealed by one’s accent back in Limeyland. No one knew or cared if I was from York or Yarmouth,

Near where I live in norf London, there is a pub called, “amusingly”, The Fiddler’s Elbow. It’s in a tatty Victorian building, with a huge blackboard outside listing the genres its DJs will be playing that week. For example: Monday

“Boy George is, for me, the ultimate reference from when I was a teenager,” Van Assche says, reflecting on the flamboyant star he chose for his SS17 campaign for Dior Homme. “He was screaming, saying that difference was OK –

He may be most celebrated for his lead role in Mr Robot, but 2018 will change that for Rami Malek, when he is due to hit the screens wearing the Adidas wrestling boots of Freddie Mercury in the Queen biopic

Villa Eugénie is the production company behind Dior Homme’s impressive shows and Etienne Russo is the master showman at its helm. And in that capacity, he’s one of Van Assche’s closest and most trusted collaborators. The fellow Belgians knew each

Artrium, the Parisian gallery owned by Thomas Fritsch, is Van Assche’s favourite destination for the French postwar-period ceramics that fill his dreams. “An afternoon spent in his shop is the best Saturday afternoon in Paris,” the designer says. In Van

The newest addition to the Dior Homme gang and the face of its AW17 campaign. Van Assche spotted the emerging actor in Manchester by the Sea, dressed him for the Screen Actors Guild Awards and, “a few months later, we

Covent Garden's Floral Street has a brand new resident in the form of Kent & Curwen's very first London outpost. Lucky Floral Street! The Brit heritage brand, helmed by Daniel Kearns and one David Beckham have set up shop at

Topman have a canny knack of catering for all sorts of different kind of boys, whilst managing to make them all look like a collective group of friends. Not that the lads above are your run of the mill men - no

We admit it: insufferable fashion sorts such as ourselves are notoriously prone to exaggeration. There’s this thing we like to say that goes something along the lines of: “such-and-such” has “literally” worked with “ehhhveryone”. And as with most things that

One of fashion’s few go-to guys for soundtracks, Frédéric Sanchez has been scoring Dior Homme’s shows and digital projects for the past year. “Since we started collaborating, we have designed a certain way to mix the soundtrack for Dior Homme,

Imagine, if you will, a comic book where all the characters are decked out in head-to-toe Prada. Quite a fab, non? Continuing the "graphic novel" theme from the Spring 2018 mens and womenswear shows, the latest campaign stars up-and-coming actor Joe Alwyn photographed by