Louis Vuitton: Ready-to-Wear SS21
The world has turned upside down and Nicolas Ghesquière is designing for the in-between. Louis Vuitton, the final show of the Paris season, seized the post-Corona moment. The designer talked about his obsession with time clash and his show, combined
Maison Margiela: Ready-to-Wear SS21
Back in July, Maison Margiela teamed up with Nick Knight to release S.W.A.L.K. – an hour-long film that followed John Galliano through a sequence of Zoom calls, charity shop trips and 12-hour studio sessions as he crafted the brand's AW20 Artisanal
Chanel: Ready-to-Wear SS21
An iconic piece of La La Land came to Paris. Chanel co-opted the Hollywood sign, using enormous letters as a backdrop for its SS21 show. Movies were on Virginie Viard’s mind. “This collection is a tribute to the muses of
Miu Miu: Ready-to-Wear SS21
Football crazy, Miu Miu mad. This afternoon, Miuccia Prada presented her much chicer alternative to the Premier League. Teaming up with Dutch design studio AMO, the designer mocked up her own sports palace – swapping astroturf with hot pink foam
Givenchy: Ready-to-Wear SS21
From American streetwear to Paris Couture, via Lady Gaga, Kanye, a sprinkling of Kardashians and a supporting role on the Dior men’s collection; Matthew Williams road to the top of fashion has not been conventional. Neither was the tattooed-and-shirtless portrait
Gabriela Hearst: Ready-to-Wear SS21
Yesterday, Gabriela Hearst made her Paris Fashion Week debut, a little under a month after being crowned American Womenswear Designer of the Year at the CFDA Fashion Awards. The Uruguayan designer – who usually shows under the NYFW umbrella –
Paco Rabanne: Ready-to-Wear SS21
A curtain of silver discs slinked around the stark white Paco Rabanne show space which was open to the street outside. Cars whizzed past, pedestrians stopped to stare, real life bumped right up against this spangled, space-age, metallic fantasia. That’s
Balenciaga: Ready-to-Wear SS21
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. Demna Gvasalia unveiled his Summer 21 pre-collection for Balenciaga with a film, featuring lone models striding through the Paris night, to the pulsing synth sounds of "Sunglasses at Night" by Corey Hart. The
Thom Browne: Ready-to-Wear SS21
The Thom Browne spring/summer 2021 collection came to us live from 239,000 miles above the earth, in the year 2132. A modern master of pure fashion fantasy, Browne cracked the 'phygital' fashion week experience by making his own Lunar Olympic
Hermès: Ready-to-Wear SS21
Fashion doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Lockdown left Hermès designer Nadège Vanhée-Cybulski longing for a sense of collaboration and a creative togetherness. The designer sent her collection to her favourite artists, who then used the clothes as inspiration for their
Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood: Ready-to-Wear SS21
Dame Vivienne Westwood has always believed that culture enriches us and to that end, she and her husband Andreas Kronthaler, combined their lookbook shoot with a poetry reading. Dame Viv stood in front of the camera, dressed in a marvellous
Issey Miyake: Ready-to-Wear SS21
We can all do with Marie Kondo-ing our lifestyles here and there, Issey Miyake included. Upon shipping the brand's last Ready-to-wear collection to Paris back in February, designer Satoshi Kondo (not related to Marie) became overwhelmed at the sheer volume
Kenneth Ize: Ready-to-Wear SS21
It's hard to believe it was a mere nine months ago Kenneth Ize made his Paris Fashion Week debut. It's even harder to fathom how this was the designer's debut in the first place. As the likes of Imaan Hammam,
Christian Louboutin: Ready-to-Wear SS21
In one of the season’s most innovative presentations, Christian Louboutin unveiled his SS21 collection exclusively on Zepeto, the Korean immersive gaming app where you design your own avatar (can you spot Team 10 above?). Players are teleported to a digi
Loewe: Ready-to-Wear SS21
Leaning into the show-in-a-box concept pioneered for his eponymous label, Jonathan Anderson presented his SS21 Loewe collection as an interactive exhibition, made up of imposing, life-sized images of the looks and a wallpaper design produced in collaboration with the artist