Givenchy Finds its Glitch in a Florentine Garden
June 13, 2019
Designer Clare Waight Keller married old world romanticism and cutting-edge technical prowess at this year’s Givenchy menswear show at Pitti Uomo.
Under Wraps at Pitti Uomo with Y/Project’s Glenn Martens
January 9, 2019
Ahead of his Pitti Uomo show, the creative director of Y/Project took a break from touring Florence to discuss gender-fluid fashion and designing clothes that look like condoms.
Christophe Lemaire
October 8, 2013
Three years after taking the reins at the hallowed house of Hermès, designer Christophe Lemaire has finally hit his stride.
Paris Menswear: Hardcore, Floral, Prom Night
June 28, 2013
A collection of ferocious tunics from Rick Owens and lush, hothouse florals by Dries Van Noten illustrated two extremes in contemporary menswear on the second day of the Paris collections.
Paris Menswear: Pictograms, Candy Wrappers, Living Rooms
June 27, 2013
The traveling eyes of thw international fashion set up shop in Paris yesterday for the last leg of the Spring/Summer 2014 menswear shows, an overflowing five days.
JUUN.J: Korean Menswear’s Superhero
June 25, 2013
It was a fait accompli that Korea’s JUUN.J would end up showing his menswear collections in Paris. “I’ve always thought of Paris in terms of fashion and artists like Picasso,” says Juun.
Young Italian Menswear at Pitti is Saturated and Satisfying
June 24, 2013
Saturated color and pattern from surf style, Haitian dandies in wax prints and stripes, kaleidoscopic sportswear, and pajamas were standouts in the spring 2014 menswear shows held during Florence’s Pitti Uomo.
Aloha from Kolor
June 24, 2013
Kolor’s Juniche Abe is piloting the new generation of Japanese brands, poised to take its style all over the world.
At Pitti, Damir Doma is Layered and Light
June 20, 2013
Damir Doma chose the lush gardens of Florence’s Palazzo Corsini to show his Spring/Summer 2014 women’s pre-collection, the first one he’s done with his new Italian production partner Zamasport. “The clothes are graphic, and I felt like I was painting,” said Doma.
Hologram Kenzo
June 14, 2013
This year’s annual Journées Particulières LVMH invites those in the city of Paris-and everywhere else Bernard Arnault is developing decadent indulgence-for a unique peek behind the scenes of a selection of its glamorous string of brands
The Campana Brothers’ Undersea World
May 24, 2013
The only way to properly view the Campana brothers’ latest, “Ocean Project,” is when no one else is there, so you can pretend you’re a pilot fish floating from one turquoise-covered room to the next.
Holy Cow! It’s Comme des Warhol
May 17, 2013
Just in time for warm weather urban grazing, Comme des Garçons launches its Andy Warhol X Comme des Garçons capsule collection today.
Saint Laurent Cleans Up
May 13, 2013
The new Saint Laurent is YSL in spirit.
ANDAM: The Race is On
May 13, 2013
In its 24th year, the ten designers on ANDAM’s 2013 list of finalists read like a who’s who of fashion’s newest and brightest.
Hyères Looks to Helsinki
April 29, 2013
Satu Maaranen, 29, a recent Masters graduate of Finland’s Aalto school of Arts, Design and Architecture, bagged Hyères Fashion and Photography Festival’s $20,000 Premiere Vision fashion grand prize for her “Garment in Landscape” women’s collection.
Kolor and Damir Doma Take Up Pitti’s Guest House
April 16, 2013
Junichi Abe, of Japan’s oh-so-cool brand Kolor, will be Pitti Uomo’s guest menswear designer this season, alongside Damir Doma, who will present a preview of his women’s 2014 Resort collection in a show for Pitti W in Florence from June 18 to 21.
So Me’s Eyes on Ed Banger
April 3, 2013
So Me, né Bertrand de Lanergon, is the visual-arts half of Ed Banger Records, the electro label launched by Pedro Winter (aka Busy P.) currently celebrating its first 10 years as a hit-making French music machine with a new book, Travail Famille Party.
Around the World with Jean Paul Gaultier
March 29, 2013
Yesterday we headed over to Jean Paul Gaultier’s headquarters, located in a converted Belle Époque palais, to take some pictures.
Vuitton in Bhutan
March 22, 2013
Louis Vuitton’s search for the ideal traveler’s wardrobe took Men’s Studio Director Kim Jones far and wide for next fall/winter: from mountaineering in the kingdom of Bhutan to the red lacquer living room Diana Vreeland affectionately referred to, back in the day, as her “garden in hell.”
Après Ski at Chanel’s Chalet
March 22, 2013
Karl Lagerfeld’s cozy sub-zero Fall/Winter 2013 collection has everything a girl needs to live it up in the snow.