The Givenchy Studio Pays Homage to Riccardo Tisci in Red
When Riccardo Tisci announced his departure from the role of creative director at Givenchy earlier this year, the fashion world collectively gasped – after all, having spent 12 years at the helm of the...
View ArticleMiu Miu’s Fluffy Coat For Bed, Bath and Beyond
Fur Coat, Miu Miu Rabbit fur, 100% silk lining The bathrobe is a garment that fulfils numerous requirements. Depending on material and fit, it can suit those with a homely disposition (for nothing...
View ArticleFive Trends We Spotted at New York's Armory Show
Since stepping in as The Armory Show’s director in 2015, art critic Ben Genocchio has rebooted New York’s biggest yearly contemporary art fair, held in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, on two old shipping...
View ArticleThe Signature 60s Style of Chantal Goya in Masculin Féminin
In 1966, master of French New Wave cinema Jean-Luc Godard focused his lens once more on the streets of Paris for his experimental and highly compelling free-form film Masculin Féminin. The movie...
View ArticleThe Eco-Friendly French Pharmacy Brand You Need To Know
Who? In 1968, hair care and beauty obsessive Leonor Courtin met husband-to-be and botanist Jean-Marie Greyl. Leonor’s brother Jacques Courtin had founded Clarins in 1954 so her knowledge of, and access...
View ArticleThe Bewitching Beauty of Alexander McQueen
Cornish customs including wish or “Cloutie” trees, paganism, the heroines of Arthurian legend and witches, black and white, were the inspiration behind Sarah Burton’s Autumn/Winter 2017 collection for...
View ArticleThe Ethereal New Musical Endeavour from Jonna Lee
ionnalee is the latest artistic incarnation of Swedish musician and visual director Jonna Lee, who along with her independent, socially aware collective and label, Towhomitmayconcern, mystified then...
View ArticleThe Man Behind One of the Most Mysterious Books in the World
Who? It is widely agreed that Italian artist and designer Luigi Serafini is responsible for the strangest book in the world, the beguiling and bewildering Codex Seraphinianus. The Codex is not easy to...
View ArticleThe Enduring Impact of Christian Lacroix
The things we think we know about Christian Lacroix are restricted to the what, and the when, rather than the why. Lacroix is the designer whose bubbled and puffed volumes defined the latter half of...
View ArticleComme des Garçons: The Best Showroom in the World
The first time I visited the Comme des Garçons showroom was in March 1996, immediately following the staging of the Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body collection. Last week, at the preview for the...
View ArticleThis Book Comprises Ten Years of Travelling Through Africa
After photographing for more than a decade in countries across Africa, Flurina Rothenberger decided the time had come to do something with the vast archive of images she had amassed. In 2015 the Swiss...
View ArticleBuffy the Vampire Slayer's Lessons in Sass and Style
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon’s enduring series, portrayed adolescence as it is often felt by those experiencing it: pure hell. Leading the team capable of battling hell’s demons was a...
View ArticleTen Unmissable Movies to See at the Fashion in Film Festival
This year marks the tenth anniversary of London’s Fashion in Film festival, an annual, intricately curated event dedicated to exploring the connections between the two mediums according to a different...
View ArticleGaia Repossi: Taking Fine Jewellery to Architectural Heights
“It was so much in the world of fashion that at first I didn’t want to join in or have anything to do with it,” Gaia Repossi tells me over the phone in her cashmere-textured timbre. The ‘it’, she is...
View ArticleFashion Illustration for the Modern Mind
Mats Gustafson was in Paris for just enough time to recover from Stockholm’s icy breeze, throw a soirée for his new book Dior by Mats Gustafson, and see Maria Grazia Chiuri’s latest collection for the...
View ArticleTennessee Williams' Leading Ladies
American playwright Tennessee Williams may have worked primarily in the middling decades of the 20th century, but it’s doubtful that his plays will ever cease to enthrall. Some of his best-known works...
View ArticleStella Tennant and Isabella Cawdor on Their S/S17 Collection
The adventurewear brand Holland & Holland was founded in 1835, and remains a firm staple in the wardrobes of those who have a penchant for traditional outdoor excursions to this day. Last year, two...
View ArticleOur New Favourite Lip Gloss, Courtesy of Chanel
Rouge Coco Gloss, Chanel Moisturising glossimer, Rose Pulpe, Amuse Bouche Many a teenage memory includes the presence of a sticky, shiny lip gloss; at my school, Lip Smackers were the brand of choice...
View ArticleFive Pioneering LGBT Films to Watch at BFI Flare 2017
Today marks the start of this year’s BFI Flare, London’s pioneering LGBT film festival, back with its 31st edition. As Tricia Tuttle, the institute’s Deputy Head of Festivals noted, “If last year’s...
View ArticleThe Scandinavian Beauty Brand Combining Science with Style
Who? “I’m not a doctor; I’m not a chemist; I’m not a scientist. I’m just a very normal guy with a marketing degree. I’ve just been blessed by having been able to work with very skilful people,” Verso’s...
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