Balmain: Menswear AW20
AW20 was a time of reflection for Olivier Rousteing. In the show notes, the designer spoke of the many questions he had growing up as an orphan in Bordeaux, one of France’s richest cities. Such...
AW20 was a time of reflection for Olivier Rousteing. In the show notes, the designer spoke of the many questions he had growing up as an orphan in Bordeaux, one of France’s richest cities. Such...
This season, Serhat Isik and Benjamin Huseby decided to take things back in time. But like, really back, all the way to when our whole universe was just 380,000 years old. Titled Ylem after this...
Rei Kawakubo is a designer of extremes. After exploring the beauty of darkness last season, she turned to the wilderness of technicolour for AW20, exploring every colour on the spectrum and then...
Kris Van Assche adores flowers. A quick scroll through the Belgian designer’s Instagram and florals are dotted everywhere. Often, his collections at Dior featured tulips, daisies, and wilted...
On February 19th, it will be two years since jewellery designer extraordinaire, style icon and fashion revolutionary Judy Blame left this world. Way too soon, in our and opinions of many others, he...
Everyone deserves a summer that pans out like Call Me By Your Name. Sun-kissed days on end spent in the Italian countryside, reading literature, drinking wine and flirting with a summer fling. This...
What makes a gentleman? Forget how he walks-the-walk or how he talks-the-talk – we’re more interested in what he’s wearing. Junya Watanabe knows how to dress a real gent. He adorned his...
From the starring spot on the opening day of London Fashion Week and into an off-schedule catwalk amid the madness of Paris – such is the harsh reality of the fashion circuit, especially the one...
For her first men’s catwalk show in Paris, Clare Waight Keller welcomed her select group of guests into Givenchy’s Haute Couture salon. The choice of setting wasn’t just a practical one –...
Rewriting the 1974 Beatles classic in Paris today, Virgil Abloh showed a story of Louis in the sky with diamonds. The sky: quite literally, a boxed room plastered with cartoonish prints of clouds,...
“Music is the Answer / To your problems / Keep on moving / Then you can solve them…” These all-important lyrics soundtracked the year of 1998, courtesy of Danny Tenaglia and...
It’s difficult to imagine a Rick Owens show without *those* platforms. Luckily, we don’t have to as Owens doesn’t intend to stop making vertigo look so damn good anytime soon. However, his...
We all love a greatest hits album. It’s prime opportunity to plow through the deep cuts, cut to the chase and get straight to the classics. Last night’s Raf Simons show felt like a...
Glenn Martens is a brave soul. Always two steps ahead than the rest of his peers, he taps uncharted territories while experimenting with notions of normality. How far can you go before you end...
Only two days after Northern Ireland officially legalised gay marriage, Magherafelt-native Jonathon Anderson presented his AW20 collection for JW Anderson which was based on the life and stories of...
The Off-White show kicked off with a rather gentle bang this morning. A tap dancer began the proceedings, wearing a t-shirt that read “I support young black businesses”, twisting and...
A lot has changed since Alessandro Michele first took the reigns at Gucci, presented his first show back in January of 2015 and subsequently changed the face of fashion. Thanks to the femme pussy-bow...
New decade, New A-Cold-Wall. However cheesy the mantra might sound, it definitely rubbed off Samuel Ross the right way. There were plenty of firsts in his yesterday’s show. Firstly, it was...
Going back to their roots of menswear essentials, Tom Notte & Bart Vandebosch of Les Hommes found the true spirit of their AW20 collection in darkness. Contemporary elegance executed mostly in a...
Titled Tactile Impressions, the Giorgio Armani AW20 show was a spectacle of textures. Starting off with an all-black line-up of skiwear looks from the brand’s Neve line, the story was blasting with...
After exploring the comfort of being at one with nature last season, Silvia Venturini Fendi headed into a whole other direction for this one. Technology and its effects on the world – both good and...
Miuccia Prada’s most memorable shows usually fall into one of the two categories. First focus on the maximum impact of details, like a specific stylistic choice which then becomes instantly...
Stark red lights covering the venue, snippets from horror films on Instagram, and “HAUNTED” written on the invite. Even before the actual show started, it was clear that Massimo Giorgetti was...
If we had to describe the Etro AW20 show with one word, it would have to be: opulent. The Italian heritage fashion house and family business has been around since 1968, and has since become iconic...
You don’t need to catch the next Grand Central to experience the beauty of the English North. Instead, you can indulge in its spirit through the lens of Alexander McQueen and their AW20...
You can tell a lot about a man by the type of watch he’s wearing. That timepiece that he bears on his wrist is a gateway into reading between the lines; a glimpse into what he’s really...
It’s always a party at Marni. Whether or not your into the quirkiness of Francesco Risso’s designs, his spirit is infectious and takes over any room it enters. For AW20, there were plenty...
You can always count on Alessandro Dell’Acqua to bring the playfulness to the Milan Fashion Week Schedule. Sometimes with colour, other times with an unexpected choice of fabric. But today,...
“This is a sporty way of dressing, with an air of courage,” read the Emporio Armani AW20 show notes, perfectly encapsulating what the line is about. A sportswear sensibility heightened with...
It doesn’t matter how old you are, where you live or what your style is – some garments are totally universal, regardless of the factors that make us unique. Solid, classic or essential, they...
While more forward-thinking than womenswear in many ways, the world of menswear has been somewhat late to the sustainability conversation, with the exception of a few. One of those few megabrands...
In wedding traditions, a 25th anniversary signifies silver. But we’re talking Dsquared2 here – a world where a quarter of a century means pure gold. In fact, Dean and Dan Caten have been gold for...
Not sure if you’re aware, but it’s campaign season y’all! All of our favourite brands are presenting visuals that will then sit within all the fashion mags – 10 & 10 Men included – and...
With 2020 comes a change of scenery for Josh O’Connor. We are used to seeing the spiffing young actor within the hallowed halls of (fake) Buckingham Palace, portraying Prince Charles in the...
Walking on the decay of yesteryears, Telfar Clemens builds fashion from the ground up with only the sky as his limit. Last night, he demonstrated exactly how close to sky he can actually go. To call...
We’re seeing double Frank Ocean, and we’re not complaining. Everyone’s favourite musical heartthrob has been revealed as one of the new faces adorning the Prada SS20 menswear...
It’s been a while since we’ve last seen Stefano Pilati’s big ideas in the context of a big catwalk show. The designer, whose last grand fashion house stint was as the head of design Ermenegildo...
Lucie and Luke Meier are sensitive people. In everything they do at Jil Sander, there’s plenty of research, knowledge, skill and craft. Their trick though is showing all of that without being loud....
No one does classic as well as the Italians do. And last night was a demonstration of excellence in classic ideas, as elaborated by Brioni and their 75th anniversary show. Shown on the schedule of...
There’s nothing more refreshing than seeing a talented designer doing things on their own terms. After taking a break from his eponymous label due to personal reasons, Nicomede Talavera made...
It may not be time to board the Eurostar headed for the Parisian runways just yet, but we’ve already got one upcoming collection running through our minds. Always heavily anticipated, Raf...
“I don’t want my collections to have a conclusion,” said Hussein Chalayan after his latest, AW20 men’s show. That’s the kind of guy he is: cerebral, provocative and in his head. And...
With hardship comes ease. At least in the case of Priya Ahluwalia, who’s a hard year behind her. For many personal reasons, the British designer had to grow up in a short period of time, resulting...
Sometimes you have to look back to move forward. For AW20, Astrid Andersen celebrated the start of the 2020s by reflecting on youthful memories and her childhood family home in Denmark. Within the...
We ended the penultimate day of London Fashion Week Men’s with a piping hot glass of mulled wine and the chance to experience a fashion show like no other. John Alexander Skelton’s...
“Primary schools are magical. Everyone has been to one, but not often do you get a chance to come back,” said Martine Rose backstage after her AW20 show. And by backstage, I mean the outdoors...
Through a Bram Stoker-esque hazy darkness, set to a soundtrack of FKA Twigs and Phillip Glass, Art School designers Eden Loweth and Tom Barratt presented their emotive collection. For AW20, the show...
You can easily get lost in a Wales Bonner collection, trying to decipher all the academic references and artistic inspirations the British designer had on her mind while creating the pieces. And...
When it comes to London Fashion Week Men’s, most of the collaborations here are focused on hype. Special edition trainers or novelty accessories, maybe a puffer jacket here and there. At Stefan...
Per Götesson knows how to make a smashing pair of jeans. Becoming somewhat of a denim connoisseur, the Swedish designer has warped the fabric into all sorts of variations in the past. Swelling then...