MenswearShowsJanuary 23, 2021Hermès: Menswear AW21“Our approach to clothing is currently undergoing a transformation, and my job is to come up with propositions.” So says the woman who has overseen Hermès menswear collections since 1988....
MenswearShowsJanuary 23, 2021Loewe: Menswear AW21Over the course of the pandemic, Jonathan Anderson has re-defined what a fashion show can be with his ‘show in a box’, ‘show in a life-size poster’ and ‘show on a shirt’ concepts. Next up...
MenswearShowsJanuary 23, 2021Wales Bonner: Menswear AW21Today marked a closing chapter for Wales Bonner. AW21 was the final instalment to a triptych of collections that explored connections between Britain and the Caribbean. The journey began this time...
MenswearShowsJanuary 23, 2021Namacheko: Menswear AW21During this morning’s Namacheko film, you could barely see any clothes. That’s because the fuzzy, rapid-fire clip was shot in a gloomy space on 16mm film. Siblings Lezan and Dilan Lurr...
MenswearShowsJanuary 23, 2021GmbH: Menswear AW21GmbH is a label fed by real-life experience. The two founders – Serhat Isik and Benjamin Huseby – met on a Berlin dancefloor in 2015, and have since been making...
MenswearShowsJanuary 22, 2021Dior: Menswear AW21There’s a very masculine glamour to the pomp of ceremonial military uniforms and a flourish of subversion, too. The Beatles knew it when they borrowed from military regalia for their Sargent Pepper...
MenswearShowsJanuary 22, 2021Botter: Menswear AW21This season, Botter swapped show notes for a manifesto. “We care about fashion, as the golden daughter of all arts. We care about nature, as the golden mother of all arts,” it read....
MenswearShowsJanuary 22, 2021Boramy Viguier: Menswear AW21On the surface, it’s easy to dismiss Boramy Viguier’s work as political. The emerging Parisian designer uses fashion as a vehicle for sheer fantasy. Why do your run-of-the-mill fashion...
MenswearNewsWomenswearJanuary 22, 2021You Can Now Shop Re-Issued Raf Simons Staples At Matches FashionRaf fanboys of the world, unite and take over. Whilst any decent thing to happen last year was seemingly overshadowed by (insert global pandemic), 2020 had some pretty impressive accolades. In the...
MenswearShowsJanuary 21, 2021Louis Vuitton: Menswear AW21Since joining Louis Vuitton in 2018, Virgil Abloh has shown himself to be not only a great designer, but one of fashion’s most prolific storytellers, too. After taking his SS21 collection for...
MenswearShowsJanuary 21, 2021Rick Owens: Menswear AW21It was a wardrobe for “barbaric contradictory times,” said Rick Owens of his AW21 men’s collection. Named Gethsemane after the garden that Jesus prayed in the night before the crucifixion, his...
MenswearShowsJanuary 21, 2021Homme Plissé Issey Miyake: Menswear AW21The click-clack of the pleating machine and a drumbeat provided the soundtrack for Homme Plissé Issey Miyake’s Never Change, Ever Change AW21 video. A choreographed group came into formation. The...
MenswearShowsWomenswearJanuary 20, 2021JW Anderson: Menswear AW21A palette cleanser, a reality check, a bright new beginning. That’s how JW Anderson described his new men’s AW21 and women PF21 collections. But, let’s be clear, when Anderson speaks of...
MenswearShowsJanuary 20, 2021Hed Mayner: Menswear AW21This season, Israeli-born designer Hed Mayner was set on unpicking the tension between “the necessity of isolation and the desire to be seen.” The designer thrives when working in...
MenswearShowsJanuary 20, 2021John Alexander Skelton: Menswear AW21The invitation for John Alexander Skelton’s AW21 collection was as old fashioned as they come. It came on a USB – remember those? – that housed both a film and a beautifully shot...