Haizhen Wang staged a memorable return to the runway at Shanghai Fashion Week last October with one of the week’s most engaging collections, so it was a surprise when his name was absent from the fall season lineup this past March. Like many of his colleagues in China and across the globe, Wang is facing … Read more
The operating word at 6397 last season was hard. There was a toughness to the spring lineup, and, as Stella Ishii and her lead designer Lizzie Owens admitted at a preview of their resort collection, a certain youthfulness. In an effort to cast both a wider net and to give themselves room for exploration, the … Read more
“We have been asked to do menswear by our customers or by our friends for years,” said Ladislav Zdút, announcing that at long last the brand has yielded to those entreaties. Like the women’s resort 2025 collection, the starting point was Nehera’s hometown of Bratislava; particularly its Brutalist architecture. Zdút explained that built into the … Read more
Brutalist architecture, which seems to be having a renaissance, plays an important supporting role in Nehera’s 2025 resort collection. The lineup was inspired by the brand’s home city of Bratislava, specifically its fountains, one of which serves as the background of the lookbook images. As creative head Ladislav Zdút explained on a call, built into … Read more
A sense of ease permeates Christopher Esber’s resort collection. “I was really just thinking about this idea of being more playful,” he said on a Zoom from his studio in Sydney. “The collection prior was a bit more serious and I was needing a bit of relief—I was looking at everyday things like bombers and … Read more
A dress from Tory Burch’s last resort collection was in the Costume Institute’s “Women Dressing Women” exhibition earlier this year. Based on a ballerina’s tutu, its sheer stretch tulle bodice and floating skirt have a casual yet sensual vibe that feels classic but also contemporary: the love child of a Roman toga and a barre … Read more
Following fall 2024 shows for men (in January) and women (in March) that were both presented inside Givenchy’s home on Avenue George V, this 2025 pre-co lookbook saw the design studios join forces to shoot their respective collections on the sidewalk outside it. Over a Zoom Susanna Venegas (who design-directs the womenswear) and Josh Bullen … Read more
This season the Big Dog at Louis Vuitton menswear turned the maison into a niche à chien. Alongside a barking selection of LVers-branded dog accessories—among them, a bowl, harness, poop-bag holder, collar, and a magnificently OTT Louis Vuitton dog house—Pharrell Williams and his studio unleashed a pedigree collection of menswear and human accessories too. This … Read more
A few seasons ago, we may have described LaPointe as the uniform of choice for the out-and-about young SoHo girl, but Sally LaPointe wants you to know that she designs with a broader customer base in mind. There’s Beyoncé and Oprah, for example, who continually wear her clothes on the red carpet, at talk shows, … Read more
Sportmax ditched mood boards and references this season, going instead for “a love letter to a real woman,” said a design-team spokesperson. Solutions for urban life laced with a dynamic edge and attention to what’s contemporary have been at the brand’s core since its inception. Resort pivoted more on the straightforward than trends. Silhouettes were … Read more
