At Rodarte this season, Kate and Laura Mulleavy were in a bit of an abstract mood. “We were thinking about fantasy as in a fantasy realm, about transporting in and out of something,” Laura explained on a recent zoom. “We loved the idea of having optical illusions, the idea of not knowing where something starts … Read more
The central dichotomy of Jonathan Simkhai’s new menswear line is East Coast/West Coast, but the styling of the lookbook suggests a sort of middle ground or “Weastcoast” look, where tailoring and streetwear intermingle. Suits are worn with tanks, and tailored tweed coats are teamed with a fine merino polo and made-in-LA jeans. Much attention has … Read more
There are some people who would rather be overdressed than underdressed. Rentrayage’s Erin Beatty is not one of them. “I would always rather feel underdressed and cool,” she explained at a recent appointment. “With everything that’s going on in the world, I wasn’t feeling very frivolous, and fashion that felt frivolous felt wrong to me. … Read more
There are things you can always count on finding in a Raquel Allegra collection; chief among them prints painted by the designer’s own hand. So it made sense that the opening look included a cropped cotton poplin button down shirt covered in paint smears and smudges. “Painters always look so cool, they come in their … Read more
First, the elephant in the room. Lily Miesmer, who co-funded Interior alongside Jack Miner in 2020, has departed the label. She will continue as a silent partner, with Miner running the ship. This fall 2024 lineup was his first doing so solo: “When you have a partner or someone that you’re very intimate with for … Read more
You can usually tell a lot about a man by the clothes he wears, but not if Koki Enomoto has anything to do with it. The Attachment designer makes it his business to remove any predictable or cliché details from his menswear and attempts to render something harder to define. Clean tailoring; sharp lines; total … Read more
If you think Adam Lippes’s fall 2024 images look different, you’re not wrong. The designer celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his company with a dinner for friends, family, and some notable fellow designers at the beginning of New York Fashion Week, and he’s entering his next decade with big ambitions, starting with the way he … Read more
Nihl serves as a vitrine for Neil Grotzinger’s preoccupations and obsessions. This time around, it was tactility which occupied the designer’s thoughts. More specifically, how one can evoke the sense of touch without offering an abundance of texture. Grotzinger is an avid beader, and each season has included a run of intricate hand-made pieces. This … Read more
Norma Kamali believes the world is in a period of transition and she wants you to be ready for anything. “Whether it’s an astrologer telling you, the bank, or people in finance, these are not ordinary times,” said the designer on a walk-through, “but fashion is purposeful in a lot of ways and it should … Read more
According to Rebecca Hessel Cohen, these are the house codes of LoveShackFancy: pink, bows, lace, tulle and flowers. Every LoveShackFancy design has at least one. Most have two. Hell, some have three or even four. “More is more for us,” said Cohen. “Our girl is going from day to night and bringing out all the … Read more
