Tanya Taylor’s spring collection was based around her idea of a perfect day. For the designer and artist that would involve painting and cruising between her studio and an art supplies store on a skateboard. “When you’re in an art store, you feel like all your tools are around; you could create anything. And there’s … Read more
Every now and then, it feels as if “the industry”—that invisible hand we often blame things on when they don’t work, and seldom mention when they do—comes together to stand behind a new designer. There are profiles written and meetings taken, emails exchanged and front row chatter: “Have you heard of…?” “You have to go … Read more
Those who’ve spent much time on the British Isles this summer will know that it has been—perhaps unsurprisingly—a total washout. Among them is Feben, who took the constant rain as a point of departure for her namesake label’s latest collection, titled Reign. “It was a play on words,” the designer explained backstage post-show, acknowledging the … Read more
For spring, Rosetta Getty was thinking pragmatically about the things she loves to wear and the way she loves to wear them, and as such, her collection was injected with a real sense of ease. She brought back a favorite caftan from last summer, in a beautiful striped brown fabric and with matching pants so … Read more
The invitation for Natasha Zinko’s spring presentation arrived in the form of a chest radiograph revealing two silicone breast implants, along with a postoperative letter from the designer’s fictional medical practice. “The Plastic Clinic will not be liable for any discomfort caused,” it threatened. “In the case that you choose to pursue any kind of … Read more
Lela Rose has the following goal in life: “To give people clothing that they can see wearing in a lot of different ways—but they’re fully dressed,” she said. “I’m dedicated to always being dressed no matter where you are, no matter what you’re doing.” This season, she was dressing people for a hypothetical outdoor dinner … Read more
Her decision to present what she called “a styled show rather than a fashion show” was both an attempt to move that needle and an exercise in distancing herself from a sense of obligation to create producible garments. Working alongside Paris-based stylist Taylor Thoroski, looks leaned into Mark’s familiar style vernacular, drawing upon her own … Read more
There is no physical resemblance between Sharon Wauchob and Tinkerbell, but the designer’s hands seem to have the power of pixie dust, which allows anything they touch to fly. There’s no better way to describe Wauchob’s chiffons than that they look like shadows. Their almost unbelievable lightness is down to the quality of the French … Read more
Giovanna Flores has an instinctual approach to clothes that is informed and influenced by not only the materials but the process of designing and sewing. She works mostly with deadstock fabrics and vintage garments, and also with the “scraps” that are the natural by-product of making clothes, utilizing a technique she calls “blind fitting,” which … Read more
Spring was a swashbuckling affair at Salon 1884. Andrea Mary Marshall chose Giacomo Casanova, the 18th-century Venetian adventurer, as her starting point. Criminal as some of his behavior was, Casanova, who is best known for his seductions, continues to fascinate (yet another biography was published in 2022). It’s not difficult to see why Marshall would … Read more
