The designer, handpicked by the late Mr. Miyake three years before his death, is piloting a renaissance at one of Japan’s most storied fashion labels, decades after its heyday.
Sacai showed that complicated fashion can work. But technical innovation doesn’t always add up to a convincing vision, Angelo Flaccavento writes, also reporting from Louis Vuitton, Loewe and Jean Paul Gaultier.
Celine’s Michael Rider and Hermès’ Nadège Vanhée made real clothes feel enchanting. Plus, Comme des Garçons, Junya Wantanabe, Ann Demeulemeester and more.
At Tom Ford, The Row, Dries Van Noten and more, the clothes spoke volumes without the need for high concept, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
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Craftsmanship has become a hot topic in the fashion industry in recent years as luxury brands move to secure their supply chains and underscore the craft credentials that set them apart from more mass market propositions.