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Fashion Week

Acne Studios Finds Its Groove

After several seasons of jumping around, Acne's Jonny Johansson asserted a clearer design vision with a personal collection centred on music.


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An Explosion of Occult Energy at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo’s latest collection offers dark, uncompromising grandeur.


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Junya Watanabe Travels Far, Far Away for Spring

Futuristic accessories do all the work in Junya Watanabe's new collection.


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At Nina Ricci, Sensuality and Sin

For his second collection for Nina Ricci, Guillaume Henry went full-blown sinful, but in a quintessentially French way.


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Vivienne Westwood's Venetian Stance

The designer's commentary on climate change and rising sea levels also contained  an array of good product.


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Undercover's Twisted Circus of Rock Royals

Jun Takahashi's mash-up of mannish tailoring with a whiff of rock, regal nods and twisted frilliness made for a mighty marriage of concept and commerce.


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Loewe, But Not as We've ever Known It

With his Spring collection, J.W Anderson continues his striking, occasionally surreal makeover, with its fair share of hits — and misses.


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A Journey Through Time and Space at Dior

Unexpected connections yield new visions at Raf Simons' "softly futuristic" collection for Dior.


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Bye Bye Balenciaga

With his final collection for the house, Alexander Wang writes the first line of his next chapter.


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Vintage Yohji, With a Punk Spin

Back with a vengeance, Yohji Yamamoto reaffirmed our belief that black is eternal and deconstruction matters.


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Summer of Love Redux (Again!) at Chloé

Clare Waight Keller celebrated the innocence and optimism of youth culture, but the vision was so idealised it felt a bit out of touch.


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Why Stage Fashion Shows?

Increasingly faced with a choice, designers have been embracing — or rejecting — the changing role of fashion shows.