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Fashion Week

Celebrating Togetherness at Sacai

It wasn’t an epic collection, but the fascination of Sacai endures in its trend-proof oddity and in the secret surprises that are insinuated into its menswear.

Fashion Week

Celebrating Togetherness at Sacai

It wasn’t an epic collection, but the fascination of Sacai endures in its trend-proof oddity and in the secret surprises that are insinuated into its menswear.


Fashion Week

A Hybrid Dream at Undercover

There’s no denying the power of Jun Takahashi’s vision — as apocalyptic and alluring as his original inspiration for this collection, A Clockwork Orange.

Fashion Week

A Hybrid Dream at Undercover

There’s no denying the power of Jun Takahashi’s vision — as apocalyptic and alluring as his original inspiration for this collection, A Clockwork Orange.


Fashion Week

Swan Diving Into the Abyss at Comme des Garçons

Buried in the murk were artfully doubled jackets, skillful new proportions and intriguing decorative elements. But is creativity enough in the darkness? Maybe not.

Fashion Week

Swan Diving Into the Abyss at Comme des Garçons

Buried in the murk were artfully doubled jackets, skillful new proportions and intriguing decorative elements. But is creativity enough in the darkness? Maybe not.


Fashion Week

All Hail the Celine Man

Hedi Slimane is up to his old tricks. His first menswear collection for Celine was desirable, but inventive it was not.

Fashion Week

All Hail the Celine Man

Hedi Slimane is up to his old tricks. His first menswear collection for Celine was desirable, but inventive it was not.


Fashion Week

Human Sustainability at Junya Watanabe

Nothing reverberated with the shock of the new but the notion of creative circularity wouldn’t go amiss.

Fashion Week

Human Sustainability at Junya Watanabe

Nothing reverberated with the shock of the new but the notion of creative circularity wouldn’t go amiss.


Fashion Week

Meshing Past and Future at Dior

With art as a key thread, Kim Jones is making a new man at Dior.

Fashion Week

Meshing Past and Future at Dior

With art as a key thread, Kim Jones is making a new man at Dior.


Fashion Week

Searching for Heroes at Dries Van Noten

The collection felt a little over-familiar — a statement that was strong without being particularly bold, minus the arcana that has always been his special spice.

Fashion Week

Searching for Heroes at Dries Van Noten

The collection felt a little over-familiar — a statement that was strong without being particularly bold, minus the arcana that has always been his special spice.


Retail

J.Crew Chairman Mickey Drexler Steps Down

The former chief executive is retiring to focus on his investment and advisory firm, Drexler Ventures.

Retail

J.Crew Chairman Mickey Drexler Steps Down

The former chief executive is retiring to focus on his investment and advisory firm, Drexler Ventures.


Fashion Week

Rick Owens’s Vibrant Elegy

As much as lust, vice and Larry LeGaspi have worked their dissolute magic on the designer, here he acknowledged that with age has come responsibility.

Fashion Week

Rick Owens’s Vibrant Elegy

As much as lust, vice and Larry LeGaspi have worked their dissolute magic on the designer, here he acknowledged that with age has come responsibility.


Fashion Week

JW Anderson's Sly Sophistication at Work

There was a pleasing randomness to it all, like the people wearing the clothes were aware of civilization only in the most random way. It was Anderson to a T — and he did himself proud.

Fashion Week

JW Anderson's Sly Sophistication at Work

There was a pleasing randomness to it all, like the people wearing the clothes were aware of civilization only in the most random way. It was Anderson to a T — and he did himself proud.


Fashion Week

Yohji Yamamoto's Romantic Renegades

At the Japanese master's latest show, something was different: his trademark volumes were more firm than fluid as his posse of poète maudits took a militaristic turn.

Fashion Week

Yohji Yamamoto's Romantic Renegades

At the Japanese master's latest show, something was different: his trademark volumes were more firm than fluid as his posse of poète maudits took a militaristic turn.


Fashion Week

A New Formality and Its Opposite

Fumito Ganryu twisted fashion’s new formality in a progressive direction, while Acne Studios mounted a counter-current and Ami stuck to bourgeois nonchalance, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

A New Formality and Its Opposite

Fumito Ganryu twisted fashion’s new formality in a progressive direction, while Acne Studios mounted a counter-current and Ami stuck to bourgeois nonchalance, reports Angelo Flaccavento.