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Fashion Week

Dries Van Noten's Optimistic Spirit

The designer inaugurated his next century of presentations by accentuating the positive: ornaments were garments, garments were ornament.

Fashion Week

Dries Van Noten's Optimistic Spirit

The designer inaugurated his next century of presentations by accentuating the positive: ornaments were garments, garments were ornament.


Fashion Week

Appropriation of the Inappropriate at Maison Margiela

It is John Galliano’s instinct to ravage then to recreate, and the seemingly casual arbitrariness of everything slip-sliding away created an exhilarating new energy.

Fashion Week

Appropriation of the Inappropriate at Maison Margiela

It is John Galliano’s instinct to ravage then to recreate, and the seemingly casual arbitrariness of everything slip-sliding away created an exhilarating new energy.


News & Analysis

Gucci and Polimoda to Launch Joint Masters in Retail Management

The course is the Italian luxury megabrand’s first major partnership with an educational institution.

News & Analysis

Gucci and Polimoda to Launch Joint Masters in Retail Management

The course is the Italian luxury megabrand’s first major partnership with an educational institution.


News & Analysis

Alexandre de Betak Stages Colette Takeover

The master fashion show producer is turning his hand to the windows of Colette to mark the launch of his new book, 'Betak: Fashion Show Revolution'.

News & Analysis

Alexandre de Betak Stages Colette Takeover

The master fashion show producer is turning his hand to the windows of Colette to mark the launch of his new book, 'Betak: Fashion Show Revolution'.


Fashion Week

A Textbook Update of Missoni

The collection was a reminder of just how successfully Angela Missoni has managed to keep her family business humming well into its eighth decade.

Fashion Week

A Textbook Update of Missoni

The collection was a reminder of just how successfully Angela Missoni has managed to keep her family business humming well into its eighth decade.


Fashion Week

Sensuality, Not Sexiness at Roberto Cavalli

The main appeal of Paul Surridge's debut collection for the brand was its confident physicality, suggesting that the designer is a smart move for Cavalli.

Fashion Week

Sensuality, Not Sexiness at Roberto Cavalli

The main appeal of Paul Surridge's debut collection for the brand was its confident physicality, suggesting that the designer is a smart move for Cavalli.


Luxury

Alexandre Arnault, LVMH’s Digital Scion

How the 25-year-old third child of the mastermind behind the $130 billion luxury goods empire joined the family business, became co-CEO of Rimowa and emerged as LVMH’s secret digital weapon.

Luxury

Alexandre Arnault, LVMH’s Digital Scion

How the 25-year-old third child of the mastermind behind the $130 billion luxury goods empire joined the family business, became co-CEO of Rimowa and emerged as LVMH’s secret digital weapon.


Fashion Week

What’s Conventional Armani Anymore?

The women who populated Giorgio Armani’s catwalk could have stepped out of a world of cyber sophisticates, but such a notion jars with the designer's ethos.

Fashion Week

What’s Conventional Armani Anymore?

The women who populated Giorgio Armani’s catwalk could have stepped out of a world of cyber sophisticates, but such a notion jars with the designer's ethos.


News & Analysis

The Gentlewoman, a Magazine That’s Also a Club

The independent style title — whose covers are more likely to feature authors than fashion models — is growing its club, which meets for sponsored events ranging from architectural tours to cards nights.

News & Analysis

The Gentlewoman, a Magazine That’s Also a Club

The independent style title — whose covers are more likely to feature authors than fashion models — is growing its club, which meets for sponsored events ranging from architectural tours to cards nights.


Fashion Week

Donatella Versace, Her Brother's Keeper

Donatella's salute reanimated Gianni's greatest hits in such a way that the new generation could at least grasp some sense of their exuberant don’t-give-a-fuck quality.

Fashion Week

Donatella Versace, Her Brother's Keeper

Donatella's salute reanimated Gianni's greatest hits in such a way that the new generation could at least grasp some sense of their exuberant don’t-give-a-fuck quality.


Fashion Week

A Hunger for Intensity at Prada

Miuccia Prada usually questions orthodoxy in a passive aggressive way, but this collection was infected with a no-nonsense grunge-y sensibility of resistance.

Fashion Week

A Hunger for Intensity at Prada

Miuccia Prada usually questions orthodoxy in a passive aggressive way, but this collection was infected with a no-nonsense grunge-y sensibility of resistance.


Fashion Week

A Futurist Lyricism at Fendi

You can't always say a Fendi collection was beautiful, but this one made that particular grade.

Fashion Week

A Futurist Lyricism at Fendi

You can't always say a Fendi collection was beautiful, but this one made that particular grade.