Lululemon Hires Athleta Head in Management Shakeup
Maggie Gauger is joining Lululemon as chief product officer as new CEO Heidi O’Neill looks to revive sales.

The collection was freewheeling but lacking cohesion. A few more months of study might help Kris Van Assche hone his recipe.

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.

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.

Federico Curradi talks to Angelo Flaccavento ahead of his debut as menswear creative director of Rochas this Saturday.

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.

Pierpaolo Piccioli, one of the most interesting designers in fashion at the moment, delivered the kind of hybrid design which embodies fashion’s enduringly mysterious appeal.

The designer’s second presentation for the French megabrand was a carefully considered, Michael Jackson-inspired powerhouse, built layer upon layer with the kind of shameless manipulation that characterizes the greatest showmen.

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 moved on, but Demna Gvasalia stuck to his formula. Thursday's celebration of juvenile rebellion felt oddly relevant now that the pendulum has swung back to formality.

Of course there had to be sportswear, but the real action was in the elongated, elegant tailoring that created a flamboyant, louche and a bit rebellious character Clare Waight Keller will surely build on.

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.

In Paris, Virgil Abloh explored sartorialism with a preconception-defying collection for Off-White, while Heron Preston’s first runway show wrote sustainability — and security theatre — into his take on streetwear.
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