Fashion

“How do you make something that can live through so many different seasons?” That was the question Chris Leba asked at a pre-fall preview at R13’s SoHo store. Rather than react by doing more, his instinct was to streamline. “I was trying…
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If last season the Diane von Furstenberg team looked to the archives, this season, they had their eyes set to the present day and the future. A new range of surrealist prints joins the roster of DVF stalwarts like vintage florals and…
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Lately Prabal Gurung has been targeting a new demographic. “I’ve been looking at where real change is happening,” he said at a pre-fall appointment. “This collection is an ode to them.” Gurung sees a freedom in the young generation that…
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Last month, Vogue posted a video from inside Jeremy Scott fan Joey Arias’s filled-to-bursting closet. Over 10 years he’s bought 700 pieces, sometimes trading longed-for items with fellow fans on Instagram. What makes a collector so…
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In the middle-distance, a long line of men began to trek over a desert bluff, with the Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World as their backdrop. Darkness had fallen. The desert wind cooperated by whipping up…
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What happens when you mix two signature Valentino colors? Something like the Pantone Color of the Year—Viva Magenta. This rich hue, which falls perfectly between fuchsia and poppy shades, is a perfect fit for those who aren’t ready to…
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Drama! Intrigue! Intricacy! Ooh, la-la. Ever since Victoria Beckham climbed the formidable steps of her first Parisian runway this September, a certain air of mystery has filled her London ateliers. “It’s a powerful femininity that’s…
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Lela Rose loves a theme. Last season, the designer staged a street-fair fashion show complete with fruit stands and banana phone knits. For pre-fall, Rose found inspiration under the sea. The danger of choosing a concept as literal and…
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At MM6 Maison Margiela, the new “Avant Premiere” collection begs for a better word than unisex. Failing that, the collection notes offered catchphrases about “continuing the study of sartorial mundanity.” Which is really just…
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Arnaud Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer’s six minute application of a spray-on dress on Bella Hadid in a thong proved the coup de théâtre of Paris Fashion Week. In the 48 hours after that show, Launchmetrics calculated, the moment generated…
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