Bringing together a conceptual art magazine and the bubblegum clothing of 1980s rom-coms in one fashion collection might seem like a tenuous pursuit, yet MSGM creative director Massimo Giorgetti managed to do just that for his A/W19 show, staged in Milan last week. “From the beginning, I’ve thought about this collection like a movie,” he tells AnOther of his design approach. “I grew up in the 80s, when fashion in films was so powerful. I wanted everything to be very…
Recently I went on holiday, taking a budget flight south in search of a dose of winter sun and mindless relaxation. Before I left I went to Skoob Books in Bloomsbury, armed with a tenner and in need of some reliably engrossing beach reads to keep me going. I had plumbed the depths of New Fiction and had exhausted both Biography and Bestsellers. I was out of ideas on what to read next. And so I opened Instagram, to see what the women I follow were…
In a sultry revisitation of 90s silhouettes, Paul Andrew’s second womenswear offering at Salvatore Ferragamo saw sheeny turquoise satin, luxe chestnut and black leather wrought in utilitarian shapes – button-up overcoats and dungarees. An emerald silk slip worn over sheer taupe slacks resurrected that pre-millennial era with minimalist ease, while footwear, Andrew’s first craft, was lovingly elevated with leatherwork pooled from the…
As we’ve already argued, 2019 is poised to be a watershed year for fashion and sustainability More and more designers – particularly those belonging to the younger generation – are finding new ways to ensure their clothes are produced as environmentally and ethically consciously as possible. You only need to look to the runway for evidence: this week, <a…
“We always do sexy in a different way from other people,” Christopher Kane said backstage after his A/W19 show yesterday. This is something the designer has been proving with relish over the past three seasons, which have seen Kane reference the titillating work of photorealist artist John Kacere for S/S18, the…
“We always do sexy in a different way from other people,” Christopher Kane said backstage after his A/W19 show yesterday. This is something the designer has been proving with relish over the past three seasons, which have seen Kane reference the titillating work of photorealist artist John Kacere for S/S18, the…
Over the course of 2015, Susannah Frankel was invited to accompany Chanel’s singular designer during a hurricane of activity encompassing six fashion shows, studio fittings, the creative direction of the Hyères festival, a blockbuster London exhibition and the high-maintenance care of a certain photogenic cat. She even took an embroidery lesson courtesy of the petites mains of Maison Lesage – one of…
Over the course of 2015, Susannah Frankel was invited to accompany Chanel’s singular designer during a hurricane of activity encompassing six fashion shows, studio fittings, the creative direction of the Hyères festival, a blockbuster London exhibition and the high-maintenance care of a certain photogenic cat. She even took an embroidery lesson courtesy of the petites mains of Maison Lesage – one of…
Four days before their Autumn/Winter 2019 show, the trio of designers behind New York-based label Vaquera – Patric DiCaprio, Claire Sully and Bryn Taubensee – are feeling uncharacteristically zen. “We are normally having panic attacks and identity crises,” says Sully. “I think we’re finally figuring things out.”
Conceived in 2013, Vaquera have since proved themselves by far the most interesting of a small number of young designers on a…
Today is supposedly the most romantic day of the year, when lovers worldwide solidify their sincere commitment to one another by the exchanging of flowers panic bought from a BP garage on the way home from work, chocolates hurriedly purchased from Thorntons (or Hotel Chocolat, if you’re lucky) and frightening displays of Ann Summers lingerie on beds strewn with rose petals.
If acrylic lace knickers with questionably placed cut-outs aren’t your bag, however, there are other ways of…
