Jordan Arthur Smith presented last April his 4th collection called ‘Riparium’: an exploration of light, movement, the passage of time, and transformation within constraints of an enclosed environment. This collection was meticulously crafted in an intimate setting and serves as a testament to the creative spirit’s ability to thrive under limitations…
This season, the collection emerges with a profound narrative, drawing inspiration from the dynamic forces that shape the earth’s surface. Horikawa’s vision manifests in garments that evoke the stretching effects seen in the earth’s crust, mirroring the mesmerizing interplay of expansion and cracking. From the fissures in the earth’s mantle to the…
From Rick Owens: “With our World conditions under increasing threat, jubilance seems like the wrong note but maybe it’s the only correct moral response? beyond being nice to each other, isn’t personal joy what we are put on Earth to do? Considering joy a moral obligation, i propose a grim, determined elegance, all in a formal, restrained, albeit…”
Ziggy Chen continues his exploration of fabrics and shapes and presents a collection focused on the concept of spontaneity. A man with a zen and natural attitude and a casual style embodies the spirit of “Inadvertency” through fabrics, colors, and details. Ziggy Chen explores the notion of naturalness while ensuring that the pieces are…
Tonight’s Yohji Yamamoto show opened with the designer himself singing Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man” on the soundtrack. The singer once said that the song was an answer of sorts to the perennial question, “what does a woman want?” Cohen was on the side of flexibility: “If you want a lover /I’ll do anything you ask me to / And if you want another kind of love…
For the Women’s ‘Luxor’ runway collection, we are one year into a war and witnessing how inspiring dignity in the face of aggression can be. Times like these might call for a respectful formality and sobriety with moments of delicacy as reminders of what is at risk and at stake. Clothes have been reduced to the simplest of shapes. there’s a gentle…”