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This Designer Rebuilt the Suit to Show That Masculinity Can Be Soft
For London-based designer Ping Chen, the classic suit is more than a symbol of tradition. It’s a starting point for rethinking masculinity, and rebuilding it with care. His graduate collection, Thing in Itself, grew from a personal question: Can masculinity come from tenderness, not control? Inspired by memories of his great-grandfather and grounded in cultural…
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Maria Grazia Chiuri has been appointed as the Chief Creative Officer of Fendi
Fendi officially announced that Maria Grazia Chiuri has been made the Chief Creative Officer of Fendi a few days ago – she will succeed Kim Jones, who stepped down from the role this October. It’s been six months since Chiuri stepped down as the creative director for Christian Dior, passing the torch on to Loewe…
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Jonathan Anderson’s Dior proves to be a passionate and contemporary billet-doux to the brand
The House of Dior rose from a period of fearfulness to coax consumers back into the arms of blushing couture. The world post-war needed a return and thus escape to the idyllic, and Christian Dior provided. The “New Look” was established, the days of poor fabric apportion abandoned in favour of stepping away from the…
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Dismantling Boundaries Through Fashion: YONZU’s Approach
Fashion has long been organized around boundaries, between masculine and feminine, occasion and season, art and function. YONZU, the Seoul- and London-rooted label by designer YONZU Lee, begins by questioning these divisions. Through garments that dissolve traditional categories, the brand proposes a new way of dressing: fluid, open, and resistant to convention. This vision, at…
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The wolf reveals itself in Sunniva Olavsdatter’s HYKLER
When Sunniva Olavsdatter began developing her debut collection, HYKLER — Ulv i Fåreklær (Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing), she wasn’t simply exploring silhouettes or textiles. She was asking a harder question: what does it mean to wear another body, and why are we so quick to disguise the true costs of fashion? “The metaphor of a…
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What else we can expect to see from Demna following his Gucci debut
Vintage frames, gilded nameplates, and more flamboyant caricatures of clientele than you could fit into a Cluedo game; few things capture the House of Gucci’s spirit more aptly than a portrait series of stylish archetypes. The brand’s essence finds its newest expression in La Famiglia, the first look at Demna Gvasalia’s debut collection for Gucci. Composed of…
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Marcia La Vecchia Galan Explores the Evil Eye in Protective Fashion Collection “No Me Mires”
For emerging fashion designer Marcia La Vecchia Galan, clothing is more than aesthetics. It can carry energy, hold memory, and even protect the wearer. With her collection No Me Mires (“don’t look at me”), the Parsons School of Design student reimagines the superstition of the evil eye through sculptural, symbolic fashion. Her garments act as…
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Ethical Italian made fashion by Stacy Wear blending streetwear and tailoring
In the heart of Tuscany, where centuries of textile work shaped global style, a new voice is rewriting the rules of modern fashion. Stacy Wear, founded by Florence-based designer Alessia Scarpelli, is an independent brand built on contrast: the raw edge of streetwear mixed with the skill of Italian artisan craft. This dual identity, urban…
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Hyungmin Lee and Hirotaro Murayama redefine uniforms in NYC fashion
In New York City, where daily life runs on strict rhythms, emerging designers Hyungmin Lee and Hirotaro Murayama are reshaping what uniforms mean. Their project HTML 7277, founded at the Fashion Institute of Technology, turns order into a stage for individuality and quiet rebellion. For them, fashion begins with a question: why do control, order,…
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Dyeing with nature through the botanical alchemy of Yuanyuan Sun
In Manchester, designer Yuanyuan Sun is quietly shaping a design language that feels both ancient and new, rooted in the natural world yet entirely her own. Her brand, YuanyuanSun, takes inspiration from the Wood phase of the Five Elements, a philosophy that embodies growth, renewal, and upward movement. For Yuanyuan, this philosophy is not simply…
