Views: 71 Introduction As someone who has officially transitioned to the everyday kitten heel (I’m 5″5 and love the extra inches without sacrificing comfort), the resurgence of the black leather slingback is perhaps the most exciting footwear trend in my…
Views: 82 Introduction Nineties nostalgia continues undiminished for spring 2024, and was present in garments and on moodboards. Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet—angelic wings and medieval armor—seemed to be a cross-season reference. The message seems to be the same as…
Views: 79 Introduction The rose is the reigning monarch of flowers. As beautiful as it is commanding (those thorns are prickly indeed), this flower is as redolent with fragrance as it is symbolism. When Sarah Burton used it at McQueen the…
Views: 64 Introduction This season’s tank is the polo shirt, an icon of peppiness that was revived and given a summer-camp vibe at Miu Miu. It was also remixed by such anti-establishment brands as Y/Project and Vaquera, taking popped collars…
Views: 69 Introduction Paris will soon be home to the 2024 Olympics where athletes from all around the world will compete. Those who push past their limits will receive medals as coveted as Oscar statuettes. As if in anticipation of…
Views: 262 Introduction Hems used to make headlines in fashion, but in this age of pantsless dressing the waistline has become as variable as the stock market. Mostly it’s going up. At Loewe and Alexander McQueen the waistband rose to…
Views: 161 Introduction As the world becomes ever more digital, the materiality of clothes grows in importance. One way to read the sculptural tactility of the spring collections—such as Glenn Martens’s wired pieces and Junya Watanabe’s collages—is as a response,…
Views: 150 Introduction The utility and protection associated with workwear has made its way into the ready-to-wear. While cargo pockets continue to sprout like mushrooms, what felt newest were aprons of all varieties—butcher, bib, waiter, hostess—which showed up at Christian…
Views: 148 Introduction Not all holes in clothes were related to ventilation. Spring found designers slashing (see Peter Do and Courregès)—in the manner of Lucio Fontana’s Concetto Spaziale artworks—or shredding it for a timely “come undone” vibe. Reference Gallery…
Views: 237 Introduction Taking functionality beyond cargo pockets, designers created lots of looks that had a cooling effect by virtue of the fact that they were made using openwork materials. These ranged from pom-pom embellished mesh at Bottega Veneta to…
