Latest articles by Orla Brennan
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The standout shows of Paris Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2026: Hermès to Craig Green
Wallpaper* picks the very best of Paris Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2026, from Véronique Nichanian’s portrait of summer in the city for Hermès to Craig Green’s return to the Paris runway
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‘They gave me carte blanche to do what I want’: Paul Kooiker photographs the students of Gerrit Rietveld Academie for Acne Studios
Heralding the launch of a new permanent gallery from fashion label Acne Studios, the celebrated Dutch photographer’s new body of work praises the bravery of ‘people who choose to go to an art school at a time like this’
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How Pharrell Williams staged a giant game of Snakes and Ladders for his latest Louis Vuitton show
The colossal game board was designed by Indian architect Bijoy Jain, whose practice Studio Mumbai is famed for its 'cosmic' large-scale projects
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Milan Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2026: live updates from the Wallpaper* team
From 20-23 June, Milan Fashion Week Men’s arrives in the Italian fashion capital. Follow along for a first look at the shows, presentations and other fashion happenings, as seen by the Wallpaper* editors
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The standout shows of Milan Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2026: Prada to Dunhill
Wallpaper* picks the very best of Milan Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2026, from Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’ ‘light, fresh’ and ‘human’ display to Dunhill’s exploration of English dress codes
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Let there be light: a closer look at Prada’s stripped-back S/S 2026 show set
‘This is the first time the Fondazione is completely bare, with the light coming in,’ said Raf Simons backstage at Prada’s ‘light, fresh, colourful’ and ‘human’ S/S 2026 men’s show in Milan
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Inside the futuristic Japanese factory where Goldwin 0 cooks up its experimental technical-wear
The experimental arm of cult Japanese clothing label Goldwin, Goldwin 0 is pushing the boundaries of utility and technical-wear. Wallpaper* takes a trip to Japan’s Toyama prefecture to learn about its science fiction-like innovations
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Connor McKnight’s masterfully restrained menswear honours the quiet beauty of everyday Black life
‘The Black mundane’ is how American designer Connor McKnight – the latest focus of Wallpaper’s Uprising series – describes his aesthetic, which was born from family memories and honed at New York’s Parsons School of Design
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Five to watch from London’s Fashion in Film Festival, which digs deep into the natural world
Titled ‘Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglement with Nature’, Fashion in Film Festival 2025 takes place across London this month (until 1 June). Here, co-curators Dal Chodha and Marketa Uhlirova pick their must-sees from the expansive programme
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As Photo London turns 10, seven photographers tell us the story behind their portraits
Photo London celebrates its tenth anniversary from 14–18 May 2025 at Somerset House
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All-In is the Paris-based label making full-force fashion for main-character dressing
Part of our monthly Uprising series, Wallpaper* meets Benjamin Barron and Bror August Vestbø of All-In, the LVMH Prize-nominated label which bases its collections on a riotous cast of characters – real and imagined
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Leonard Baby's paintings reflect on his fundamentalist upbringing, a decade after he left the church
The American artist considers depression and the suppressed queerness of his childhood in a series of intensely personal paintings, on show at Half Gallery, New York
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Johanna Parv’s ‘engineered formalwear’ is made for the woman on the move
Part of our monthly series ‘Uprising’, Wallpaper* meets Johanna Parv, the London-based designer whose stealthily beautiful clothes are designed to take women from boardroom to dinner by way of the bike lane
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Demna is heading to Gucci after a decade at Balenciaga
In a day of fashion moves, it has been announced that Georgian designer Demna is set to exit Balenciaga to become creative director of Gucci, replacing Sabato De Sarno
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Unpacking A/W 2025’s best runway sets, which captured a mood of longing and escape
As fashion month concludes in Paris, Wallpaper* explores the most captivating show sets of the A/W 2025 season, from Daniel Lee’s escape to the countryside at Burberry, to a romantic rose-strewn runway at Ferragamo
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Paris Fashion Week A/W 2025 highlights: Chanel to Saint Laurent
Wallpaper* selects the very best of Paris Fashion Week A/W 2025, from Chanel’s playful take on its house codes to an exercise in singularity at Saint Laurent
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How an 18th-century mansion became a Loewe wonderland for Paris Fashion Week
Drawing on the act of scrapbooking, Jonathan Anderson took over the Hôtel de Maisons with a self-reflective A/W 2025 presentation, shown alongside colourful artworks from the brand’s collection
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Inside Sarah Burton’s debut show for Givenchy: ‘To go forward, you have to go back to the beginning’
This morning in Paris, the former Alexander McQueen designer unveiled her anticipated debut as creative director of Givenchy – a musing on contemporary womanhood sparked by the discovery of lost Hubert de Givenchy pattern pieces
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Milan Fashion Week A/W 2025 highlights: Prada to Giorgio Armani
Wallpaper* picks the best of Milan Fashion Week, from Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’ portrait of ‘raw glamour’ to Giorgio Armani’s return to his roots
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Inside Patti Smith’s intimate performance for Bottega Veneta in Milan
Held during Milan Fashion Week, the evening of music, poetry, and film was a collaboration with Soundwalk Collective and featured a poem dedicated to architect Carlo Mollino
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Alberto Caliri’s new vision for Missoni: ‘It’s about getting back to an essence’
The Missoni mainstay has been part of the knitwear brand’s story since 1998. ‘The feeling was not one of radical change, but rather of return,’ he tells Wallpaper* of his first collection back in the creative director seat
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Fendi celebrates 100 years with an all-out runway show at its new Milan HQ
In the wake of Kim Jones’ departure, Silvia Venturini Fendi took the reins for a special co-ed A/W 2025 collection marking the house’s centenary, unveiling it as the first act of celebrations within Fendi’s expansive new headquarters in Milan
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Lucie and Luke Meier exit Jil Sander
Wife and husband duo Lucie and Luke Meier are stepping away from Jil Sander after eight years at the brand. The news came today following their A/W 2025 show, unveiled this afternoon during Milan Fashion Week
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Jake’s is the cult east London store that everyone in fashion is talking about
Led by Jake Burt, one half of London-based label Stefan Cooke, Jake’s has become a gathering spot for fashion insiders shopping his DIY curation of one-off and limited-edition pieces, in part inspired by Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas’ 1993 project ‘The Shop’
