'The structure comes from within,' said an energised Neil Barrett backstage, referring to his triumphant A/W menswear collection, where the sport-tinged clothes might very well have stood up on their own in a corner without any body to buttress them. If that sounds awfully stiff and rigid, it wasn't. This season Barrett was clever enough to work an array of high-tech bonded fabrics - from wool to rayon - that had the gleaming, weighty surface of polished marble. The lynch pin silhouette of the collection was the sweatshirt - a Barrett staple that has risen in his product arsenal to cult-like high fashion status over the last few seasons. After initially striking gold with this basic beauty, Barrett has continued to evolve the garment, morphing it from just a casual nobody to a formal, centre stage piece, and adding on inventive intarsia designs that sizzle with black leather, or crackle with a thunderbolt. Bolstered by slim, cropped sleek sweatpants, and sharply drawn jackets and belted coats, this collection gelled in a coolly cohesive way. An added bonus was the degrade colourations that dripped over mohair, wool, or cashmere jackets and pants, a technical conceit that hit its crescendo in a jacket that blurred from tobacco leather to suede on a single garment.
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The return of Genghis Cohen: LA’s cult Chinese diner lives onThe 1980s Chinese-American landmark returns with red booths, neon nostalgia, and a fresh dose of Hollywood eccentricity
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A monumental exhibition of French design revives the spirit of art deco for contemporary timesThe Galerie des Gobelins hosts the inaugural Salon des Nouveaux Ensembliers, a contemporary movement inspired by art deco’s grand traditions
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Sotheby’s is auctioning Mercedes Gleitze’s Channel-crossing RolexThe historic Rolex that started the sport-watch synergy is going under the hammer, amidst a contemporary boom in sporty-elegant timepieces
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Milan exhibition celebrates 20 years of Armani Privé: ‘Haute couture is fashion when it becomes art’Hosted at the Tadao Ando-designed Armani/Silos, ‘Giorgio Armani Privé 2005-2025, Twenty Years of Haute Couture’ displays an expansive collection of the Italian designer’s showstopping haute couture creations
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Milan Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2023: Fendi to PradaFrom Prada’s exploration of archetypal menswear garments to JW Anderson’s much-anticipated debut in the city, the best of Milan Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2023, as it happens
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Milan Fashion Week A/W 2022: Prada to Bottega VenetaIn this extended report, Scarlett Conlon reports live from the Milan Fashion Week A/W 2022 shows, with rolling coverage as they take place on the runway
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