Mood board: The American duo who have been at the helm of the Japanese-French brand since 2011 reflected on our fractured, highly-politicised age: ‘At a time when the movement of peoples and the spread of cross-cultural dialogue marks our daily lives more than ever, our interest in telling personal stories has never felt more appropriate,’ they said. Theirs is style filled with colour, fun and narrative. Memoirs are revealed. Cultures are cultivated – for A/W 2019 – into sporty, utilitarian separates. Bags! Hats! Shoes! The collection was packed with seasonal souvenirs.
Scene setting: A/W 2019 reflected on co-Creative Director Humberto Leon’s Chinese-Peruvian heritage – the Tusán people whose ancestors arrived from Guangdong province to settle in Peru in the 19th century. A rich and colourful exchange of stories was woven into the clothes. The show was staged inside the Louvre. The catwalk was framed with large walls and a patterned carpet onto which the late Peruvian artist Pablo Amaringo’s paintings of an Ayahuasca dreamscape were printed. On the seats, guests were given tiny gunny sacks.
Best in show: Key was the layering of ethnographic textiles with ski-wear inspired pieces. Zip off pants. Mismatched colours. Outerwear pieces featured harness collars, reversible mesh linings and detachable pocket gloves. Stripy open weave knits had a Coachella appeal; metallic pinstripe suiting was relaxed and worn with hoodies. The graphic curves of silk moiré were turned into a print and applied across suits, worn with matching shirts. Tailored jackets were turned inside-out so that linings become sleeves and the backs have airtex mesh overlay.
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For its latest runway show, Zegna creates a serene oasis in DubaiThe Italian fashion house took over the Dubai Opera for a S/S 2026 show that proposed a lived-in elegance, drawing inspiration from Dubai’s sunbaked landscapes and Zegna’s birthplace of Trivero
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Time-travel to the golden age of the cruise ship at Sea Containers LondonThe South Bank hotel celebrates its tenth anniversary with four new suites inspired by period cabin design, from Edwardian elegance to 1980s glamour
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A Karuizawa house is a soothing, work-from-home retreat in JapanTakeshi Hirobe Architects play with scale and space, creating a tranquil residence in which to live and work
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Donna Trope celebrates the power of the Polaroid in Paris‘Polaroids used to be my rejects, and now they are my holy grail,’ says the beauty photographer, as she shows rarely seen images in a Paris exhibition
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Horace’s new men’s scent is the linen shirt of the fragrance closetVetiver Primavera, the new fragrance from men’s grooming brand Horace, is casual but elegant, says Wallpaper’s Mary Cleary – a citrussy scent for summer
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‘Don’t forget to get the bread!’ Serge Lutens writes an ode to a singular perfumePublished exclusively by Wallpaper*, Serge Lutens writes an ode to Jeux de Peau, a singular perfume of his creation inspired by a childhood memory of baking bread
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French skincare brand PERS doesn’t believe in overcomplicated routinesFrench skincare brand PERS – an acronym for ‘protect, enhance, repair, and stimulate’ – has recently arrived in the UK. The mastermind behind it, Dr Antoni Calmon, tells Wallpaper* about his protocol
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What did Christian Dior’s favourite ‘invisible’ flower smell like?Dior’s Francis Kurkdijan recreates the scent of a rare lily of the valley species in Le Muguet, the first olfactory chapter of new perfume collection Les Récoltes Majeures
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Inside Camperlab’s Harry Nuriev-designed Paris store, a dramatic exercise in contrastThe Crosby Studios founder tells Wallpaper* the story behind his new store design for Mallorcan shoe brand Camperlab, which centres on an interplay between ‘crushed concrete’ and gleaming industrial design
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This perfume bottle archive was nearly lost. Now, it offers a rare whiff of fragrance historyFifty blueprints from a forgotten French crystal manufacturer will be for sale as part of the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair
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How an 18th-century mansion became a Loewe wonderland for Paris Fashion WeekDrawing 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
