Mood board: While Hedi Slimane hasn't strayed far from his initial propositions for the venerable French fashion house, he continues to supersede his own too-cool-for-school benchmarks. This season, the 77 looks (nearly one third were women's wear) resulted in a luxed-up Youthquake centered in, where else, Southern California. Think ripped skinny jeans, scuffed white sneakers, plaid shirts, baby doll dresses, choker necklaces, denim vests - all the stuff of 1990s grunge and thrift stores re-contextualised as a provocation on high-low dressing.
Team work: If Slimane remains ever elusive, his established practice of multi-tasking the invitation as a compact art catalogue offered a glimpse of his visual headspace. For this collection, he showcased artist was Billy Al Bengston, an 81-year-old American known for his soft focus, geometric paintings and associations with surf subculture and the famed Fergus Gallery. Slimane also enlisted The Swimmers, a Philadelphia-based rock group, to create an original soundtrack. 'Like Harry Dean Stanton' even had Lenny Kravitz nodding his head to the charged bass line.
Best in show: The jackets - whether hand-embroidered and tux-style, or highly embellished teddies - were unmistakably couture level as far as surface detail. Among the latter: a version that interpreted an artwork by Lucia Ribisi (daughter of actor Giovanni) as embroidery. Others covered in suede fringes atop beadwork, sequined confetti, animal print encrustations and tapestry revived the notion of glam rock.
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Viviane Sassen considers fine art, fashion photography and fragility in ItalyViviane Sassen’s exhibition, 'This Body Made of Stardus' at Collezione Maramotti, spans two decades off Sassen's career
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Ghanaian cuisine has a story to tell at Washington, DC restaurant ElminaThe new restaurant is chef Eric Adjepong’s colourful ode to the recipes he grew up loving
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Pedro y Juana's take on architecture: 'We want to level the playing field’Mexico City-based architects Padro y Juana bring their transdisciplinary, participatory approach to the Mexico pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025; find out more
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Summer games, from pétanque to pool floats, get a fashionable spinFrom a luxurious pétanque set to pool floats and playing cards, summer games and toys from the world’s best-known fashion houses
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Palace unites with Rapha to celebrate inaugural Tour de France FemmesMarking the first time women will compete in the historic cycling race since the late 1980s, this new collaboration sees Palace Skateboards and Rapha create uniforms for both on and off the bike – including an ‘outlandish’ pair of Crocs
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Paris Fashion Week A/W 2022: Chanel to Miu MiuIn this extended report, Wallpaper* updates you live from Paris Fashion Week A/W 2022 shows, with rolling coverage as runway events unfold
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Scene-stealing runway sets from S/S 2022 womenswear showsFrom giant roulette wheels to Olympic diving boards and multi-city synchronized extravaganzas – our pick of the best fashion show sets from S/S 2022 womenswear
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Paris Fashion Week S/S 2022: Loewe to ChanelFashion Week returns to form in the French capital. Here is everything you need to know about Paris Fashion Week S/S 2022
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Doug Aitken creates reflective artwork for Saint Laurent in VeniceFor the Saint Laurent S/S 2022 show, the brand’s first physical catwalk presentation since the Covid-19 pandemic began, American artist Doug Aitken created the living artwork Green Lens, on Venice's Isola della Certosa
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Saint Laurent celebrates 40 years of Memphis GroupMemphis Group's milestone birthday is celebrated with a series of colourful furniture installations across the French maison's concept boutiques
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Louis Vuitton A/W 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women's
