Leave it to JW Anderson to give us conceptual corduroy. The designer opened his shape-shifting A/W presentation with a series of puff-sleeved, funnel-necked blouses, topped with self-corsets, and teamed with fluted, calf-grazing skirts in the material. Still following? Next came myriad manifestations of twisted, tucked, draped and often raw-edged, ankle-length dresses and skirts, as the neck took over from S/S's obsession with the mid-section. Knitted neck warmers and stiff funnel collars, sealed the rise of this new erogenous zone. Or alternatively, fabric was simply snipped away from haphazard necklines, offering a wide reveal of décolletage. There was also some century shuffling at play - from Andersons' puffed sleeves, to his diamond seam panelling. One exit even sported a gathered bustle, but tellingly, it was his tailored long-line coats, flattened by a coordinated tube top, that sent the audience into an Insta-flap. And while the Northern Irish designer's earthy palette began in subdued putty and mossy hues, we were soon met with a print series that resembled dripping paint, its interesting strangeness exaggerated by his curious origami loafers. This was Andersons' first women's runway appearance since LVMH took a minority stake in his label last September - also extending the creative directorship of Spanish luxury house Loewe come S/S 2015 - and it reinforced his true value as an ideas incubator.
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Tobi Masa lands at The Chancery RosewoodChef Masa Takayama’s debut London restaurant transforms modernist geometry into a space of ritual calm and culinary purity
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Bionic Labs builds precision next-level Apple accessories from aluminium and stainless steelFrom stands, chargers and keyboard trays to a set of accessories for the Vision Pro, Parisian design studio Bionic Labs offers only the best for your Apple gear
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Yuko Mohri’s living installations play on Marcel Duchamp’s surrealismThe artist’s seven new works on show at Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca explore the real and imaginary connections that run through society
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‘Dirty Looks’ at the Barbican explores how fashion designers have found beauty in dirt and decayFrom garments buried in River Thames mud to those torn, creased and stained, ‘Dirty Looks’ is a testament to how ‘creativity and new artistic practices can come out of decay’, its curators tell Dal Chodha
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Tyler Mitchell’s London show explores the figure of the Black Dandy, ‘imagining what else masculinity could look like’Originally part of a visual essay to accompany the Met’s ‘Superfine’ 2025 Costume Institute exhibition, ‘Portrait of the Modern Dandy’ goes on display at Gagosian Burlington Arcade in London this week
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Haute Couture Week A/W 2025: what to expectFive moments to look out for at Haute Couture Week A/W 2025 in Paris (starting Monday 7 July), from Glenn Martens’ debut for Maison Margiela to Demna’s Balenciaga swansong. Plus, ‘new beginnings’ from JW Anderson
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Inside Louis Vuitton’s Murakami London pop-up, a colourful cartoon wonderland with one-of-a-kind caféWallpaper* takes a tour of the Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop-up in London’s Soho, which celebrates the launch of a new ‘re-edition’ accessories collection spanning the greatest hits from the Japanese artist’s long-running collaboration with the house
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Get to know Issey Miyake’s innovative A-POC ABLE line as it arrives in the UKAs A-POC ABLE Issey Miyake launches in London this week, designer Yoshiyuki Miyamae gives Wallpaper* the lowdown on the experimental Issey Miyake offshoot
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London Fashion Week S/S 2023: Ahluwalia to Martine RoseThough slimmed-down, London Fashion Week nonetheless provided the moments of creative expression the city is known for – from Ahluwalia’s ode to Africa to Martine Rose’s much-anticipated runway return
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Inside JW Anderson’s dreamy, colour-soaked collaboration with MonclerMade to ‘entertain the eye’, Jonathan Anderson’s third collaboration with Moncler is a dreamlike outing defined by the designer’s deft use of colour
