Mood board: Ava DuVernay’s documentary 13th, which traces racial inequality in the United States, sparked Hearst to think about the civil rights activist Angela Davis. Hearst, who scooped the prestigious International Woolmark Prize in January, for a collection created from unusual merino wool fabrications, imagined an Angela Davis inspired wardrobe for her A/W 2017 runway debut, which exuded feminine confidence.
Scene setting: Hearst wanted to produce a show with as small of an environmental footprint as possible; so she borrowed pews and sourced chairs from her own home. She also placed cashmere pillows knitted from excess yarn made by Manos del Uruguay, a non-profit that pays craftswomen living wages, based in the country she was born.
Best in show: A trench coat with a block print pattern that skimmed the knees, added newness to the timeless classic. Other hits were the navy knit oversized cardigan coat with an open keyhole neck and epaulets, and a gold silk dress with a fringed cape.
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‘A crossover of ideas and emotion’: Simone Rocha on introducing menswear to her labelAs the collection arrives at London’s Dover Street Market with a special installation and zine, Simone Rocha speaks about the roots of the menswear offering, the art of collaboration, and a campaign which subverts ‘the archetypes of masculinity’
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Colour Clash is a bold compendium of dazzling supergraphics and logos that pop
Polychromatic perversity in graphic design is celebrated in Colour Clash, a monograph that looks at the new wave of visual expression
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Beacon House is the contemporary rebirth of a midcentury San Francisco home
Beacon House by Edmonds + Lee Architecture is a renovation project that sensitively brings a modernist San Francisco home into the 21st century
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Sarah Moon brings painterly fashion and dark fantasy to Fotografiska New York
Octogenarian French photographer and filmmaker Sarah Moon shows 30 years of work at Fotografiska New York – spanning fashion and fantasy, mystery and the macabre, it’s dark, painterly and compelling
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‘In America: A Lexicon of American Fashion' is coming to The Met
The first of a two-part, year-long extravaganza, ‘In America: A Lexicon of American Fashion’ is organised into 12 sections that seek to define the emotional qualities in American style
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Saint Laurent celebrates 40 years of Memphis Group
Memphis Group's milestone birthday is celebrated with a series of colourful furniture installations across the French maison's concept boutiques
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‘A place for the eye to pause’: Ulla Johnson unveils New York HQ
The Manhattan-born fashion designer opens a warmly-hued style sanctuary, created in collaboration with architect Rafael de Cárdenas
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New York Fashion Week A/W 2021: drive thrus and digital distortion
New York Fashion Week's digital-first offering presented solutions to life post-pandemic and political crisis, from brands including Tom Ford, Proenza Schouler, Khaite and Collina Strada
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Es Devlin-designed time-travelling exhibition opens at The Met’s Costume Institute
‘Our aim is to communicate the phenomenon of time as it is expressed through the female form,’ says Devlin of the exhibition she has designed alongside curator Andrew Bolton
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Theory A/W 2020 New York Fashion Week Women’s
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Michael Kors A/W 2020 New York Fashion Week Women’s
