Mood board: La Perla creative director Julia Haart set out on an exploration of nature through the lens of artists like Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Georgia O’Keeffe. Haart fused that with the very heart of La Perla’s design DNA: the female form.
Scene setting: Haart envisioned a La Perla Manor, a lush, two-level set composed of six tableaux, complete with a gallery room, library, and a decadent dining table spread. Depending on the level, models who included Naomi Campbell, Joan Smalls and Kendall Jenner, walked from their designated room onto the runway below, some from a grand, ivy-covered winding staircase.
Finishing touches: La Perla developed its Leavers lace, an innovative material that adds flexible stretch to traditional French lace, allowing it to contour to the curves of the female body. Flower jewel clips on bra straps and accessories were made of luxurious 18-carat cashmere gold.
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Buckhorn Sculpture Park: inside the art paradise dreamt up by collectors Sherry and Joel Mallin
As legendary art collectors Sherry and Joel Mallin prepare to sell their upstate New York home – and the star-studded collection occupying Buckhorn, its onsite sculpture park – we go behind the scenes of this art treasure trove, and the extraordinary life, work and spirit of the Mallins
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Extreme Cashmere brings its colourful knits to the slopes of St Moritz
Amsterdam-based brand Extreme Cashmere – known for its extensive all-cashmere wardrobe – arrives in the historic Swiss ski resort with a special pop-up and restaurant takeover
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Silver from X-rays recycled as sustainable jewellery by The Royal Mint
The 886 by The Royal Mint jewellery collection gives recycled X-ray films a new purpose
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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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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
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Gabriela Hearst A/W 2020 New York Fashion Week Women’s
