Scene setting: The half-completed building of The Africa Center, designed by Robert A.M. Stern, proved to be a meaningful backdrop for Area's impressive new collection. Constructed in 2010 but as yet to be completed due to funding, the building — which is the first museum to be built on Fifth Avenue since the Guggenheim was completed in 1959 — hosted Area's latest runway presentation in it's unfinished concrete interior. A design for the building's interior by Caples Jefferson Architects was unveiled in 2016 and since raising $25 million in donations last year, the concept is set to soon become a reality.
Mood board: For A/W 2020, Area designers Beckett Fogg and Piotrek Panszczyk created a collection that exuded a new maturity while still retaining the label's bold sensibility. Sharply tailored suiting was paired with extroverted cut-outs. Fringed dresses — an Area favourite — were crafted out of colourful raffia and beaded crystals — not for the faint hearted. Provocative leather pieces were drenched in a wood grain pattern reminiscent of parque floors, for a comforting yet refined quality.
Team work: This season also marked the label's first-ever collaboration, with the design firm Crosby Studios' new lifestyle brand, #Myreality. Proceeds from the sales of the collection of art object accessories, which included mini crystal encrusted folding chairs worn as cross body bags and earrings, will be donated to The Africa Center to support the instuition's work in highlighting the influence that the continent and its people has on the rest of the world.
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Inside the fantastical world of performance artist, Darrell ThornePerformance artist Darrell Thorne straddles multiple worlds, telling stories through transformation, reinvention and theatrical excess
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Mostly armless: life with the Roborock Saros S70 and taking a (shallow) step into the futureThe arm-equipped Roborock Saros Z70 robot vacuum dusts, mops and even cleans up your messy household. So why did it feel like adding a demanding new family member?
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Out of office: the Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the weekSummer holidays are here, with Wallpaper* editors jetting off to some exceptional destinations, including highly recommended Mérida in Mexico. Then it’s back to work, or, for one editor, back to school…
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Everything you need to know about the Met Gala 2025 and ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ exhibitionEverything Wallpaper* knows about the Met Gala 2025 – from the dress code to the exhibition theme and A-list co-chairs
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Sarah Moon brings painterly fashion and dark fantasy to Fotografiska New YorkOctogenarian 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 MetThe 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 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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‘A place for the eye to pause’: Ulla Johnson unveils New York HQThe 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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