Leave it to Jonathan Anderson to make nautical feel new again. With a successful S/S 2015 menswear collection for Loewe already under his belt and the house's womenswear debut fast approaching, all eyes will no doubt be on JW Anderson come Paris. But for now, we were transfixed by his stealth ode to French seaside dressing. This was nautical the LVMH way. Read: cool, clever and with class, as seen through his cropped, buttery leather turtlenecks, teamed with matching wrap-around minis and summer-weight pea coats, pimped with oversized buttons. What Anderson didn't do was get swept away with the theme (although we were by his floppy, wide-brimmed leather hats). Instead, this collection remained true to his intellectual exploration of shape. Roll-neck fisherman's jumpers were re-imagined as mini knit dresses, complete with ribbing around the neck. The Irish designer's use of rope was similarly abstract, knotting through and around a cream bib dress as a fastening rather than an accoutrement. He similarly inverted the theme by adding gold buttons to the back of his sailor's pants, rather than the front, and exaggerated the ties on his sailor's dresses. And by adding hues of burnt orange, Jaguar green, pale pink, and dusty red to the traditional pairing of navy, cream and putty, he gave the Riviera a redux of 'sale' away success.
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Design Miami announces Dubai collectible design platform in collaboration with AlserkalThe new platform will honour the region’s cultural heritage while highlighting its spirit of innovation
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Four new keyboards are fresh and functional desktop companionsMechanical keyboards are all the rage, bringing with them new ways of personalising your desktop. We’ve found four devices that hark back to the early days of computing
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RBW EV brings a much-loved classic sports car aesthetic into the modern eraThe RBW Roadster and GT hark back to a golden age of sports car design. Under the skin, these British-built machines feature bespoke all-electric running gear
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‘Architect of glamour’ Antony Price makes a high-voltage return to the runway with 16ArlingtonFeaturing a runway debut from Lily Allen, the show saw legendary designer Antony Price – best known for outfitting Roxy Music in the 1980s – unite with 16Arlington’s Marco Capaldo on the sensual after-dark collection
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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
