Mood board: A kaleidoscopic strip of lighting illuminated creative director Julien Dossena’s long S/S 2020 runway at Palais De Tokyo (a change in venue from the recently favoured Grand Palais) – one which it was announced the morning of the show, would incorporate menswear as part of its offering. The brand is working to unite its fashion and fragrance businesses, and it’s a sensible time for it to expand its categories. Earlier this year, the label also reissued its famed ‘1969’ chainmail bag, and Business of Fashion reports it is expected to triple its revenue in 2019 after doubling it in 2018. For S/S 2020, Dossena took guests on a trippy Magic Roundabout of references, which nodded to the naiveté of the 60s and 70s, and ‘was alternately romantic, cosmic, utopic, but most of all, non-nostalgic.’ The ebullient and energetic offering was swathed in rainbow chainmail, hippie florals, swirling silk foulards and bright leather intarsia depicting sunset scenes, all sent down the runway to the psychedelic sounds of Prince’s For You.
Best in show: Dossena’s menswear had bold Woodstock-worthy appeal. Think silver suiting, leather trousers, slim stripe knits and bright pointed boots.
Team work: Dossena teamed up once again with Peter Saville on a series of graphic t-shirts, depicting psychedelic sunset scenes, and in a nod to Rabanne’s menswear debut, emblazoned with the slogan ‘Male Tales.’
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Own an early John Lautner, perched in LA’s Echo Park hillsThe restored and updated Jules Salkin Residence by John Lautner is a unique piece of Californian design heritage, an early private house by the Frank Lloyd Wright acolyte that points to his future iconic status
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20 things that positively delighted us in and around Design Miami this yearFrom covetable 20th-century masterpieces to a tower made from ceramic pickles, these were the works that stood out amid the blur of Art Week
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Montcalm Mayfair opens a new chapter for a once-overlooked London hotelA thoughtful reinvention brings craftsmanship, character and an unexpected sense of warmth to a London hotel that was never previously on the radar
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Inside Roger Vivier’s opulent new Paris HQ and archive, a haven for shoe loversWallpaper* takes a tour of ‘Maison Vivier’, an 18th-century hôtel particulier that houses the French shoemaker’s headquarters, studio and archive – an extraordinary collection of over 1,000 pairs of shoes
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The key takeaways from the S/S 2026 shows: freedom, colour and romance define fashion’s new chapterWe unpack the trends and takeaways from the S/S 2026 season, which saw fashion embrace a fresh start with free-spirited collections and a bold exploration of colour and form
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The independent designers you might have missed from fashion month S/S 2026Amid a tidal wave of big-house debuts, we take you through the independent displays that may have slipped through the cracks – from beautiful imagery to bookshop takeovers, museum displays and moves across the pond
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From wearable skincare to scented runways, unpacking the unconventional beauty moments of fashion month S/S 2026The S/S 2026 season featured everything from probiotic-lined athleisure to fragranced runways – and those Maison Margiela mouthguards
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Pierpaolo Piccioli makes Balenciaga debut ‘from a place of love and connection’Attended by Anne Hathaway and Meghan Markle, the ex-Valentino designer’s first runway display for Balenciaga took place within Kering’s Paris headquarters
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Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez make a bold start at Loewe, inspired by Ellsworth Kelly’s ‘elemental colours’The former Proenza Schouler designers presented their debut collection for Loewe this morning, channelling ‘clarity and colour, sensual physicality, and sunniness’
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‘Change is inevitable’: Jonathan Anderson’s first Dior womenswear collection recodes the house’s archiveAn audacious collection from the Northern Irish designer, presented in Paris this afternoon, saw him reconsider the Dior archive in his unwaveringly inventive style
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Acne Studios’ cigar salon runway set is decorated with Pacifico Silano’s homoerotic ‘objects of desire’Brooklyn-based artist Pacifico Silano breaks down his collaboration with Acne Studios, seeing his work – which zooms in on 1970s and 1980s gay erotica – backdrop the brand’s S/S 2026 show today in Paris
