Fashion & Beauty Events
The best of the year's fashion and beauty events calendar, compiled by Wallpaper*
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 Inside the Paris exhibition cataloguing Virgil Abloh’s extraordinary archiveThe visionary American designer’s archive goes on display this week at Paris’ Grand Palais in a new exhibition, ‘Virgil Abloh: The Codes’, giving an insight into his polymathic approach By Orla Brennan Published 
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 Chanel’s le19M lands in Tokyo with an exhibition that marries Parisian savoir-faire and Japanese craftWallpaper* gets a tour of ‘La Galerie du 19M Tokyo’, a new exhibition that sees craftspeople from Chanel’s network of artisans, le19M, unite with their counterparts in Japan for an intriguing cross-cultural exchange By Kanae Hasegawa Published 
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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 By Dal Chodha Published 
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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 By Zoe Whitfield Published 
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 The standout shows of New York Fashion Week S/S 2026 – as they happenedHeralding the start of fashion month, the latest edition of NYFW took place in the city this week. Here, in our rolling round-up, Wallpaper* picks the highlights By Jack Moss Last updated 
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 In Copenhagen, cult Icelandic outerwear brand 66°North celebrates a century in businessAt Copenhagen Fashion Week, Wallpaper* sits down with 66°North CEO Helgi Óskarsson as the brand – which has garnered a devoted following both inside and outside its native Iceland – looks forward to the future By Sophie Axon Published 
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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 By Jack Moss Published 
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 With an ode to Italy, Homme Plissé Issey Miyake brings its brand of fashion magic to Florence’s Pitti UomoMarking the start of a new nomadic way of showing for the Japanese label, Homme Plissé Issey Miyake held its S/S 2026 show at Florence’s Villa Medicea della Petraia as part of Pitti Uomo last night (18 June) with a collection inspired by the colours and textures of Italy By Jack Moss Published 
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 Donna Trope celebrates the power of the Polaroid in Paris‘Polaroids used to be my rejects, and now they are my holy grail,’ says the beauty photographer, as she shows rarely seen images in a Paris exhibition By Zoe Whitfield Published 
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 Milan exhibition celebrates 20 years of Armani Privé: ‘Haute couture is fashion when it becomes art’Hosted at the Tadao Ando-designed Armani/Silos, ‘Giorgio Armani Privé 2005-2025, Twenty Years of Haute Couture’ displays an expansive collection of the Italian designer’s showstopping haute couture creations By Jack Moss Published 
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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 By Anna Solomon Last updated 
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 Martine Rose’s first gallery show celebrates the radical queer energy of Bronski BeatTaking place at Sadie Coles HQ over London Fashion Week, ‘Everything Must Change’ centres on a 2016 short film by menswear designer Martine Rose and image-maker Sharna Osborne starring Bronski Beat frontman Jimmy Somerville By Zoe Whitfield Published 
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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 By Jack Moss Published 
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 Japanese outerwear label Tatras’ expansive new Tokyo store finds ‘beauty in contrast’Step inside the new Ginza outpost of Tatras, an Italy-meets-Japan outerwear label which has recently collaborated with Italian artist and Michèle Lamy protégé Giovanni Leonardo Bassan By Jack Moss Published 
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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 By Jack Moss Published 
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 These limited-edition John Lobb brogues pay ode to the patron saint of shoemakingStoried British shoemaker John Lobb presents its latest ‘Saint Crépin’ edition, a yearly 500-run release of a shoe which shows off the heights of its Northampton workshops By Jack Moss Published 
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 First look at Our Legacy’s cat-adorned Emporio Armani collaborationFeline forms appear throughout a new collection from Emporio Armani and Swedish brand Our Legacy (out 17 November 2023), combining the brands’ unique aesthetics By Jack Moss Published 
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 ‘Shoemaker to the stars’ Salvatore Ferragamo’s colourful life and work celebrated in new exhibition‘Salvatore Ferragamo 1898-1960’ at the house’s Florence museum explores the Italian shoe designer’s wide-ranging career, which began in the golden age of Hollywood By Jack Moss Published 
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 Exhibition to explore the Bloomsbury Group through fashionSupported by Dior, Charleston’s ‘Bring No Clothes’ explores the Bloomsbury Group’s use of – and influence on – fashion, featuring works by Dior, Fendi, Comme des Garçons and more, alongside original clothing and ephemera By Jack Moss Published 
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 Summer games, from pétanque to pool floats, get a fashionable spinFrom a luxurious pétanque set to pool floats and playing cards, summer games and toys from the world’s best-known fashion houses By Jack Moss Published 
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 At home with Rick OwensAs California-born fashion designer Rick Owens is named one of the Wallpaper* USA 300 – a celebration of creative America – we revisit our conversation with Owens in the run-up to his S/S 2023 menswear show last year By Jack Moss Last updated 
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 Canada Goose and Central Saint Martins celebrate next-generation changemakers in new London exhibition‘Keeping the Planet Cold’ – running from 17-21 February 2023 at London’s Lethaby Gallery – celebrates exceptional BA and MA fashion students in the field of sustainable and purpose-driven design By Jack Moss Published 
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 First look: Palace are collaborating with CP CompanyRevealed today, Palace x CP Company sees two streetwear juggernauts unite on a limited-edition collection By Jack Moss Published 
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 Alessandro Michele to exit his role as creative director of GucciItalian house Gucci has confirmed Alessandro Michele will leave after a seven-year tenure in which his eclectic aesthetic has proved a critical and commercial success By Jack Moss Last updated 
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 Sole searching: John Lobb offered tor stories for S/S 2017 with a trek across Britain’s wild westBy Georgia Dehn Last updated 
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 The aesthetic intimacy of Jil Sander's S/S 2021 collectionCreative directors Lucie and Luke Meier on the ‘purity of image' behind the brand's pared-back spring film, directed by Stephen Kidd By Laura Hawkins Last updated 
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 Man about town: on the ground in Florence for Pitti Uomo’s 89th editionBy Dan Thawley Last updated 


