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Sharpen your pencils: we lay our hands on these illustrated pieces

Jil Sander Shirt, £870, by Jil Sander. Photography: Alina Negoita. Fashion: Lune Kuipers As a recurring theme in their work for Jil Sander, Luke and Lucie Meier once again took nature as a driving force of their spring 2019 collection, which comes in a...

Paris Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2019 Editor’s Picks

From Acne Studio’s new set of archetypes to Yohji Yamamoto’s second collaboration with artist Suzume Uchida, we present the Wallpaper* pick of Paris Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2019

Gabriel Kuri’s receipt and chewing gum collections make a stamp on Acne Studios’ Blå Konst collection

Be it walking canes, door wedges or matchsticks, slowly amassed collections of everyday objects are essential to Brussels-based Gabriel Kuri’s art practice. ‘I like to think of bits of consumer goods as particles that add up to a sort of...

Shape shifting: making moves with photographer Roos Quakernaat

Roos Quakernaat caught our eye at the latest Hyères Festival of Fashion and Photography. So we did the patronly thing and tasked her with artfully tangling new Dutch design and this season’s key looks, as she explains here in her...

Paris Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2018 editor’s picks

Good jeans: Acne Studios’ new denim outpost in Shibuya strikes a blue note

‘It was time to take a fresh look at everything we did with denim,’ explains Acne Studios’ creative director Jonny Johansson of the Swedish brand’s decision to relaunch its denim line earlier this month. To mark its new ’Blå Konst’...

Making a scene: sensational fashion week venues from the A/W 2017 womenswear shows

Acne Studios A/W 2017

Mood board: For Acne Studios’ A/W 2017 show, Jonny Johansson bedecked the ceiling of the Pavillon Cambon with an undulating wire mesh sky, which flickered from gold to silver like an electrical storm. The show opened with Laurie Anderson’s experimental...

Selfie reflection: Acne Studios takes an academic approach to its A/W 2017 men’s presentation

Acne Studios’ Jonny Johansson is sat at the back of the vast amphitheatre inside the Faculté de Pharmacie of Paris Descartes University. He’s deep in thought. Georges Papazoff, a teacher of art history, is in the middle of delivering a...

Acne Studios goes for gold in its Madison Avenue flagship

Acne Studios’ stores are ‘small personal time-stamps’, says Jonny Johansson, co-founder and creative director of the Swedish brand. For each location, Johansson calls upon a different architect, designer or artist to make their mark on the brand’s aesthetic – whether...

Beauty notes: the grooming trends from spring/summer 2017

Acne Studios S/S 2017

Mood board: Did somebody say Ibiza? Not exactly, but Acne creative director Jonny Johansson wrapped his models up in enough blanket dressing to cover an entire hippie island from spring to summer. Shapes this season were completely unfurled from their...