From the toile de Jouy pattern fabrics which nodded to the wallpaper which lined M. Dior’s first boutique, to the men’s version of its signature John Galliano-designed Saddle bag, artistic director Kim Jones infused his debut menswear collection for Dior with...
Creative director Paul Surridge - who arrived at the ostentatious Italian house last year - chose a Carthusian monastery high in the suburbs of Galluzzo to present his debut Roberto Cavalli menswear show at Pitti Uomo in 94 in Florence. Titled...
Herno first presented at Pitti Uomo in 1971, and last night, the Italian label chose the platform’s 94th iteration as the location for celebrating its illustrious 70-year anniversary. The label is renowned for its innovative approach to outdoors wear (think...
In recent years, Maria Grazia Chiuri has covered Dior’s show set at the Musée Rodin with twinkling shards of mosaic and graphic strips of mirror. For A/W 2018, the artistic director took a more cut-and-paste approach, covering its exterior and...
Miuccia Prada held her brand’s A/W 2018 runway show over several floors of the new Rem Koolhaas-designed extension of the Prada Foundation in Milan. As usual, the designer teamed up with AMO (the research arm of Rem Koolhaas’ OMA studio), on a...
Philipp Plein doesn’t do catwalk shows by halves. The extravagant German designer has created gritty sets populated with wrecked cars, fashioned a runway space boasting an Olympic-size swimming pool and even erected a boxing ring for his band of sports-luxe...
Bottega Veneta’s creative director Tomas Maier was feeling house-proud for the label’s A/W 2018 catwalk show. In celebration of the Italian brand’s newly opened apartment-inspired boutique on New York’s Madison Avenue, its menswear and womenswear offerings were staged at the...
Kris Van Assche has a fascination with fairground aesthetics. For Dior Homme’s S/S 2017 runway set, the creative director fashioned a multicoloured looping rollercoaster, which dipped and swirled around the catwalk. For his A/W 2018 show for the house, Van Assche...
Prada eschewed its usual showspace location at the brand’s Milan HQ, for a more industrially-inclined warehouse space on Viale Ortles. Guests entered a show space stacked floor to ceiling with wooden crates and lined with a corrugated metal catwalk. The ‘Prada...
Ermenegildo Zegna Couture swapped last season’s sun-drenched orange gravel show for a snow scene for A/W 2018. Artistic director Alessandro Sartori collaborated with the Swiss artist Thomas Flechtner – whose 2002 series SNOW also inspired the brand’s collection of snuggly shearling, leather...
For his A/W 2018 show earlier this week, London designer Craig Green took inspiration from tents and flags. Items that wrap and swaddle have always intrigued the designer. Beach mats and ecclesiastical carpets have also made his reference check list, and...
Since taking the creative helm of Coach, British designer Stuart Vevers has used his catwalk sets to explore the US history of the brand. From grassy prairie scenes, to images of Texan gas stations, Vevers’ runway constructions have spotlighted various facets...
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