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Wallpaper* Design Awards: these shapeshifting Prada glasses are our favourite accessory
Winning our ‘Best Sartorial Shapeshifter’ award, these S/S 2026 Prada glasses are opticals and jewellery in one
By Jack Moss Published
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Milan Fashion Week Men’s A/W 2026: live updates from the Wallpaper* team
From 16-19 January, the A/W 2026 edition of Milan Fashion Week Men’s takes over Italy’s style capital. Here, get your first look at the runway shows, presentations and parties, as seen by the Wallpaper* style editors on the ground
By Jack Moss Last updated
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Hermès launches its first foundation, made to ‘help the skin improve over time’
Gregoris Pyrpylis, creative director of Hermès Beauty, has spent four years developing the perfect foundation. He speaks to Wallpaper* about what makes it special
By Mary Cleary Published
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The standout shows of Paris Fashion Week Men’s A/W 2026
Wallpaper* unpacks the very best shows of Paris Fashion Week Men’s in our rolling round up, from Dior to Lemaire
By Jack Moss Last updated
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At Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams reveals ‘future living concept’ designed in collaboration with Not a Hotel
The multi-hyphenate has turned architect for his latest project, Drophaus, which provided the centrepiece of his A/W 2026 menswear show for Louis Vuitton in Paris
By Jack Moss Published
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The standout shows of Milan Fashion Week Men’s A/W 2026, from Zegna to Prada
Wallpaper* selects the highlights of Milan Fashion Week Men’s, which concluded in the Italian style capital yesterday (19 January 2026)
By Jack Moss Published
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Wallpaper* Design Awards 2026: the year’s most transformative beauty launches
We’ve eyed up this year’s most transformative launches, designed to elevate dressing tables and daily routines – from Chanel eye patches to the face-contouring Ziip Halo machine
By Mary Cleary Published
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Remembering Valentino Garavani, master of Italian glamour (1932-2026)
‘The Last Emperor’ of fashion has passed away aged 93, it was announced by his eponymous foundation. He will be remembered for his expressive vision of Roman glamour and cinematic muses
By Jack Moss Published
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Prada’s A/W 2026 menswear show was about excavating the past to find the future
‘It’s a kind of archaeology,’ said Raf Simons of his and Miuccia Prada’s latest menswear collection, which was presented at Fondazione Prada yesterday in Milan
By Jack Moss Published
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Hed Mayner’s Pitti Uomo show was all about finding beauty in ‘wrongness’
The designer took to Florence’s La Palazzina Reale last night as Pitti Uomo’s guest designer – an intriguingly strange royal palace that reflected a collection which revelled in wrongness
By Orla Brennan Published
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Everything the Wallpaper* style team is looking forward to at Men’s Fashion Month, from guest stars to swan songs
As Pitti Uomo begins in Florence – marking the first runway shows of the A/W 2026 season – the Wallpaper* editors reveal their most-anticipated menswear moments of the month ahead
By Jack Moss Published
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Is this Basel department store renovation already the best fashion retail design of the year?
Globus Basel’s new fashion and private shopping floors, designed by Tutto Bene, deconstruct and rebuild the very notion of a department store, drawing on the Swiss city’s rich artistic and architectural heritage
By Anna Solomon Published
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This documentary tells the story behind Louis Vuitton’s monumental Snakes and Ladders runway set
The new film offers a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse at how Pharrell Williams and Studio Mumbai conceived the 2,700 sq ft Snakes and Ladders board, which backdropped the house’s S/S 2026 menswear collection last June
By Jack Moss Published
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Wallpaper* Design Awards: cult London fashion store Jake’s is our ‘Best Retail Therapy’
Founded by Jake Burt, one half of London-based fashion label Stefan Cooke, the buzzy, fast-changing store takes inspiration from Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas’ 1993 The Shop and Tokyo’s niche fashion stores
By Jack Moss Published
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Wallpaper* Design Awards: this Balenciaga cassette player set our pulses racing
The invitation for Pierpaolo Piccioli’s debut runway show as creative director of Balenciaga was a cassette player that played a recording of a beating heart. It was our favourite invite of the year
By Jack Moss Published
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Dior’s iconic ‘Saddle’ bag has been transformed into a perfume
With La Collection Privée Cuir Saddle, Dior Perfume Creation Director Francis Kurkdjian takes a radical approach to the classic leather fragrance. Here, Wallpaper* gets the lowdown from the master perfumer
By Mary Cleary Published
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The wait is over – Jonathan Anderson’s Dior has arrived with a pop-up at London’s Selfridges
The ephemeral store features hundreds of grey Dior boxes, inspired by those which featured in the house’s first-ever store, Colifichets, as well as Anderson’s literary riffs on the Dior Book Tote
By Jack Moss Published
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Issey Miyake’s colourful collaboration with Asics is making an early claim for sneaker of the year
‘Issey Miyake Foot’ is the name of a new, ongoing project between Miyake Design Studio and Asics. First up? The ‘Hyper Taping’ sneaker, which launches later this month
By Jack Moss Published
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Men’s Fashion Week A/W 2026 has almost arrived. Here’s what to expect
From this season’s roster of Pitti Uomo guest designers to Jonathan Anderson’s sophomore men’s collection at Dior – as well as Véronique Nichanian’s Hermès swansong – everything to look out for at Men’s Fashion Week A/W 2026
By Jack Moss Published
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Nina Christen is the designer behind fashion’s favourite – and most playful – shoes
She’s created viral shoes for Loewe and Dior. Now, the Swiss designer is striking out with her own label, Christen
By Jack Moss Published
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Is the future of beauty skincare you can wear? Sylva’s Tallulah Harlech thinks so
The stylist’s label, Sylva, comprises a tightly edited collection of pieces designed to complement the skin’s microbiome, made possible by rigorous technical innovation – something she thinks will be the future of both fashion and beauty
By India Birgitta Jarvis Published
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Everything to look forward to in fashion in 2026, from (even more) debuts to the biggest-ever Met Gala
Wallpaper* looks forward to the next 12 months in fashion, which will see the dust begin to settle after a year of seismic change in 2025
By Jack Moss Published
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12 fashion figures reveal their style resolutions for the year ahead
As 2025 comes to a close, we ask the Wallpaper* style community – from Willy Chavarria and Stefan Cooke to Craig Green and Torishéju Dumi – their New Year's resolutions
By Jack Moss Published
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The rising style stars of 2026: Oscar Ouyang is taking knitwear into new realms
As part of the January 2026 Next Generation issue of Wallpaper*, we meet fashion’s next generation. Born in Beijing, Central Saint Martins graduate Oscar Ouyang is inspired by anime, medieval folklore and his friends’ wardrobes
By Orla Brennan Published
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Unmissable fashion exhibitions to add to your calendar in 2026
From a trip back to the 1990s at Tate Britain to retrospectives on Schiaparelli, Madame Grès and Vivienne Westwood, 2026 looks set to continue the renaissance of the fashion exhibition
By Belle Hutton Published
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The beauty trends that will define 2026, from ultra-niche fragrances to anti-ageing dental care
As we enter the new year, we speak to experts in fragrance, skincare, aesthetics, wellness and more about the trends that will be shaping the way we look
By Mary Cleary Published
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The rising style stars of 2026: Julie Kegels’ clothes are shape-shifting magic tricks
As part of the January 2026 Next Generation issue of Wallpaper*, we meet fashion’s next generation. Hailing from Antwerp, former Alaïa designer Julie Kegels’ is creating clothes that transform with a woman through her day
By Orla Brennan Published


