For FW16 Bobby Abley takes us away from the cold and rain to the sunny and vibrant Rio Carnival. Inspired by the summer he spent in Brazil last year, Abley has pulled out all of the stops to fuse his signature streetwear style with carnival culture and translate it all into a largely wearable collection worn by a casting of bronzed and buff models.
Abley’s preferred collaboration, Disney, returns this season featuring characters from the lesser-known ‘Saludos Amigos’ feature film. Model Matty Carrington from Select is styled as a contemporary streetwear Mickey Mouse in some voluminous red shorts, a black torso-less hoodie and some yellow Nike trainers, while Ashton Gohil of Elite Models is styled in a more current version of a carnival reveller in printed sportswear, some tasseled socks and a cap, and accessorized with a whistle around his neck.
Backpacks adorned with metre-long brightly dyed peacock and striped pheasant feathers in green, yellow, red and blue mimic the plumed carnival costumes of Rio, while still maintaining Abley’s streetwear aesthetic by having them grounded firmly in conventional territory with hoodies and tracksuit bottoms.
Li-Ning brand celebrated its 30th anniversary during Paris Fashion Week with a highly anticipated show following the debut of the Neil Barrett collaboration at Milan Men’s Fashion Week.
In 1997, Simon Porte Jacquemus was seven years old, he tells us as we gathered right outside of Paris in the business district of La Défense. Simon’s Jacquemus presented his Fall/Winter 2020 collection following up his tenth-anniversary… »
As we enter the new decade, the brand made the statement that it’s the ‘new decade of sophistication’. What that means is really up to the public to decide. Is new sophistication no social media? Sustainability? No bull-shit?
This was the scene set at Dior: a groupage of boxy-like cages, embodying the lustrous colors of Dior’s dynamism, prodding to mimic a sense of utmost opulence.
While everyone has been trying to redevelop sportswear the past few seasons, Casablanca actually offers something that feels fresh with revisiting retro cuts styled with silk scarves and pearls.
Japanese designer Masayuki Ino, the winner of the 2018 LVMH Prize, chose to present his new collection in a typical Japanese family restaurant where authentic dishes are served as well as Western menus including pizzas, burgers, and fries.
Rapper Offset, who is one-third of the hip-hop trio Migos, presented his collaboration with luxury brand Laundered Work at the American Cathedral in Paris which has turned something into a new hot runway spot ever since Vetements showed there back in 2016.
Rick Owens earns the buzz as far as ambiguity is concerned. His dichotomy is mesmerizing: the manner through which he identifies something out of the slightest atom, turning it into an explosive weapon (the heels, for instance) is noteworthy.
The energy of this season is strong, mysterious, almost mystical. The colorful fantasy of distant countries mixes with 70s rock, and grunge meets sport.
The latest collection of Raf Simons had a moving, emotive connotation because the people he portrayed epitomize an abduction into something different, clinging an intriguing narrative of scattering.
Having just launched in 2019 their menswear line, in 2020 Anton and Ksenia Schnaider continue to give a masculine update to the brand’s signature and carry-over items.
Inspired by Michael Halsband’s unique photographs capturing a series of iconic black and white portraits of Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat, Anthony Vaccarello has re-edited in collaboration with Everlast an exclusive collection of boxing accessories for Saint Laurent Rive Droite.
Waight Keller’s purpose of redefining the modern man can be classed a forte, but what’s even more enthralling is that she failed not to reference a whole heritage that characterized her (leading-edge) spirit.
