“I have never been interested in fashion. I’ve always been interested in how people interact with clothes,” says London-based menswear designer Martine Rose.
Her first collaboration with Nike, a capsule featuring tracksuits, football jerseys and a completely re-articulated Nike Air Monarch, is indicative of this fascination. It plays, as much of Rose’s work does, on distorted proportion. Similarly, it follows the ethos of her design: finding things that appear ordinary but have something extraordinary about them and transforming those into items that are, in Rose’s words, “really quite exceptional.”
“Sportswear has been appropriated for years by various youth movements in England and America. The acceptability makes it so interesting. People can mix it in with any other type of wardrobe,” she says. “Again, I’m very interested with how people interact with clothes. It says so much about who they are, who they want to be. It’s an emotional thing.”
The Nike x Martine Rose collection releases in January.
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.
And as the designer faced the wildest twists in liability, Virgil has proven his competence and accountability which profitably placed him on top of the urbane ladder.
Jeon Seunghyeok as Visual Director of South Korean brand BLUR 1.0 presents this editorial titled “Another Me” captured by Kwangseok and styling by @m.miminming with pieces from the latest collection.
