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Weinsanto brings Parisian rebellion to Dubai
Victor Weinsanto revisits his Spring/Summer 2027 collection in Dubai, bringing corsetry, animal prints and club-culture references to a runway increasingly interested in fashion beyond conventional glamour Victor Weinsanto has never been particularly interested in making clothes that disappear into a crowd. The Paris-based designer, whose background in dance and experience working with Jean Paul Gaultier inform his theatrical approach, has built a label around exaggerated fem
38 minutes ago
Bahrain's Touchless is rethinking the handbag
At Dubai Fashion Week, sisters Dalal and Fatema Alkhaja are challenging the conventions of luxury accessories with sculptural, 3D-printed handbags The most interesting accessory at Dubai Fashion Week might not have been made from leather, stitched by hand or constructed using any of the techniques traditionally associated with luxury handbags. In the showrooms at Dubai Design District, Bahrain-based label Touchless presented a different proposition: sculptural bags created th
52 minutes ago
Sara Pedram turns Persian mythology into couture
At Dubai Fashion Week, the Iranian designer draws on ancient poetry, mythical birds and traditional craftsmanship to create a collection about transformation, resilience and the enduring power of cultural storytelling There is something particularly compelling about fashion that draws from mythology without reducing it to decoration. At Dubai Fashion Week, Iranian designer Sara Pedram presented Simurgh, a Spring/Summer 2027 couture collection inspired by one of Persian litera
2 days ago
News
Kim Jones is choosing Hong Kong for his next fashion chapter
After two decades shaping some of Europe's most influential luxury houses, Kim Jones is returning to his own label with an Asia-first strategy For much of modern luxury fashion, the career trajectory of a successful designer has followed a familiar geography. Build a reputation in London or Paris, establish a creative identity within a European house, and eventually expand into Asia as a commercial opportunity. Kim Jones is approaching his next chapter differently. Having spe
2 days ago
McQueen is starting over again, and fashion is running out of patience
Seán McGirr is leaving Alexander McQueen after three years. His departure raises uncomfortable questions about the house's creative identity, commercial struggles and what its next designer will actually be expected to fix. Alexander McQueen is preparing for another reinvention. On 15 October, Kering officially confirmed that Seán McGirr would be leaving his position as creative director, ending a three-year tenure that began with enormous expectations and concluded just week
Oct 18
Matthieu Blazy gives Chanel's winter wardrobe a retro-sport makeover
Chanel's Coco Neige 2026 campaign brings bold color, playful alpine references and a distinctly relaxed attitude to winter dressing, offering another glimpse of how Matthieu Blazy is reshaping the house beyond the runway Winter dressing at Chanel has traditionally occupied a rather glamorous altitude. Since its introduction in 2018, Coco Neige has brought the house's familiar codes into the world of ski resorts, technical outerwear and après-ski wardrobes, where practicality
Oct 15
Runway
Weinsanto brings Parisian rebellion to Dubai
Victor Weinsanto revisits his Spring/Summer 2027 collection in Dubai, bringing corsetry, animal prints and club-culture references to a runway increasingly interested in fashion beyond conventional glamour Victor Weinsanto has never been particularly interested in making clothes that disappear into a crowd. The Paris-based designer, whose background in dance and experience working with Jean Paul Gaultier inform his theatrical approach, has built a label around exaggerated fem
38 minutes ago
Sara Pedram turns Persian mythology into couture
At Dubai Fashion Week, the Iranian designer draws on ancient poetry, mythical birds and traditional craftsmanship to create a collection about transformation, resilience and the enduring power of cultural storytelling There is something particularly compelling about fashion that draws from mythology without reducing it to decoration. At Dubai Fashion Week, Iranian designer Sara Pedram presented Simurgh, a Spring/Summer 2027 couture collection inspired by one of Persian litera
2 days ago
Oude Waag finds beauty in letting the armor fall
At Shanghai Fashion Week, Jingwei Yin transforms personal loss into a study of protection, vulnerability and the emotional possibilities of clothing. Fashion has always had a complicated relationship with armor. Structured shoulders, rigid tailoring and tightly controlled silhouettes can communicate confidence, but they can also suggest a need for protection. At Shanghai Fashion Week, Oude Waag designer Jingwei Yin approached that contradiction from a more intimate perspectiv
2 days ago
Bahrain's Touchless is rethinking the handbag
At Dubai Fashion Week, sisters Dalal and Fatema Alkhaja are challenging the conventions of luxury accessories with sculptural, 3D-printed handbags The most interesting accessory at Dubai Fashion Week might not have been made from leather, stitched by hand or constructed using any of the techniques traditionally associated with luxury handbags. In the showrooms at Dubai Design District, Bahrain-based label Touchless presented a different proposition: sculptural bags created th
52 minutes ago
Alaïa without a creative director still looks like Alaïa
Following Pieter Mulier's departure for Versace, Alaïa presented its Spring/Summer 2027 collection without a named creative director Fashion loves a creative director. Preferably one with a recognizable face, an interesting wardrobe, a substantial Instagram following and a personal mythology that can be turned into a campaign before the first collection has even reached the runway. The industry has become so accustomed to presenting designers as singular creative geniuses tha
Oct 14
Shanghai is building a fashion capital for the people who actually make and buy clothes
While the traditional fashion capitals compete for attention on the runway, Shanghai is making an equally compelling argument for what happens beyond it. Fashion weeks are exceptionally good at producing the appearance of importance. Spectacular venues, influential front rows and thousands of images circulating online can make a runway show feel like an event of global consequence. Whether the clothes eventually reach customers, whether the designer establishes a viable busin
Oct 11
Style
New York bridal fashion is finally having some fun
From Vivienne Westwood's transforming gowns to Galia Lahav's polka dots and Sareh Nouri's dramatic bows, Fall 2027 bridal collections are making room for brides with a little more personality. For years, bridal fashion has operated within a surprisingly narrow definition of romance. There were the princess gowns, the minimalist satin columns, the lace-covered traditionalists and the occasional daring silhouette for brides determined to make an entrance. New York Bridal Fashio
Oct 18
Hollywood glamour gets a fashion makeover at the 2026 Academy Museum Gala
Taylor Swift, Kendall Jenner, Demi Moore and Hollywood's fashion crowd delivered a red carpet of sculptural silhouettes, theatrical details and old-school glamour. The Academy Museum Gala has become one of Hollywood's most compelling fashion occasions, offering the glamour of awards season without the obligation to dress like an Oscar nominee. At its sixth annual edition in Los Angeles on October 17, the red carpet moved comfortably between classic eveningwear, experimental c
Oct 18
Fashion should make it harder to walk normally
Vivienne Westwood SS27 makes a convincing case for clothes that refuse to behave. Sometimes clothing requires a small period of negotiation. You work out where the arm goes, reconsider the shoe you thought you could walk in, discover that your skirt has its own preferred direction of travel and accept that sitting down may now require planning permission. Vivienne Westwood has always understood that the second category is considerably more fun. For Spring/Summer 2027, Andreas
Oct 7
Culture
Erdem's women are becoming part of fashion history
For two decades, Erdem Moralioglu has imagined wardrobes for women whose lives exist somewhere between history and fiction. Now, his first major retrospective in Doha turns the designer's own creative history into a museum narrative. Erdem Moralioglu has spent much of his career dressing women he has never met. Historical figures, artists, performers and aristocrats have provided the starting points for elaborate fictional wardrobes, allowing the designer to imagine their pri
Oct 15
A century of couture goes under the hammer
An upcoming Paris auction places extraordinary creations by Chanel, Madeleine Vionnet, Dior and Balenciaga under the hammer Imagine being offered a choice between a contemporary designer handbag and an evening dress created by Gabrielle Chanel nearly a century ago. One represents the current luxury market, complete with its increasingly ambitious prices. The other is a surviving piece of fashion history, created during a period when designers were fundamentally reconsidering
Oct 12
When fashion tells someone else's story
Gabriela Hearst's Spring/Summer 2027 collection brought Afghan women's history and craftsmanship to the Paris runway. It also raises an important question about what fashion owes the cultures and communities from which it draws inspiration. A woman in Afghanistan creates an intricate piece of embroidery. Thousands of kilometres away, that craftsmanship appears on a luxury runway in Paris, admired by editors, photographed by international media and eventually offered to custom
Oct 7
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