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

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

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