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Building New Roads at Balenciaga

The codes of Cristobal’s legacy give Demna Gvasalia’s Balenciaga its spine because that’s what he feels compelled to mutate for modern times. After last season’s psychedelic tunnel, he wanted the focus to be purely on the clothes.

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Building New Roads at Balenciaga

The codes of Cristobal’s legacy give Demna Gvasalia’s Balenciaga its spine because that’s what he feels compelled to mutate for modern times. After last season’s psychedelic tunnel, he wanted the focus to be purely on the clothes.


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Thom Browne’s Stern Celebration

As an anniversary, today's show did not signal tremendous progress, but it had depth and the level of execution was almost couture-like.

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Thom Browne’s Stern Celebration

As an anniversary, today's show did not signal tremendous progress, but it had depth and the level of execution was almost couture-like.


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Junya Watanabe’s Cute/Not Cute Hybrids

There was a quiet ingenuity at work, but the source material — houses dresses — had a utilitarian dullness that levelled rather than lifted the collection.

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Junya Watanabe’s Cute/Not Cute Hybrids

There was a quiet ingenuity at work, but the source material — houses dresses — had a utilitarian dullness that levelled rather than lifted the collection.


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The End is Nigh at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo drew on a repertoire of the most civilised dress, but mutated her finery with hard industrial elements. The impact of this dystopian couture was stunning: society through a glass darkly.

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The End is Nigh at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo drew on a repertoire of the most civilised dress, but mutated her finery with hard industrial elements. The impact of this dystopian couture was stunning: society through a glass darkly.


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Seduction and Restraint at Hermès

Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski has been struggling to nail her signature at the revered French luxury house. She may have found it.

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Seduction and Restraint at Hermès

Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski has been struggling to nail her signature at the revered French luxury house. She may have found it.


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Playing With Extremes at Paris Fashion Week

Noir Kei Ninomiya and Haider Ackermann proved that extreme romanticism is not at odds with punk’s abrasive spirit.

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Playing With Extremes at Paris Fashion Week

Noir Kei Ninomiya and Haider Ackermann proved that extreme romanticism is not at odds with punk’s abrasive spirit.


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The Prism of Issey Miyake

Freedom, joy, and futurism are all pillars of the house that should be explored broadly and fearlessly. Instead, what Yoshiyuki Miyamae produces season after season is average.

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The Prism of Issey Miyake

Freedom, joy, and futurism are all pillars of the house that should be explored broadly and fearlessly. Instead, what Yoshiyuki Miyamae produces season after season is average.


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The Magic of Yohji Yamamoto

The man is a punk in spirit, and all the better for it.

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The Magic of Yohji Yamamoto

The man is a punk in spirit, and all the better for it.


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Chloe Spins an Enchanted Yarn

Natacha Ramsay-Levi's infallible chic left little room for a sense of the cosmic (dis)order that so deliciously underpinned her saga. And yet, there were inklings.

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Chloe Spins an Enchanted Yarn

Natacha Ramsay-Levi's infallible chic left little room for a sense of the cosmic (dis)order that so deliciously underpinned her saga. And yet, there were inklings.


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An Appetite for Reduction at Loewe

Jonathan Anderson makes oddity effortless. But his maturity as a designer means that the eccentricity is merely one arrow in his quiver of very convincing fashion possibilities.

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An Appetite for Reduction at Loewe

Jonathan Anderson makes oddity effortless. But his maturity as a designer means that the eccentricity is merely one arrow in his quiver of very convincing fashion possibilities.


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Hedi Slimane’s New Celine Girl

The designer mined Celine's 70s archives to mark a new era in fashion.

Fashion Week

Hedi Slimane’s New Celine Girl

The designer mined Celine's 70s archives to mark a new era in fashion.


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A Fresh Rebellion at Balmain

This was Olivier Rousteing breaking his own mold in every sense, delivering a collection that read as a total homage to Karl Lagerfeld.

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A Fresh Rebellion at Balmain

This was Olivier Rousteing breaking his own mold in every sense, delivering a collection that read as a total homage to Karl Lagerfeld.