Exciting debuts! Supermodel comebacks! Blowout runway shows! If we weren’t quite back to business as usual in 2022, fashion was bigger, louder, and brighter than it’s been since the Before Times. It started on a high note, with Glenn Martens’s astonishing haute couture collection for Jean Paul Gaultier and Matthieu Blazy’s stellar debut at Bottega Veneta. We couldn’t get enough of the star-is-born red carpet style of Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet. And who can forget Rihanna’s baby bump reveal? But the designer exits and advertising controversies of the last few weeks suggest that the pandemic isn’t quite done with us yet. We continue to see its after-effects on independent labels, and consumers, too, have changed, demanding more from the brands they follow and buy, which in turn is inspiring reflection and reevaluation on...

In 2022, fakeness seems to be fashion’s new reality. Take, for instance, Loewe’s spring 2023 collection, for which creative director Jonathan Anderson looked to artificiality as a source of inspiration. Surreal, sci-fi elements were tacked onto dresses, shoes, and bags. The designer put features of nature and everyday ephemera on full display—like fiberglass anthurium flowers magnified and stuck onto frocks; or blown up, pixelated t-shirts. Models at Puppets and Puppets carried bags affixed with bananas, cookies, and other fake foods that looked hyperreal—and straight off a dinner plate. After what feels like a lifetime of Hermès hauls, luxury “It” bag obsessions, and Old Money content on TikTok, trends have recently skewed in the opposite direction: editors, stylists, and influencers have taken to...

Renowned Japanese artist, Yoshitomo Nara, has joined forces with British luxury house Stella McCartney for the brand’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection. The two creative powerhouses marry their brand ethos’ and individual identities to debut a lively gender-neutral capsule collection that serves as the second chapter to their first collaborative endeavor in 2021. “In our first collaboration, Stella chose which of my artworks she wanted to use and played around with them freely when integrating them into her designs,” shares Nara. “This time, I selected the artworks I wanted her to use and she once again had the freedom to place them as she wished in her pieces.” Using Nara’s work as the collaboration's point of inception, the collection bridges art, fashion, and street...

MadeMe by Erin Magee is widely known as the saucy downtown streetwear brand, capturing the hearts of girls like Lourdes Leon, Paloma Elsesser, and Princess Nokia. Now she’s launched handbags and partnered with an equally radical magazine on the campaign—an international meeting of the minds. The Trinity, a rounded shoulder bag that recalls ’90s Christian Dior shapes, makes its debut in photos in collaboration with Fruits, a street style magazine created in 1997 by photographer Shoichi Aoki that chronicled the wild and experimental looks of Japanese youth in Tokyo’s Harajuku district. Photo: Courtesy of Shoichi Aoki Photo: Courtesy of Shoichi Aoki While the magazine shuttered in 2017, this campaign makes it feel as if Fruits were back in full swing. The images, made by Aoki and Magee, are truly...

New York-based genderless brand TELFAR has unveiled its second collaboration with Canadian luxury outerwear brand Moose Knuckles. The 24-piece ready-to-wear and accessories collection is a continuation of TELFAR’s first foray into performance-driven outerwear last year. This new collection focuses on creating new weather-resistant silhouettes that embody anonymity: a distinctly New York penchant for getting noticed while minding your own business. Moose Knuckles’ iconic pieces got interpreted through an eye-catching futuristic appeal for all who want to make a statement, stay stealth, and keep warm this season. Creating coats and apparel that allow its wearer to be perceived how they want to was important to the collaboration because “In New York City, coats are basically your car, so if you work for yourself your...