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15 Dec

Pantone’s 2022 Color of the Year, Very Peri, Embraces Strangeness (VOGUE)

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Chet Lo spring 2022 Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com Xüly Bet spring 2022 Photo: Ismaël Moumin / Courtesy of Xüly Bet Iris van Herpen haute couture fall 2021 Photo: Courtesy of Iris van Herpen Can a color predict the future? After the many uncertainties of 2020 and 2021, many are looking for signs from any source. The Pantone Color of the Year 2022 is a new shade, Very Peri, one that, according to Leatrice Eiseman, the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, and Laurie Pressman, the vice president of the Pantone Color Institute, embraces the uncertainty and cautious optimism of our moment. “It is a color that really places the future ahead in a new light,” said Pressman on a Zoom call earlier this week....
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9 Dec

The Best Looks From the Pre-Fall 2022 Collections (W Magazine)

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Even before 2020, the rhythm of the fashion calendar had been fracturing as some designers broke free from showing within the confines of spring/summer and fall/winter, instead opting to release collections whenever they pleased. Now, all bets are still off—and the pre-fall/cruise seasons are no different. Brands including Fendi, The Row, and even Gucci—which showed its collection with a spectacle of a runway presentation that took place on Hollywood Boulevard and featured over 500 guests—have been putting out their takes on pre-fall since September of this year. We’re following the ongoing releases right here, tracking the latest drops from Proenza Schouler, Chloé, Erdem, (which just released its first menswear line), and more. . Balmain Courtesy of Balmain It’s hard to believe that Balmain designer Olivier...
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9 Dec

Designer Marco Garro Is Putting Costa Rica on the Fashion Map (W Magazine)

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How did the 21-year-old designer Marco Garro go from a small town in Costa Rica, commuting by bus six hours a day to attend fashion school, to dressing the likes of Jorja Smith, Tinashe, and Anastasia Karanikolaou? After launching his namesake label earlier this year with a grit, tenacity, and vibrancy that rivals the patterns used in his colorful clothing, Garro’s work has already caught the eye of many well-known stylists worldwide. But the emerging designer is no stranger to getting noticed. I personally first met Garro three years ago at Hot n Spicy in downtown San José, Costa Rica’s capital city—the go-to party for anyone who dreams of being somebody. Although he stands at only 5’4”, Garro didn’t get lost...
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9 Dec

Kim Kardashian’s Balenciaga Era Is a Clean Slate for the Star (VOGUE)

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On Tuesday night, Kim Kardashian accepted the Fashion Award at the People’s Choice Awards in California, wearing a body-cinching, corseted black minidress and gigantic galactic sunglasses by Balenciaga. While accepting the award, the contoured jewel of the Kardashian family thanked Kanye West and designers Zac Posen, Riccardo Tisci, and Olivier Rousteing of Balmain. “To Kanye, for really introducing me to the fashion world,” she said. “I fell in love with fashion and I’m so inspired by so many people. But again, this is like a dream that I get to wake up and wear these amazing clothes and try new things and take a risk. I’m so humbled.” Kardashian at the People’s Choice Awards, December 2021.  Photo: Courtesy of Getty Images While we’ve...
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9 Dec

Scenes from Art Basel Miami, a Playground of Big Sculptures and Bigger Parties (VOGUE)

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People came ready to party at Art Basel Miami. Where else can you spend your days looking at giant art installations and lounging on the beach, and your nights flitting through fêtes hosted by the likes of Chanel, Gucci, Alicia Keys, and Playboy? The first in-person Art Basel Miami since 2019 didn’t lack star power, and photographer Lili Kobielski captured the scene for Vogue. “Overall there seemed to be a pent up demand for fun! The fair and the parties were more packed than I’ve ever seen in my four years covering Art Basel,” she says. Kobielski captured art fans in their natural habitat. Some posed in bikinis with sculptures on the beach; another partygoer wore a large nameplate necklace that simply read “art”...
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7 Dec

Of Course Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s Winter Coat Game Is Strong (VOGUE)

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As far as couple style goes, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have simply got it. Both stars share a wardrobe full of designer gear that leans towards a more casual-cool, streetwear aesthetic. They’ve even coordinated pinks for date night! This weekend in New York, however, we got our first glimpse at how the duo will be channeling that fashion vibe during the winter months. Unsurprisingly, they made bundling up look stylish, thanks to slick coats and stellar accessories. Rihanna hit the streets in an high-fashion ensemble that belongs on the runway: a multicolor puffer coat with a faux-fur trim, a metallic purple skirt, matching below-the-knee Balenciaga boots, and sporty lavender shades. A$AP, meanwhile, kept things more minimal. The rapper wore a checked overcoat with a...
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7 Dec

CARTIER’S SIXIÈME SENS PAR CARTIER COLLECTION CAPTURES THE EMOTION OF NATURE (V Magazine)

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Cartier has always meant luxury, and with the new Sixième Sens Par Cartier collection, luxury is made for the soul. Unparalleled craftsmanship is infused into the collection of high jewelry with an intense passion for art going hand-in-hand; the pieces are evocative, meant to inspire, made to move powerfully and wholly. Cartier is doing what Cartier does best: making jewelry to be carried through life. Janet wears bra Rokh Earrings and necklace in platinum, corals, emeralds, onyx, diamonds Cartier Sixième Sens High Jewelry Pieces in the new collection are emotional and expressive, with textures capturing and reflecting light, relaying the natural gem hues of nature, bringing pieces of the heavens down to earth. Sixième Sens Par Cartier recalls abundance: the ripe saturation of the...
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3 Dec

The Street Style Guide to Wearing Carrie Bradshaw-Worthy Tulle (VOGUE)

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What do street stylers, Vogue’s December cover star Sarah Jessica Parker, and her alter ego Carrie Bradshaw have in common? An affinity for tulle—and lots of it. A soft and ethereal look for people of all ages, tulle cuts a particularly striking contrast on the streets of New York, Tokyo, and London. See how kids and adults alike are wearing tulle dresses and skirts below, and browse more of the best trends in our Street Style Trend Tracker. and skirts below, and browse more of the best trends in our Street Style Trend Tracker. Paris, fall 2021 couture  Photographed by Acielle / Style Du Monde Tokyo, spring 2021 ready-to-wear  Photographed by Kira / TokyoFashion.com Paris, fall 2021 couture  Photographed by Acielle / Style Du Monde Seoul, spring 2020 ready-to-wear  Photographed by Alex Finch Paris,...
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3 Dec

Virgil Abloh’s Final Louis Vuitton Show Was a Heartfelt Homage (W Magazine)

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  Tributes to Virgil Abloh, the hugely influential fashion disrupter and prolific multihyphenate, flooded social media immediately after news broke of his untimely death on Sunday at age 41. Just days later, on Tuesday, many of his notable admirers got to pay their respects in person, all while taking in Abloh’s final menswear collection for Louis Vuitton. “Per his wishes,” CEO and chairman Michael Burke said in a statement, the house went ahead with its months-long plans to present Abloh’s spring 2022 collection at Art Basel Miami Beach. (Abloh, who had been privately battling a rare cancer since 2019, was a mainstay of the art-world extravaganza, both exhibiting his work and DJing more parties than he could count.) Naturally, it was all a tribute to Abloh, starting...
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29 Nov

Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton Menswear Designer, Passes Away at 41 (W Magazine)

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Virgil Abloh, the designer who set out to disrupt fashion and reached some of its highest peaks in the process, has passed away at the age of 41. According to a statement released by Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, Abloh had been privately battling cancer for years, a fact not publicly known. Coming to prominence thanks to his close working relationship with Kanye West, whom he met when they both had internships at Fendi in 2009, Abloh founded his own Milan-based label, Off-White, and in 2018 was named artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear. He remains one of the few Black designers to ever occupy the top position at a major Parisian fashion house. “We are all shocked after this terrible news,”...
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