Going to fashion shows when the spectre of a third world war sits on every conscious mind is a surreal, almost dystopian experience. Business as usual. Fashion for the sake of fashion. Then there is Haider Ackermann at Tom Ford, whose sensitive, humanistic touch managed to summon a cast of troubling, fragile, lonely and sensual […]
There’s a current fixation in women’s fashion on the paradox: clean lines with a neutral palette, carrying a decidedly alluring undercurrent. The oxymoron is the appeal—see the most talked-about wardrobe of 2026, Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette in Love Story (2026). That tension defined Anthony Vaccarello’s 10th anniversary at Saint Laurent for Fall 2026 womenswear. […]
Demna’s debut at Gucci has been highly anticipated, both in the real world, and in my head. Conscious of the particularly interesting reshuffling of Michele to Valentino, Demna to Gucci and Piccioli to Balenciaga, I was invested in his plans to pull the house apart. During his tenure at Balenciaga, it was a brawl every […]
