The severe, linear, monochromatic collection that Bill Gaytten showed for John Galliano today felt like a very deliberate repudiation of the label's legacy of languid glamour and heady romance. "I'm not a soft, romantic person," Gaytten said dismissively.
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It's hard to go terribly wrong when Françoise Hardy is your reference. But Lydia Maurer went a lot further than channeling the French star's soigné style. She delivered a sharp, tightly edited collection that connected the early years of Paco Raban
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Continue reading >>It's been a big couple of weeks for Maxime Simoëns. Late last month, LVMH announced that it had purchased a minority stake in his label, and today Simoëns unveiled his first ready-to-wear collection, following several seasons of only doing coutu
Continue reading >>"Brancusi's Mongolia," announced the Maiyet mood board. Company president Kristy Caylor has built this young brand by merging worlds—her European creative director's designs are handcrafted by artisans across the globe, from Colombia to India to her own b
Continue reading >>Understatement is an undervalued quality in fashion.Martin Grant specializes in it. That means what his clothes lack in bells and whistles they make up for in wearability, which in turn explains why his front row is always packed with retailers—not to men
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