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Inside Dior’s Grammar of Forms
Most runway shows end the moment the final look disappears backstage. The applause fades, guests leave their seats and, within minutes, the collection begins a new life online through thousands of carefully selected images. What remains is often a sequence of photographs that capture the silhouettes but inevitably compress the experience of seeing them in…
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Lessons of Couture week 2026
For four days, from July 6 to 9, Paris once again became the center of haute couture. Yet this season was defined by more than the return of the industry’s most exclusive calendar. Across 30 presentations, the collections reflected a moment of transition, as historic houses entered new creative chapters while emerging voices broadened the…
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FENDI’s Roman statement
On July 9, FENDI did more than present its Fall/Winter 2026 to 2027 Haute Couture collection. The Roman house transformed Maria Grazia Chiuri’s first couture presentation into a broader cultural statement, marking the beginning of a new creative chapter while celebrating the legacy of Karl Lagerfeld, whose vision shaped FENDI for more than five decades.…
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Why Pitti Uomo 110 matters for the future of menswear
While fashion headlines tend to focus on runway collections, Pitti Uomo has built its reputation differently. Season after season, the Florentine trade fair offers a clearer picture of where menswear is heading, revealing the commercial, technical and cultural shifts that often reach the catwalk months later. Held at the Fortezza da Basso, the 110th edition…
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Quiet displacement of tailoring – Soshiotsuki Paris SS27
Tailoring has long been associated with precision. It establishes order through proportion, structure and balance, giving garments a sense of permanence that has defined menswear for generations. At SOSHIOTSUKI, however, those conventions never felt entirely secure. Under the direction of Soshi Otsuki, the Spring/Summer 2027 collection proposed a quieter evolution, one where tailoring remained intact…
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The aesthetics of chaos – KIDILL Paris SS27
At Paris Fashion Week Men’s, much of the season unfolded within familiar territory. Soft tailoring, controlled proportions and muted palettes continued to shape the dominant conversation around menswear. Even collections that experimented rarely moved far from those established codes. KIDILL chose another direction entirely. Presented under the title CHAOTIC, Hiroaki Sueyasu’s Spring/Summer 2027 collection rejected…