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Quiet Displacement of Tailoring – Soshiotsuki Paris SS27
Tailoring is often associated with certainty. It imposes structure, defines proportion, and gives the body a clear architectural logic. In SOSHIOTSUKI’s Spring/Summer 2027 collection, that certainty gradually began to shift. Under the direction of Soshi Otsuki, familiar menswear codes remained visible. Long coats, sharp shirting, structured jackets, wide trousers but none of them felt entirely…
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The Aesthetics of Chaos: KIDILL Paris SS27
At Paris Fashion Week Men’s, much of menswear moved within familiar territory. Soft tailoring, controlled silhouettes, muted palettes, and quiet luxury continued to dominate the season’s visual language. Even when collections experimented, they often did so within carefully calibrated boundaries while KIDILL offered the opposite. Its Spring/Summer 2027 collection, presented under the title “CHAOTIC,” rejected…
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Pharrell’s Expanding Vision at Louis Vuitton
At Paris Fashion Week Men’s, few shows attracted as much attention as Louis Vuitton. Under the creative direction of Pharrell Williams, the house has embraced a scale of presentation that extends far beyond the traditional runway. Each season, Louis Vuitton’s menswear show functions not merely as a collection reveal, but as a global cultural event—one…
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Streetwear Trends Defining 2026
Streetwear in 2026 has entered a new phase. The oversized logo-heavy era has largely faded, replaced by a more layered and psychologically expressive approach to dressing. Rather than chasing hype alone, contemporary streetwear now blends utility, intimacy, nostalgia, and digital influence. One of the strongest trends is “post-uniform dressing.” Cargo silhouettes, technical jackets, protective fabrics,…
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Palais Galliera – Tisser, broder, sublimer
Craft, technique, mastery, these are words that that usually point to heritage, to preservation, to something already known. But at Palais Galliera, the exhibition Tisser, broder, sublimer : les savoir-faire de la mode gently shifts that expectation. The focus isn’t on finished pieces but on everything that leads up to them. Before form The exhibition…
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Fashion’s Identity Crisis
2026 revealed a fashion industry caught between technological acceleration and the growing demand for authenticity. While luxury houses continued presenting increasingly cinematic collections, several controversies exposed deeper anxieties surrounding creativity, artificial intelligence, and the future of craftsmanship. The most discussed backlash centered around Gucci and its AI-generated visual campaigns released ahead of Demna’s highly anticipated…