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Hunting past seasons
Runway seasons, creative directors, provenance and forgotten collections are becoming part of the way people shop. As access to fashion history expands, the archive is no longer reserved for museums, houses and specialists. A vintage designer label once told a shopper most of what they needed to know. Today, it may only be the beginning.…
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Alaïa, African influences
At the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa in Paris, a new exhibition traces the presence of Africa across decades of the couturier’s work, revealing an influence carried through childhood memories, materials, colour and some of his most recognisable experiments with the body. Azzedine Alaïa made his career in Paris, but part of his visual language had been…
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Fashion’s summer intermission
Between the final couture show and September’s crowded fashion calendar, the industry appears to slow down. But fashion’s summer pause has become less an absence of activity than a change in where that activity takes place. By mid-July, fashion begins to look unusually quiet. The sequence that started with resort collections and continued through Pitti…
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Streetwear trends defining 2026
Streetwear has always evolved through cycles, but 2026 feels less like the arrival of another trend than the beginning of a broader reset. The visual codes that defined the previous decade, oversized logos, limited edition drops and constant collaborations, no longer dominate the conversation in the same way. Instead, the focus has shifted towards individuality,…
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Palais Galliera – Tisser, broder, sublimer
Craft, technique and mastery are often associated with preservation. They evoke heritage, tradition and knowledge passed from one generation to the next. At the Palais Galliera, however, Tisser, broder, sublimer: les savoir-faire de la mode invites visitors to look at these ideas from another perspective. Rather than celebrating finished garments, the exhibition turns its attention…
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Luxury’s authenticity test
Luxury fashion has never been defined solely by the products it sells. It also depends on ideas that are far less tangible, including craftsmanship, artistic vision and the promise that every detail reflects human expertise. Throughout 2026, those values were increasingly tested as generative artificial intelligence became more visible in the industry’s creative process. What…