Translated by Nicola Mira Published May 13, 2024 Dover Street Market is about to inaugurate its flagship store in Paris, the eighth DSM branch worldwide. The new store will open on May 24 in the hôtel de Coulanges, a historic building at 35-37 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, in the Marais district. After staging several retail initiatives … Read more
The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced a shortlist of six designers for this year’s BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund, with some of the UK’s key emerging labels in the running. Priya Ahluwalia They are Ahluwalia, Chopova Lowena, Clio Peppiatt, KNWLS, Nensi Dojaka and Stefan Cooke. The shortlisted designers will be interviewed by the Fund judging … Read more
In this era of quiet luxury, what could be quieter than a library? That’s just where Grace Wales Bonner conceived this elegant, considered collection that nodded to American college life, and a wider world of textile craft and tradition. Wales Bonner did much of her work at Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, where she was … Read more
Wales Bonner’s metallic iteration has proved especially popular among women, reselling as high as US$1,075 (up from its US$200 retail price) on the sneaker marketplace StockX. The silver Adidas x Wales Bonner Sambas. Photo: Wales Bonner Meanwhile, Harry Styles helped the Adidas Gazelles rocket in popularity by wearing them throughout his 2022-23 tour, specifically a … Read more
There is a lot to unpack in The Met’s latest Costume Institute exhibition “Women Dressing Women,” and it’s not just the creations of generations of female designers. While there is no shortage of striking and often au courant designs, there also are boundary-shifting garments and juxtapositions that magnify topics beyond legacy, sexism and history. If visitors … Read more
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