The Made in California collection will sit in harmony with his ERL main line, which is produced with Dover Street Market in Comme des Garçons factories around the world, and will launch exclusively on a new ERL e-shop. The pieces are more luxurious (and obviously more expensive) versions of the items ERL is known for, … Read more
On arriving at the show, visitors will first see a Brancusi bronze placed into dialogue with the Worth sleeping beauty. A contemporary garment that the Worth dress helped to inspire—an Alessandro Michele piece for Gucci—will be displayed nearby. Visitors will progress into a space filled with botanicals on painted silk—a Chinese technique imitated by Europeans … Read more
In Spanish, the word “problemista” can mean a number of things: it can refer to someone problematic, or a troublemaker to others. In writing his debut film, Problemista, now in theaters worldwide, filmmaker Julio Torres designates the term to those with a compulsion to create nightmare scenarios for themselves. “Maybe there is something that you … Read more
This article originally appeared on Vogue Business. To receive the Vogue Business newsletter, sign up here. Dries Van Noten is to take his final bow at his men’s show in June in Paris, Vogue Business has learned. His successor has not yet been named. The 65-year-old Belgian designer, known for his avant-garde collections and sumptuous use … Read more
How much about the chocolates was in the Wonka script? I had the title and description—for instance, the Silver Lining was filled with condensed thunderclouds and liquid sunlight. And the action it does—it makes you go, “Huh!” At the start, that was all I had. At that point, I didn’t know about any other production … Read more
Don’t be surprised if there’s mention of a mythical “smoke eater” during your first smoke-sauna session. Estonia’s 800-year-old bathing ritual is a deeply spiritual and sacred practice, believed to purify the air and cleanse the spirits. Unlike standard saunas, the Estonian smoke hut is heated by an open fire without a chimney; the hot sooty … Read more
