DESIGN FOR LIVING: Add Alexis Mabille to the ranks of fashion designers turned curators. Christie’s has tapped the French couturier to select items for a private sale celebrating the taste of the greatest fashion designers. “A Salon by Alexis Mabille” will be on view at the auction house’s Paris headquarters from Oct. 24 to Nov. … Read more
CHARACTER STUDIES: The extras nearly trump the celebrities in Loewe‘s pre-spring 2025 campaign, debuting later Tuesday on the brand’s digital channels ahead of the collection’s launch in stores on Nov. 14. Dirt bikers, ballroom and ballet dancers, bodybuilders, scuba divers, leather daddies and jockeys all jockey for attention in the quirky images, lensed by Juergen … Read more
Amid frantic efforts to create vital moments, appoint the right celebrity ambassadors and awe audiences with spellbinding runway sets, Jonathan Anderson is instead returning to the building blocks of fashion. He used only four materials for his spring women’s show — cashmere, leather, silk and sequins — and still managed to razzle-dazzle ’em. This JW … Read more
Saks and Loewe are teaming up for the first time to unveil an exclusive edit of the Spanish luxury house’s fall 2024 collection, available Thursday on Saks.com and at select Saks Fifth Avenue stores. To celebrate the collaboration, Loewe has taken over the Saks Fifth Avenue New York flagship with immersive visual installations and offerings … Read more
LONDON — Sam Smith’s portrait, featuring angel wings designed by Jonathan Anderson, is set to be hung alongside those of Britain’s royal family, former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Amy Winehouse at the National Portrait Gallery. The singer-songwriter’s portrait by French artists Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard, otherwise known as Pierre et Gilles, is titled … Read more
LONDON — The newly coined buzzy term “Rodent Man” not only has taken the internet by storm, but it has also helped Loewe overtake Miu Miu to claim the top spot on the latest Lyst Index hottest brands ranking. For the three months ending June 30, searches for Loewe jumped 29 percent on Lyst. The … Read more
SCHOOL TIME: Jonathan Anderson is joining the likes of Naomi Campbell and Bob Geldof in receiving an honorary degree from the University for the Creative Arts, otherwise known as UCA. The Irish fashion designer was recognized for his creative efforts in the fashion industry. At Friday’s ceremony held at the Royal Festival Hall, the Loewe … Read more
Jonathan Anderson’s spring men’s show for Loewe was all about restraint, a feeling you picked up the minute you arrived at the vast, seemingly empty show space, security guards encircling tiny black metal sculptures of mice on the floor, and a copy of Susan Sontag’s “Against Interpretation” splayed on the hardwood. Paraded to one of … Read more
“Irrational clothing” is as good a descriptor as any for T-shirts outfitted with colorful, inflated air bags at the hem, a necktie nearly as long and thick as a table runner, hand-knit cardigans resembling brick row houses, and a belt equipped with a semicircular rack for cashmere fabric samples. All of these figured on the … Read more
Loewe has opened the doors to its first store in Brazil. Located in Iguatemi São Paulo, the 1,238-square-foot store offers spring 2024 women’s ready-to-wear alongside bags, shoes, small leather goods, eyewear and other accessories. This is also Loewe’s first store in South America. The new shop, which opened May 17, continues Loewe creative director Jonathan … Read more
