G-Star and Walter Van Beirendonck are taking a ballsy approach to denim with their capsule collection for spring 2025. The lineup of 19 pieces, named “Denim With Balls,” was presented during the Belgian designer’s spring fashion show. It was a melding of Van Beirendonck’s deft craftsmanship with G-Star’s denim know-how. The result? Raw denim garments … Read more
When Jeanne Friot was a student at the Ecole Duperré, there were no role models she could relate to in fashion. “I shaped my personality and inspiration on people that didn’t exist in the fashion world; there were no queer women at the head of a fashion house, there were very few women at the … Read more
Isabel Marant hit her boho beats with ikat prints and plenty of embroidery this season. The pattern appeared blown up on bomber jackets and shrunken as stripes on shirts, and embroidered on jeans. Marant and artistic director Kim Bekker love playing with textures and mixed it up again for spring 2025, pairing pieces like faux … Read more
PARIS — It’s been a decade since Belgian designer Mats Rombaut launched his eponymous vegan shoe brand. He’s since expanded to bags, aluminum and volcanic rock jewelry and 3D-printed eco-resin sunglasses as he expands the accessories brand. He is marking the anniversary by presenting an apparel collection during Paris Men’s Fashion Week in a show that … Read more
OPENING THE SHOW: Now something of a tradition, final year students on the bachelor of arts in fashion design program at the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) put their graduate collections on the runway Monday afternoon. Hailing from a dozen different countries, 31 students from a class of 70 were selected by a jury … Read more
THE LATE SHOW: Is rescheduling an emerging runway trend? WWD has learned that Balmain, which had been slated to show its spring 2025 men’s collection on June 21, now plans to present it this fall instead. The development comes only a few weeks after Fendi announced that it would sit out Paris Couture Week later … Read more
PARIS — Christopher Esber, 3.Paradis and Meryll Rogge are among the six finalists for the grand prize of the 2024 ANDAM Awards, joining an eclectic lineup that reflects the cultural diversity of the guest jury assembled by Anthony Vaccarello, who will mentor the winner of the fashion prize for its 35th anniversary edition. Esber, who … Read more
The location might seem an odd choice for a budding fashion star, who frequently flies to Paris, London and Reykjavik in Iceland (his favourite city), but Su’s approach plays on the unexpected. Chiahung Su introduces his work to industry insiders at the LVMH Prize showcase. Photo: Chiahung Su His originality is inherent in the looks … Read more
Various fan accounts – @gallianoarchive, @prada.archive, @mcqueen_vault – pay nostalgic tribute to fashion houses. Third-party accounts can act as de facto voices for some brands – @newbottega for Bottega Veneta, for example, because creative director Mathieu Blazy has chosen not to have an official Instagram account as part of the label’s marketing strategy. These are … Read more
The news broken by WWD Friday that Pierpaolo Piccioli would be leaving Valentino just days after Dries Van Noten revealed his retirement was a one-two punch for fashion. While they are leaving under different circumstances, the developments certainly feel like a changing of the guard — and of priorities — in luxury. What was Piccioli’s … Read more
