Click:home design ideas The deep colors of sunset after the recent devastating California wildfires provided the backdrop for Joie’s fall offering, dominated by shades graduating from russet and burnt orange through dusty pink to burgundy and gold. The Seventies West Coast vibe Joie is known for was softened up so as not to be too…
Maiko Kurogouchi worked with introspection for fall, sourcing ideas from her diary of notes, sketches and photos. Vintage fabrics found in antique shops in the city of Nara, Imari porcelain fragments gathered on a trip to the mountains of Saga Prefecture and blue bath salts dissolving in water were some of her sources of inspiration….
Click:Slew Drive Johnny Talbot and Adrian Runhof want to start a conversation circle with their friends — not unlike the American literary figure Dorothy Parker and her contemporaries did in the Twenties, meeting up weekly to dish up sharp commentary on the state of affairs. They pictured everybody dressing up, lounging around with blasé attitudes,…
Last season, Rei Kawakubo famously announced a change of direction, a calculated shift away from her conceptual forays to “the point where the clothes become abstract,” she wrote in a bold manifesto. She thus found herself “fumbling around in the dark.” For fall, Kawakubo certainly didn’t fumble (does she ever?), but neither did she come…
It was understated chic at its very best. Belgian designer Cédric Charlier returned to Paris fashion week last season after a two-year hiatus. He’s been around for a while — the brand was created in 2012 — but he only just seems to be hitting his stride. Charlier based his collection around birds as symbols…
Click:Capacitors Click Here: Ireland Rugby Shop Guests heading to Elie Saab’s fall show in Paris had a feeling of déjà vu, as demonstrations by the “gilets jaunes” antigovernment protesters put large sections of Paris on lockdown for the 16th time in fewer than four months. “It’s really very difficult. Honestly, we don’t like to see…
The sumptuous materials did most of the talking here, with Albert Kriemler creating a front-row-only show in order to allow guests an up-close inspection — returning to the Grand Palais for the first time in six years. One of the most intriguing of those was horsehair — “probably the most resistant material that exists” —…
Draining collections of seasonal themes and narratives was one of the big ideas Demna Gvasalia brought to fashion, and to Balenciaga. He gave that the heave-ho for fall, and poured a vast field of fragrant asphalt upon which to parade his vision of “the real Parisian of today.” The stark set and dim, flickering lighting…
Life bubbled under the all-black exterior of Kei Ninomiya’s silhouettes. The designer, who learned his craft at Comme des Garçons, themed his collection around roses, which were sported by models on blood-red headpieces created by artist Makoto Azuma, infusing the silhouettes with an organic feel. The first looks, rigid structures made of ruched taffeta taking…
A clear tent under moonlit trees in the Jardin de Plantes undoubtedly held appeal for Givenchy’s “Winter of Eden”-themed fashion show. But maybe think twice before cramming 1,000 people in a space the length of a city block with only one way out through a dark tunnel of dizzying lights and pounding club beats? The…