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The Death of Personal Style (and How to Resurrect It)
From the Y2K obsession with low-rise, leopard print, Blumarine, and Paris Hilton, to the current 2010’s craze of micro shorts, high boots, Isabel Marant, and ‘indie-sleeze,’ we commodify fashion decades with increasingly shorter cycles. In fact, I’ve already been seeing ‘2019-style’ nostalgia edits on my TikTok For You page.
The Invisible Hands Behind Haute Couture
Have you ever looked at a couture garment and felt an overwhelming urge to touch it? You’re not alone. There’s something intrinsically tactile about haute couture—whether that’s a shimmer of a fabric or a meticulously placed bead. On the runway, every detail dances in the light and demands to be seen. After all, beneath each couture creation, lie hours and hours of human work. In a world of mass-produced and machine-made fashion, tactility sets couture apart. The human touch enables couture to come alive.
White Lines and Quiet Luxury: Fashion, Class, and Performance at Wimbledon
As the Wimbledon Championships 2025 draw to a close, its cultural impact feels prominent. The Championships might be one the most prestigious sporting events of the year, but its relevance in fashion is undeniable. With figures like Cate Blanchett, Hugh Grant, or David Beckham in attendance, Wimbledon has become a quintessential expression of British identity, where sports and fashion become equal. In the heart of South West London, this tournament projects class and luxury ideals through performance and personal style. Fashion has, for long, been dictating hierarchy, just as tennis itself has historically been a marker of socio-economic wealth. At the All English Lawn Tennis Club, both legacies combine and reinforce each other. Constrained by a strict dress-code, sporting brands have shifted the way they dress their players, making the audience follow, finding clever ways to subvert norms. Wimbledon leaves room for an interesting commentary to observe how this sport-fashion, and its evolution, both reinforces and subverts existing class hierarchies.
When Wintour Snow Melts: Fashion’s Most Coveted Role Is Open— On Linkedin?
It’s the end of an era. Well, kind of.
You’ve certainly heard by now that Anna Wintour is no longer Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief. After nearly four decades in control, the woman who turned the masthead into her throne has quietly stepped aside. She hasn’t left Condé Nast, her other titles, Global Chief Content Officer and Artistic Director, remain intact but her retirement from Vogue's top editorial role has marked a shift that goes far beyond semantics. We’ve approached the end of an era, yes. But we’ve also entered the beginning of a complicated reckoning.
Martens at Margiela: Masked, Molten, and Metamorphic
Glenn Martens’ much-anticipated debut for Maison Margiela Haute Couture landed not with a whisper but with a plastic-cloaked cry. In a fashion week dominated by embellishment and classical beauty, Martens proposed something far more provocative—a vision of couture submerged in synthetic suffocation and the debris of modern life.
Zuhair Murad’s Girls Of The Golden Age
Zuhair Murad’s Fall/Winter 2025 couture collection doesn’t just pay homage to Old Hollywood: it unveils it, reframes it, and hands the star a new ending. Shown Yesterday in Paris, the show was a polished fantasy with sharp undertones. Strong silhouettes accompanied by satin and sequins, alluded to the traditional, reclaiming decades of the past, rather than mourning nostalgia.
Inside Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2025/26 Haute Couture Salon
The show opened not with drama, but with restraint. Presented in the newly restored Salon d’Honneur at the Grand Palais, the collection leaned into intimacy, as well as tradition This wasn’t a headline-hunting spectacle, but rather a quiet assertion of couture’s enduring values: silhouette, texture, and craft.
The Untold Stories of Ashi Studio
Every show begins with a feeling, this one began with dissonance. A melancholic dress moved slowly in tune with the echoing violin’s lingering notes. Silk, lace, rhinestones — recurring, shimmering anew. Your eyes flicker from one detail to another: animal motifs seem to breathe, blooming patterns that stir like gentle sighs, modern silhouettes woven into timeless shapes.
Armani Goes Dark: Seduction in Black
This collection managed to do so much with so little color, reinforcing the “Seductive Black” theme. Greyscale from head to toe, from black berets, to grey eye shadow, to dramatically black looks, the shimmering materials and striking silhouettes really had their time to shine. Striking, angular beauty, reminiscent of old Hollywood glamour through gelled back hair, drop earrings, and gowns dripping in sequins and feathers give a unique interpretation that reimagined an iconic fashion era.
Rebellion Against Disorder: Georges Hobeika at Couture FW 2025-26
In a world delicately poised between algorithmic hysteria and existential drift, Georges Hobeika proposes an unlikely antidote: The New Order— a lyrically crafted tension between self-doubt and determination, between the boundaries that surround us and our quiet refusal to remain contained.
A Bend in Time: Schiaparelli Opens Haute Couture Week in Surreal Style
After the slow drift of a 4th of July weekend, what better way to jolt back into reality than the start of Haute Couture Week? Some might have preferred to sleep in, but it's not every day Schiaparelli opens the week with a new couture collection. Plus, Schiaparelli always feels more like a dream than a runway show anyway, so what's the difference, really?
The Illusion of Freedom: Why Menswear Still Plays by the Rules
The dance between freedom and control in fashion is ongoing — and it’s far from equal. Menswear can flirt with softness or absurdity, but it is still expected to remain legible, anchored in some version of seriousness. Womenswear can slip into spectacle, but that spectacle often becomes an obligation, a demand to stay endlessly interesting. Fashion keeps circling this question, never quite answering it. Are these boundaries finally breaking, or just learning to hide behind prettier fabrics?
All eyes on Monaco: Where Quiet Luxury, Motorsport, and Cultural Capital Collide
More than just a race, Monaco is where legacy meets luxury. Crown jewel of Formula 1, the Grand Prix transforms the principality into an exhilarating mix of fashion, status, and spectacle for one unique weekend every year. From old money aesthetic to business opportunities, fashion has played a key role in Formula 1 over the past decades – and the biggest luxury and fashion brands are now scrambling to get themselves into the F1 paddock.
When Elegance Becomes a Cage: Why Cannes’ Ban on Nude Dressing Hurts More Than It Helps (If It Helps at All)
“Nude dressing” isn’t a scandal of modern vanity. It’s one of fashion’s oldest legacies. In ancient Greece, women wore translucent robes that flowed and clung to the body. In revolutionary France, sheer muslin gowns became symbols of liberation from corsets and control. In the 1920s, flappers danced in backless dresses. In the 1960s, miniskirts were weapons of protest. In the ’90s, Kate Moss wore a see-through slip—not to provoke, but simply because it was what she wanted.
Tailored Legacies: Dandyism Reimagined at the 2025 Met Gala
The first Monday in May, also known as Met Monday, marked yet another iconic evening as celebrities, musicians, athletes, and fashion icons gathered on the steps of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year's Met Gala held particular significance, not only for its usual fundraising for the Costume Institute but also for the powerful theme of "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style." The exhibition explored the important role of clothing in shaping Black identities within the Atlantic diaspora, inspired by Monica L. Miller's book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.
Tailored to Disrupt: Black Dandyism and the Met Gala’s Menswear Rebrand
Finally, the Met Gala is taking a dive into men's fashion, specifically from a historical lens into Black communities within Black Dandyism – a cultural protest combining fashion with individuality. Before now, the Met Gala has yet to focus on Black history, and often kicked menswear to the sidelines. This year’s theme is set out to reinvent typical men's fashion while also bringing Black culture to center stage.
Tariffs And Totes: Fashion’s Reckoning With Global Politics
In April of 2025, the global fashion industry was rocked by a seismic political move as President Donald Trump unveiled one of the most aggressive trade tariff policies in modern history. Speaking from the White House Rose Garden, Trump announced a sweeping 10% tariff on all imported goods, with significantly higher rates on nations with which the U.S. holds a trade deficit. The fashion industry, already vulnerable after years of supply chain instability and inflation, became one of the hardest hit.
Everything You Need to Know About Prada Acquiring Versace
It feels as though the fashion industry has been caught in a storm that just won’t calm- from creative directors stepping down or switching houses, to Gucci debuting a full ready-to-wear collection without one at all. Now, Prada, the iconic Italian quiet luxury label, has made waves by acquiring its louder younger sibling: Versace. Here’s everything you need to know about Prada’s newest power move.
Arête Studios: The Fashion Tech Revolution Redefining Style and Sustainability
Fashion is fickle. As consumers shift away from fast fashion and mass-produced trends, a new movement is emerging – one that champions authenticity, craftsmanship, and sustainability. Arête Studios, founded by Kotryna Juknviciute and MJ Perez, is at the forefront of this transformation. More than just an online marketplace, Arête is a revolutionary fashion-tech platform designed to connect the public with lesser-known yet exceptional designers. By blending meaningful tech mechanisms with a human-first approach, the company is carving out a future where fashion discovery is both seamless and deeply personal.
Another One Bites the Dust: Jonathan Anderson Out at Loewe
After more than a decade of redefining what Loewe could mean to the fashion industry, Jonathan Anderson is stepping down as Creative Director. The announcement, while unexpected, isn’t entirely shocking in a fashion landscape where creative directors seem to be dropping like flies. Still, this isn’t just any departure—this is one of the most impactful designers of the last decade walking away from a house he fundamentally transformed.