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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.
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?
Crafting Femininity: Dior, Gender, and the Future of Fashion
Historically, most creative directors and designers for womenswear have been male. Women have consistently excelled in both of these roles, Like Vera Wang and Vivianne Westwood, yet still seem to be undervalued in a profession where their own gender is the target market. The gender of the designer plays a significant role in shaping the design itself, and the value in designing according to lived gendered experiences is not to be overlooked.
Sensory Seduction: Textural Marketing and the Blurred Lines Between Beauty, Food, and Fashion
There’s a reason you want to lick the lip gloss. Or press your thumb into the pleated folds of that lemon-yellow handbag. Or reach through your screen and pull the martini olive-shaped earring straight from the model’s ear. Lately, it feels like everything looks good enough to eat, and that’s exactly the point.
Birkinomics: How a Battered Bag Became a Status Symbol
With the original Birkin Bag, a prototype made specially for the late ‘70s-it-girl’ Jane Birkin, set to be auctioned off this July in Paris, discussions around the infamous Hermès handbag have resurrected. Let's start from the beginning, circa 1984. French film icon, Ms. Birkin herself, was aboard a flight from London to Paris when her distressed basket (her signature ‘shabby-chic’ bag) started to break, spilling its contents out in Air France’s first class area. Birkin’s wallet, keys, cigarettes, glasses, diapers, and business cards were scattered all over, catching the attention of the passenger seated next to her, the then executive of Hermès, Jean-Louis Dumas.
Gaurav Gupta’s Living Sculptures Emulate Fashion as Architecture
We recognize Gaurav Gupta for dressing the likes of Beyoncé, Cardi B, and Alia Bhatt in his neon yellow sarees, redefining Indian traditional dress, and Mugler-esque metal torso gowns that sculpt the body like armor. But Gupta is far more than a designer for celebrities; he is a visionary who approaches fashion as a sculptural form, blending tailored precision with fluid movement.
Power, Performance, and the Office Siren Fantasy
There’s something undeniably alluring about the “office siren” aesthetic. The sharp lines of a tailored pencil skirt, the satisfying click of a sleek stiletto on tile, the quiet sheen of a neutral silk blouse unbuttoned just so. It’s eye catching. It’s powerful. It’s cinematic. It’s also maybe not the feminist serve we think it is. As an aesthetic that blends elton’s of fantasy with practicality in a uniquely internet friendly way, the “office siren” has lingered since it’s inception.
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.
Dressed to Speak: Power and Storytelling at the 2025 Met Gala
Every outfit is an argument. The 2025 Met Gala theme, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, was more than a celebration of garments — it was a celebration of narrative, identity, and power. This year, the red carpet wasn’t just walked, it was spoken through — each look stitching together centuries of cultural memory, resistance, and reinvention. From sharp silhouettes to radical reinventions of tailoring, the night embodied Black excellence in its most polished and personal form.
Let’s unpack how fashion told its story.
Superfine, Styled: A Study in Power Dressing from the 2025 MET Chairmen
Fashion, at its core, doesn’t clothe— it constructs. … This year, the study is sharp, layered, and rooted in heritage. The 2025 theme, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, invited not just garments and stunning visuals, but narratives to walk the red carpet. The event’s co-chairs A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, Colman Domingo, and Lewis Hamilton stand as case studies in how Black style is never just about aesthetics. It’s about legacy, visibility, and control over one's image in a world that has so often sought to dictate it.
Escaping the Algorithm: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Your Identity Through Style
Personal style is about intimacy. The circled hoops, the beloved red ballet flats, the leather jacket you thrifted on a cold, lucky afternoon—it’s the kind of closeness that feels like sharing headphones or whispering a secret you didn’t think you’d ever tell.
These seemingly mundane acts of connection tend to carry so much weight when it comes to exploring individuality—who we are without filters or references.
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.
The Sovereignty of Stillness: Inside the New Fashion Philosophy that Values Presence Over Performance
Fashion has never been louder—faster trends, bolder statements, more content. But some designers are choosing a different kind of power: the kind that doesn’t beg to be seen. Through restraint, presence, and radical clarity, they’re shifting the conversation from spectacle to sovereignty. Discover how Divyanshu Srivastava explores how designers like Maria Grazia Chiuri, Xu Zhi, and Camille Miceli are making stillness, control, and presence feel more powerful than spectacle:
A Family Affair: Power Struggles, Heritage, and Creative Egos in Fashion’s Royal House
This month, Prada announced its acquisition of Versace, uniting two of Italy’s most iconic fashion houses. Both brands boast rich histories and global influence, having shaped the luxury landscape for decades. But as they come together under one roof, a looming question emerges: what happens when power, heritage, and cultural ego collide in the name of fashion? Will Versace’s identity be preserved—or absorbed by Prada’s growing empire?
The Rise of Aesthetic Survival: Must We Romanticize Everything?
There’s something strangely comforting about pairing pain with prettiness—about dressing up to romanticize the everyday. For this generation, fashion has become more than self-expression; it’s emotional survival. It’s curling your hair to go nowhere. Putting on lip gloss after crying. Getting fully dressed just to sit at your desk and drink overpriced coffee.
The Creative Director Conundrum: Has Fashion Become a Game of Musical Chairs?
Another day, another creative director exit. The fashion industry, once a space where designers spent decades crafting a brand’s identity, has become a revolving door of leadership changes. Some of the most prestigious houses—Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Valentino—have cycled through creative directors at an unprecedented rate, raising questions about how fashion operates today and whether this level of turnover is sustainable in the long run. While some argue that constant change is a necessary adaptation to a fast-moving world, others worry that the industry is losing something essential—depth, heritage, and the ability for designers to develop a brand’s long-term vision.