PARIS — With designer debuts at Celine and Maison Margiela, this was a much-anticipated couture week in Paris. Both Michael Rider’s return to Celine and Glenn Martens’ first couture show, which Margiela calls Artisanal, underscored that there is latent creative energy in fashion that is ready to be released if we give designers the space…
MILAN — The menswear season in Milan opened with a cauchemar: an official communication saying Mr Armani was “recovering” at home after a brief hospital stay, and would not be present at either his Giorgio or Emporio shows, something that has never happened in the fifty years since Italy’s fashion king launched his business. The…
This is an edition of the newsletter Show Notes, in which Samuel Hine reports from the front row of the fashion world. Sign up here to get it free. On Friday afternoon in Milan, Our Legacy co-founders Christopher Nying and Jockum Hallin were taking a walk down memory lane. “Ah, here’s the hate mail,” said…
Proper training is a key bottleneck holding back Amazonian talent, says Ferreira. During its five-month training programme, MI offers budding Indigenous designers full-scale support, from design and tailoring to business, marketing and sales. The programme runs with support from Sebrae, a Brazilian micro and small business support service. “We partner with many experts in their…
Photo: Penske Media via Getty Images After ten years as creative director, Francesco Risso is leaving Marni. Risso came to Marni as a relative unknown after an eight-year stint in the design studio at Prada. Back then, Marni was known for its playfulness — bright, boisterous colors and reinterpreted, unorthodox silhouettes. In many ways, Risso…
Regional clothing designers are stitching a place in the fashion world by turning their isolation into eco-friendly opportunities. But they say more needs to be done to keep them and other small designers sewing. From vintage Indian silk saris and high-end fashion fabric offcuts to op shop curtains and linen, regional designers are thrifty in…
ADVERTISEMENT The world of football makes regular headlines for huge money-spinning transfers as fans eagerly anticipate what wonders players will bring to their team. This week has seen one of the biggest moves in the fashion business with the iconic French maison Dior now hoping Jonathan Anderson will liberally sprinkle his magic dust about its…
LOS ANGELES — This week, with the confirmation from LVMH on Monday that Jonathan Anderson is taking over creative direction of the women’s, men’s and haute couture collections at Dior, all of the empty chairs at fashion’s top houses have now been filled. The pieces are now in place for the biggest fashion month ever…
ROME — Delphine Arnault is buoyant as she explains the logic behind one of LVMH’s highest-stakes designer appointments in years: former Loewe creative director Jonathan Anderson will succeed Maria Grazia Chiuri at Christian Dior, putting the women’s and men’s sides of the group’s second-biggest fashion label — and French national treasure — under a single…
Dear BoF Community, ROME and MILAN — This week in Rome, I had the honour of sitting down with Giancarlo Giammetti for an exclusive interview on The BoF Podcast. For those not in the know, Mr. Giammetti first met the designer Valentino Garavani by chance on July 31, 1960, setting in motion one of fashion’s…