ROME – It’s hard to believe it’s been only a year since Alessandro Michele’s first fashion show as creative director of Valentino. The changes within the company and outside in the industry — and not only — have been unfolding at breakneck speed. The debuts of an unprecedented number of designers at brands from Dior…
Shailene Woodley is quickly becoming one of Fendi’s most intriguing new ambassadors—or at the very least, a muse in the making. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Fresh from sitting front row at the label’s Spring 2026 show during Milan Fashion Week, and already wearing Fendi in Venice, the actress continued her love affair with the house…
Published September 24, 2025 In a Tuesday deluge of rain in Milan, a deluge of action, with a home-run debut by Simone Bellotti at Jil Sander, a euphoric Fendi show and directional flagship opening, an Etro concert performance and a Loro Piana museum presentation. Jil Sander: Reducing and protecting Nice to see a minimalist brand,…
The Gist Hilary Duff made a polarizing sartorial statement at her first fashion week appearance in almost ten years. On Wednesday, September 24, the actress embraced dopamine dressing with a festive twist while sitting front row at the Fendi show at Milan Fashion Week. Duff’s fashion week appearance comes just days after she teased new…
Translated by Nicola Mira Published September 19, 2025 On Tuesday, a fashion world still in mourning will be gathering in Milan for the start of womenswear fashion week. Giorgio Armani, who passed away on September 4, will be in everyone’s hearts. Especially on the evening of Sunday September 28, when the iconic Italian label will…
Luxury handbags have continued to dominate the fashion industry — in both their cultural relevance and their resale value in the secondhand market. As Italian fashion journalist Anna Dello Russo once said, “Accessories are like vitamins to fashion. Handbags are the main course.” Assouline on Monday has launched its latest coffee-table book with luxury re-commerce…
GIVENCHY blazer, skirt, earring Across fashion’s most compelling frontiers, a new wave of women designers is shaping the conversation—challenging perceptions of femininity, refining the codes of style, and setting a sharper agenda for how we dress today. Maria Grazia Chiuri As the first woman to take the reins at the house of Dior, Maria Grazia…
Last year, there was a contest for the best baguette in New York City. Seventeen different bakeries entered the competition, and the results were graded on appearance, taste, and something a little less tangible. As one chocolatier put it, “A good baguette is a mouthful that brings back memories.” FABRIZIO MARTINEZ You don’t need a…
Louis Vuitton leather single-breasted jacket, $5,900, and flared pants, $4,700, long-sleeved button-down cotton shirt, $1,080, and LV Phriendship silk tie with Pharrell Williams’s and Nigo’s portraits in jacquard, $235, Louis Vuitton, 919 N. Michigan Ave. Gucci wool polo with rhinestone-embellished collar, $3,205, Reverie by Caroline Hu nylon tulle skirt, $800, and Undercover lamé socks, $50…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published August 1, 2025 As the Spring/Summer 2026 women’s ready-to-wear season shifts from Paris to Milan, anticipation is building for one of the most exciting fashion weeks in recent years. The Milan calendar, running from September 23 to 29, is packed with momentum: 12 new names are joining the schedule,…