The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
LONDON, United Kingdom — Never underestimate the wonderfully transformative powers of a drawstring: Louise Trotter did wonders with them at Joseph, pulling, ruching, crumpling and reconfiguring roomy separates and a bevy of windbreakers, simultaneously paying homage to the idea of contemporary nomadism — urban and otherwise, a red-hot topic in these times of utter uncertainty and seemingly constant migration — as well as the wonderfully bonkers styles of 90s conceptual darlings Bless. At least, someone's not quoting dear old Helmut Lang or Martin Margiela.
Building in crescendo, the collection reached a peak at the end of the show, when the layering and multiplication of pieces got really crazy. At times, it all looked just like a poignant styling exercise, but for sure this was a collection that made you thing about today — and we are not just talking fashion.
From where aspirational customers are spending to Kering’s challenges and Richemont’s fashion revival, BoF’s editor-in-chief shares key takeaways from conversations with industry insiders in London, Milan and Paris.
BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks and Imran Amed, BoF founder and editor-in-chief, look back at the key moments of fashion month, from Seán McGirr’s debut at Alexander McQueen to Chemena Kamali’s first collection for Chloé.
Anthony Vaccarello staged a surprise show to launch a collection of gorgeously languid men’s tailoring, writes Tim Blanks.