Wallpaper*Sustainability Green stuff: the fashion pieces scoring sustainable styling pointsWallpaper* - Wallpaper* StaffFashion’s polluting impact on the environment has never been more in mainstream consciousness. From its unsustainable manufacturing methods to its wastage of plastics into our seas, the textile industry
Wallpaper*Fashion Style findings: October dispatches from the Wallpaper* fashion teamWallpaper* - Wallpaper* StaffGreatest knits 16 October This year marks the 235th year of John Smedley, making it the oldest still operating knitwear factory worldwide. To celebrate this momentous anniversary, the brand has delved
Wallpaper*Jil Sander Jil Sander’s dedication to Japanese denim in MilanWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsIncreasingly, brands are using their boutiques as places to physicalise the art or design elements which inspire their work. Take Delvaux’s 2018 flagship space in Brussels which has been envisaged as art
Wallpaper*Fashion Modeling Scene-stealing runway sets from the S/S 2020 womenswear showsWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsThe vibrant tableaus that tested boundaries and brought delight, direct from fashion’s capital cities Balenciaga: In a show set inspired by Brussels, and the ongoing political tumult of Brexit, creative
Wallpaper*Fashion In memoriam: Sophia Kokosalaki (1972-2019)Wallpaper* - Laura HawkinsGreek-born London based fashion designer Sophia Kokosalaki has died at the age of 47. Today, fashion critic Sarah Mower affectionately commemorated her with an image caption on Instagram ‘as a sister of
Wallpaper*Fashion Fine print: our type of fashion booksWallpaper* - Wallpaper* StaffA stylish stack of monographs, tomes and limited edition titles take pride of place on the Wallpaper* fashion desk. Here, we take a sartorial saunter through our favourite page-turning volumes... When
Wallpaper*Luggage Luggage leaders: the latest travel companions to get carried away withWallpaper* - Wallpaper* StaffAircraft carry-ons, overnight bags, passport holders and travel pouches; there’s a plethora of travel companions out there. From transparent cabin bags to personalised pull alongs, we present our curation
Wallpaper*Eyewear Eye-catching opticals stores around the worldWallpaper* - Morgane NyfelerThese boutiques have really opened our eyes to design-led optical and sunglasses stores. From London’s chic Notting Hill to craftsmanship-focused Charlottenburg in Berlin, they take inspiration from their
Wallpaper*Cardigans The colourful knitwear label inspired by 1980s cinema screenshotsWallpaper* - Dal ChodhaClassics are clothes that last, not clothes that need to keep on changing. The founders of Leorosa – a line of made-in-Italy button-down cardigans and pullovers in David Hockney hues that launched this
Wallpaper*Aberdeenshire Greek legend: Mary Katrantzou hosts S/S 2020 show at Temple of PoseidonWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsIt’s easy during the seasonal fashion week shows, to feel utterly disconnected from nature, shuttled from show space to show space in enclosed cars, glimpsing esteemed cultural sites, like the Eiffel in
Wallpaper*Art Fashion’s finest moments at Frieze Week 2019Wallpaper* - Wallpaper* StaffIt’s not just the art world that descends on Regents Park in Central London for Frieze’s annual contemporary art fair (3 – 6 October). The fashion world too has a roster of initiatives, installations immersive
Wallpaper*Paris Louis Vuitton S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Marta RepresaScene Setting: Nicolas Ghesquière has the power to turn the Louvre each season into whatever his mind summons, be it the never-ending corridors of a futuristic spaceship or, as last season, the outside
Wallpaper*Lacoste Lacoste S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Marta RepresaScene setting: It was probably the first time a fashion show had taken place at Roland Garros. Guests arrived to the Avenue Gordon Bennett venue on a warm, sunny afternoon to be ushered by a Lacoste-clad
Wallpaper*Chanel Chanel S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Marta RepresaScene setting: Guests were back in the Grand Palais on a very rainy last day of Paris Fashion Week for the Chanel show, the first ready-to-wear outing of Virginie Viard. And, if it felt like not much changed
Wallpaper*Paris Fashion Week Sacai S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsMood board: ‘Here’s my chance to dance my way, Out of my constrictions’: just two uplifting lines from Funkadelic’s One Nation Under a Groove, so perninent in today’s fractured times. They bore particularly
Wallpaper*Stella McCartney Stella McCartney S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsMood board: In November 2017, sustainability crusader Stella McCartney and Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched the Circular Fibres Initiative, which included a report encouraging the luxury industry to
Wallpaper*Alexander McQueen Alexander McQueen S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Marta RepresaMoodboard: The Orangerie du Sénat in the Jardin du Luxembourg – Alexander McQueen’s official show venue for the last few seasons – was sparsely decorated last night. No ornaments or wow-effect set designs,
Wallpaper*Paris Fashion Week Akris S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsMood board: Akris’ Albert Kreimler is the master of unifying art and fashion. When other brands appear to seek out partnerships for Instagrammable gimmicks or quick cultural validity, the designer imbues
Wallpaper*Fashion Valentino S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsMood board: In today’s frenzied fashion landscape, where images are consumed with incredibly velocity on Instagram, designers are stepping back to refocus and reassess their output. In London, JW Anderson
Wallpaper*Givenchy Givenchy S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsMood board: Today, design houses flourish on dichotomy. A successful couture house might also produce a best-selling sneaker, a strong digital presence that enraptures millennials but also a traditional
Wallpaper* Balenciaga S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsScene setting: If British press were hoping to avoid the mess of Brexit they’d left back home, Demna Gvasalia made sure journalists had no such luck. The confrontational creative director – who last season
Wallpaper*Hermès Hermès S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsMood board: A host of emerging designers are harking back to the era of 1990s minimalism this spring. It’s clear we need a cleaner more pared-back wardrobe, to withstand today’s head spinning digital No
Wallpaper*Paris Fashion Week Junya Watanabe S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsMood board: In the field of fashion consumption, we’re being urged to consider our wardrobe choices with even more environmentally sensitivity. Brands that have been cultivating a specific vision for eluding
Wallpaper*Fashion Comme des Garçons S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsMood board: The show – named ‘Orlando’ – was the second part of a three act project by the brand. The final stage will culminate in a series of costumes designed for the Vienna State Opera’s world premier
Wallpaper*Paris Fashion Week Loewe S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsScene setting: There’s something sublimely serene about the aesthetic landscape Jonathan Anderson has cultivated at Loewe. His show venues and collaborations hark to tranquil art-filled spaces or the turquoise
Wallpaper*Issey Miyake Issey Miyake S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsMood board: Fashion shows have a reputation for being a touch froid, with front rowers and models alike barely breaking a smile. Issey Miyake’s show – the first of womenswear designer Satoshi Kondo – such
Wallpaper*Sustainability Tread lightly: eco trainers to minimise your carbon footprintWallpaper* - Nick ComptonTraining shoes, sneakers or even kicks if you prefer, have become a key territory in the sustainable fashion turf war. The fashion industry’s environmental impact – it produces more carbon emissions than
Wallpaper*Paris Celine S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week Women’sWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsScene setting: A graphic pyramidal installation was erected at the head of the catwalk inside Les Invalides, like a futuristic totemic ruin. As the show began, the structure became illuminated with tiny
