Refresh
Jonathan Anderson reveals his new ‘curated’ imaginative and prescient for JW Anderson
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‘[The] issues I like and I want to have round me. And the whole lot has a narrative,’ is how Jonathan Anderson describes his newly refreshed imaginative and prescient for JW Anderson, the London-based label which propelled him to worldwide fame (he now juggles it alongside an expansive new function as inventive director of Dior’s males’s, girls’s and high fashion collections). Eliminating a runway present format, his new imaginative and prescient contains ‘an ever-evolving, seasonally-updated, collection of twisted classics’, with every one associated in a roundabout way to native craft. He revealed Act One in Paris in the present day with a Spring 2026 Resort assortment, ushered in by a brand new brand and lookbook starring Joe Alwyn, Luca Guadagnino, Anthea Hamilton and Bella Freud, amongst others.
Followers will recognise a number of of the items – Anderson describes it as a ‘better of’ and a ’prelude to new evolutions’ – like knitted jumpers that includes intarsia homes, variations of the ‘Idler’ bag, and twisted cargo pants, although newness arrives in silk jacquard boxer shorts, bug prints and slogans like ‘Nameless Lovers’, taken from Berlin-based artist Dean Sameshima, whose work usually evokes classic queer ephemera. Introduced at Paris’ Galerie Joseph, the gathering sat alongside what might be a brand new providing of homeware, artwork and curiosities, curated by the artist in a altering roster – from jars of Houghton Corridor Property honey to Jason Mosseri’s Hope Spring Chairs, Charles Rennie Waterproof coat re-issues and Murano glassware.
The ‘radically reprogrammed’ JW Anderson will centre round a brand new retailer design by architects Sanchez Benton, which was previewed in the present day within the house: ‘an atmosphere that’s enveloping and acquainted; a grammar of heat supplies and colors that embodies a sense of the handmade and beautifully-crafted.’
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At Schiaparelli, Daniel Roseberry seems again to look ahead
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Schiaparelli’s Monday morning slot has come to mark the beginning of Haute Couture Week, seeing the steps of Paris’ Petit Palais taken over by a coterie of Daniel Roseberry’s high-profile devotees – in the present day, they included musicians Dua Lipa and Cardi B, the latter (considerably inexplicably) brandishing a real-life pet crow. The present itself was a typical dramatic exploration of type, although amongst Roseberry’s sculpted, contouring silhouettes – together with a robe which evoked the saddle of a horse, right here crafted from satin – there was new ease within the line of robes impressed by the liberated, corset-less cuts of the Twenties.
The latter was partly impressed by Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, a up to date of home founder Elsa Schiaparelli, who Roseberry mentioned ‘liberated girls from the corset’ and would create an iconography of design which might redefine high fashion without end (the home she based, Chanel, will present its newest couture outing at noon tomorrow). In the meantime, Elsa Schiaparelli’s personal radical spirit – formed by her relationship with the Surrealists – emerged in prospers of trompe l’oeil, a bejewelled model of her ‘Apollo’ cape, and robes that appeared just like the physique had been twisted again to entrance. ‘This assortment reminds you that trying backwards is nothing if we will’t discover one thing significant to convey into our future,’ he mentioned. JM
A more in-depth take a look at Michael Rider’s Celine debut
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Michael Rider’s Celine debut will get even higher the extra you take a look at it – significantly up shut, as we did this afternoon at a re-see of the gathering. There are some significantly sensible equipment which seize the sense of play that the American designer mentioned he desires to convey to the Parisian home, from purses with smile-shaped zips to touristy allure bracelets and boots with blown-up horsebit fastenings. ‘I’d by no means need to be perceived as cynical, having a way of humour within the luxurious house is a gorgeous factor,’ he mentioned post-show. JM
The invitation for Glenn Martens’ Maison Margiela debut is a spoon
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There was surprisingly little revealed about former Y/Undertaking inventive director – and present Diesel inventive director – Glenn Martens’ debut assortment for Maison Margiela, which might be revealed on Wednesday night. A teaser this morning on the Maison Margiela Instagram featured a spoon – painted to resemble a wallpaper backdrop – being scratched away by a disembodied hand, whereas the invitation, which arrived this morning, contains one other spoon encased in a usually Margiela-white field. What does this imply? Who is aware of – however a fast Google reveals {that a} bracelet made out of a repurposed spoon featured in Martin Margiela’s A/W 2025 artisanal assortment, which can or might not be a clue. JM
‘There was a basis to construct on’: Michael Rider makes his debut at Celine
Celine’s S/S 2026 assortment, which marked Michael Rider’s debut
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Happening yesterday on the eve of high fashion week in Paris, Michael Rider introduced his debut assortment for Celine – an astute opening act which balanced the home’s current legacy with a recent, modern imaginative and prescient which nodded to his American roots. ‘I didn’t need there to be a way of erasure. There was a basis to construct on. That to me felt fashionable, it felt moral, it felt robust,’ he mentioned after the present, with moments which nodded to the tenures of Hedi Slimane and Phoebe Philo (he labored beneath the latter on the home from 2008-2017). However this was no rehash – learn our full assessment of the present beneath. JM
READ: Michael Rider’s joyful Celine debut: ‘I’ve all the time beloved the concept of clothes that lives on’
What to look out for this week
Chanel’s S/S 2025 high fashion present, staged earlier this 12 months in Paris’ Grand Palais
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We’ve compiled 5 moments to look out for this Haute Couture Week as proceedings start this morning in Paris. These embody Glenn Martens’ debut at Maison Margiela (he replaces John Galliano after a 10-year tenure), Demna’s swansong at Balenciaga (the Georgian designer will head to Gucci this summer time), reveals from the couture heavyweights (with a number of notable absences), and a brand new imaginative and prescient for Dior inventive director Jonathan Anderson’s eponymous London-based label JW Anderson, which might be revealed later in the present day.
READ: Haute Couture Week A/W 2025: what to anticipate
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