The aesthetic of messy buns, pale blogs, tear-stained cheeks, and movie stills captured about love have found their way back into the forefront of pop-cultural consciousness.
FASHION & BEAUTY
The Sensualities of Violette Hay
The knotting of recycled materials, the thin wovens of loose knits, the ribbons tying modernized boned corsets, and the spritz of perfume, are all producing a fantasy that leads us all back to Violette Hay.
Yohji Yamamoto – A New Conceptual Brand and Project
Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto has unveiled his first “collaboration platform” concept project that will feature a store opening. The “Wildside Yohji Yamamoto” project emphasizes the brand’s distinctive aesthetics on a digital platform that showcases exclusive partnerships in fashion, design, and the arts with companies like Dr.
Y2K, Low-Rise and The Return of Skinny
The return of low-rise jeans has brought baggage along with it — the return of skinny, or is it the reverse?
Yeezy X Gap Arrives In Time Square
Kanye West’s (Ye) eagerly awaited Yeezy Gap collection, which debuted online in February, created in association with Balenciaga and Demna Gvasalia, is now making its way to a few selected shops for sale in-person for the first time, beginning with the Gap flagship in Times Square, New York City.
YSL Spring/Summer 2023 Menswear
The YSL Spring/Summer 2023 Menswear show held on July 15th in Marrakech, Morocco was inspired by the late designer’s storied connection to Morocco.
Prada SS23 Proposes Simple Sartorial Curation
Sartorial curation and ‘simplicity as a choice’ was Miuccia Prada’s big idea for the brand’s latest season. “It was about clothes that people could really wear, but with an impact.
VTMNTS SS23 Presents Genderless ‘Anti-Uniforms’
Following the launch of VTMNTS under VETEMENTS, headed by Guram Gvasalia as sole creative director, all eyes were on the Zurich-based brand to see what the new identity would be.
Casual Instagram: Unhinged Cultural Regression and Gen Z Nostalgia
Whence the humble beginnings of Instagram and the casual snap and share culture of the early 2010s came, there is an altogether different manifestation of our experience of ourselves and our relations in digital spaces which has emerged.
Trashionshow: Toronto’s Path to Sustainable Fashion
Since 2018 University of Toronto Masters student Diana Wei Dai has been the creative director and co-founder of the annual ‘Trashion’ show.