“There are no paved roads here to follow. There is no road map.” (p. 151) This quote from Grace Nichols, the former chief executive of the Victoria’s Secret stores division, sums up the revelations shared by Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez in Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon.
It is always a pleasure to watch someone chase a dream, harness it, and wrestle it to fruition. For Vancouver-based designer Alexandra Dean, the dream was to start her own outerwear brand.
It’s hard to imagine how romanticism could succeed in a place like a factory or coal mine. Most of what we know of them are gruelling, dehumanizing labour, a profound lack of inspiration, a suffering working class, and a landscape more suited for machines than men.
The cherry on top of the Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami ad campaign that debuted earlier this month is undoubtedly the odd soundtrack choice of “Immaterial,” the hyper-pop anthem by the late great Sophie.
An abandoned laboratory in Valencia becomes the stage for State of Dust, an exploration of identity, place, and liminality. Crumbling walls, fractured glass, and the detritus of another time form the backdrop for a narrative of stoic resilience.
In recent months—and particularly the last few days—the luxury fashion industry has experienced a domino effect of transformative leadership changes. Welcome to what we’re calling ‘The Great Fashion Reshuffle.
In a heartfelt and reflective Instagram post, John Galliano, one of the most revolutionary figures in modern fashion, announced his departure from Maison Margiela.
In 2020, amid the uncertainty of a world paused by a global pandemic, Olivia, a Toronto-based creative, began piecing together a digital archive of a bygone era.
Balenciaga’s Pre-Fall 2025 campaign for its Automobili Lamborghini collaboration, styled as a “leaked” series of photos from creative director Demna Gvasalia’s camera roll, at first glance feels like a casual glimpse into the creative process rather than a meticulously curated luxury campaign.
Few artists embody the ethos of provocation more viscerally than Matieres Fecales, the duo comprised of Montreal natives Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran, whose radical sartorial expressions challenge (or rather provoke) societal norms with a theatricality and intensity rarely seen since the likes of avant-garde icons like Leigh Bowery.