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Kenzo Takada

The Japanese fashion designer, best known for his eponymous label Kenzo, puts his success down to happenstance – but he’s being modest.

  • Issue #128
  • 5 min read
Kenzo Takada
Fashion

Still head over heels

Pierre Hardy, Hermès' shoe supremo since 1990, argues that the high heel's rumoured death is premature — and that women now wear them purely for themselves, not for anyone else.

  • Issue #125
  • 9 min read
Still head over heels
Fashion

Going east

LA’s Eastside is proving fertile ground for designers who are refining Californian style.

  • Issue #124
  • 13 min read
Jeana Sohn stands in her studio with clothing designs on hangers and work materials on a table.
Fashion

Back to bright

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac — the designer who once clothed Madonna in teddy bears — is now tasked with returning Benetton to its boldly colourful, agenda-setting glory days.

  • Issue #122
  • 7 min read
Model on runway wearing Benetton white coat with green scarf and rainbow argyle leggings.
Retail

Let me be your fantasy

Jonathan Anderson, creative director at Loewe, talks about how he has grown the brand: from taking it outside to taking it slow.

  • Issue #122
  • 14 min read
Person holding an Eye Loewe Nature orange canvas backpack with tan leather trim and navy straps against orange background.
Fashion

The new rebels

Tunisia’s tumult battered its fashion factories. But the country’s designers have cut (and sewn) a new direction that’s selling from Paris to Japan.

  • Issue #117
  • 9 min read
Woman in blue and white striped top with wide-leg denim pants standing on sunny terrace with green foliage
Fashion

Under the radar

Far from the hurly burly of Milan or Paris, Odeeh has found the freedom to focus on what matters: quality and bold silhouettes.

  • Issue #112
  • 7 min read
Under the radar
Fashion

Wardrobe directions

Our editors have toured the showrooms, interrogated the buyers and been to the shows. The following pages offer up our picks of the spring/summer 2018 season.

  • Issue #112
  • 30 min read
Two men in a clothing boutique stand in front of wooden shelves stocked with folded shirts. One wears a white button-down with striped cuffs; the other wears a white shirt under a dark denim shacket and glasses, looking off to the side.

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