Fashion & Beauty Events
The best of the year's fashion and beauty events calendar, compiled by Wallpaper*
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Alessandro Michele to exit his role as creative director of Gucci
Italian house Gucci has confirmed Alessandro Michele will leave after a seven-year tenure in which his eclectic aesthetic has proved a critical and commercial success
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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Last chance to see: ‘Fashioning Masculinities’ at the V&A
The blockbuster fashion exhibition explores the ‘power, artistry and diversity’ of menswear at a moment when masculinity is under scrutiny
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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Best fashion moments of Frieze Week 2022, Michèle Lamy to Raf Simons
In the wake of London Fashion Week cancellations due to the Queen’s death, fashion returns to the city with a raft of shows, events and launches to coincide with the arrival of Frieze art festival. Here, in an ongoing round-up, is the best of Frieze fashion, from Michèle Lamy at Matches Fashion to Alexander McQueen
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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Mud pits to giant flowers, the best runway sets of S/S 2023
The most transporting show sets of the S/S 2023 season, from Demna’s pit of mud at Balenciaga to a giant fibreglass anthurium flower at Loewe
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Women’s fashion week S/S 2023: what to expect
From New York to Paris, everything we know about the upcoming S/S 2023 womenswear season so far
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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Marie Lueder’s collections explore how clothing affects the mind
‘I love exploring how a garment affects us energetically,’ says Hamburg-born designer and Royal College of Art graduate Marie Lueder of her clothing, which she hopes will allow the wearer to navigate their interior selves
By Mazzi Odu • Last updated
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Inside Cecilie Bahnsen’s light-filled Copenhagen headquarters
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New short film takes you behind the scenes at Margaret Howell
A Working Space provides a behind-the-scenes look at 34 Wigmore Street, Margaret Howell’s London headquarters, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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Menswear label Lu'u Dan is presenting a new take on Asian masculinity
Vietnamese for ‘dangerous man’, Lu’u Dan, the new menswear label from Kwaidan Editions designer Hung La – alongside partner Léa Dickely – explores the designer’s dual Vietnamese and American identity with provocative, defiant clothing
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Bottega Veneta to Saint Laurent, A/W 2022’s after-dark mood
As seen in our September Style Issue, the defining looks of the season thrown into sharp relief by Paris-based photographer Eva Wang
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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Aaron Esh on his subversive menswear, inspired by friends
‘It’s about taking something authentic, the people that I know, the clothes they wear,’ says Aaron Esh, the recent Central Saint Martins graduate making menswear inspired by his native east London
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Extraordinary auction: Fabio Salini donates lifetime of jewellery to Make-A-Wish charity
Jeweller Fabio Salini has donated more than 50 pieces to UK-based initiative Art of Wishes (which raises funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation) as part of a Sotheby’s auction
By Hannah Silver • Last updated
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‘Modern beauty’: Pieter Mulier on his new vision for Alaïa
As creative director of Alaïa, Belgian designer Pieter Mulier honours the timeless vision of the maison’s founder while rewriting the past anew. Here, speaking to Jack Moss, he tells the story behind his first year at the house
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Trailblazer Rudi Gernreich’s sensual 1970s swimwear is revived for summer 2022
This month, Austria-born designer Rudi Gernreich would have turned 100. In celebration of Gernreich’s convention-defying designs, his eponymous label is re-releasing a selection of his radical swimwear from the 1960s and 1970s
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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Annemarieke van Drimmelen’s photographs capture the spirit of Margaret Howell
Dutch photographer Annemarieke van Drimmelen has captured Margaret Howell’s A/W 2022 collection in an evocative series of black and white images. Here, Van Drimmelen and Howell tell Wallpaper* how the project came together
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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In Memoriam: Issey Miyake (1938 – 2022)
We remember fashion designer Issey Miyake, who has died aged 84
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Nomen Nescio, the Helsinki-based label approaching fashion like furniture design
‘We wanted to make some base pieces and then gradually make them better just as you would if you were to design a chair,’ say husband-and-wife duo Niina and Timo Leskelä of Nomen Nescio about their thoughtful genderless collections
By Dal Chodha • Last updated
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Sotheby’s auction celebrates jewellery as art: from Alexander Calder to Louise Bourgeois
More than 150 artists feature in September 2022’s ‘Art as Jewelry as Art’ online Sotheby’s auction, with pieces on view at Sotheby’s New York
By Hannah Silver • Last updated
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Vilebrequin x Bape Black is a summertime collaboration rooted in shared values
The collaborative capsule sees the French swimwear label unite with Bape’s premium offshoot for streetwear-tinged pieces rooted in a shared approach to fabric, craft and print
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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Salvatore Ferragamo’s low-impact sneakers are inspired by vintage running shoes
The latest arrival from the historic Florentine house is a colourful new series of sneakers, combining vintage inspirations, high-tech materials and sustainable construction
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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Winnie, the under-the-radar label reinventing menswear staples
Following the presentation of his S/S 2023 collection in Paris last month, designer Idris Balogun talks to Wallpaper* about his LVMH-prize winning label Winnie, which draws on a Savile Row past to reimagine tailoring for the present day
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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At home with Manolo Blahnik
Speaking from his home in the Canary Islands, the legendary shoe designer talks about finding inspiration, his current reading list, and what he would serve if Wallpaper* came to dinner
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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Your new summer sandals, care of Missoni’s first collaboration with Suicoke
Arriving just in time for summer, Missoni has revealed its first collaborative project with Japanese footwear label Suicoke, merging the former’s colourful codes with the latter’s signature performance sandals
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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At rising label Ester Manas, one size fits all
‘It’s for a woman who really wants to be seen,’ says Ester Manas of her eponymous label, designed alongside partner Balthazar Delepierre, which is creating sensually minded clothing for women of all sizes
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Morocco’s Agafay desert provides the backdrop for Saint Laurent’s latest menswear collection
Marrakech was a place of spiritual escape and inspiration for Yves Saint Laurent in his lifetime. This past weekend, current Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello returned to Morocco for an awe-inspiring S/S 2023 menswear show held in the Agafay desert
By Jack Moss • Last updated
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Margaret Howell London Fashion Week Women's S/S 2019
By Dal Chodha • Published
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AlphaTauri is focusing on precision and perfection in clothes
An offshoot of the Red Bull Formula One racing empire, AlphaTauri is a clothing label where world-leading technical innovation meets effortless everyday design. Here, a closer look at its S/S 2023 collection, which evokes sunshine and escape
By Jack Moss • Last updated