Editorials
Boboutic: Intellectual Cashmere
Founded over twenty years ago by designers Michel Bergamo and Cristina Zamagni, Boboutic was created with the goal of translating their everyday experiences in Firenze into knitwear. Combining traditional knit and stitching techniques with intellectual textile research, they have achieved an unmatched collection of coats and sweaters with a marshmallow-like softness, owing to the high […]
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Christopher Duncan: La Vida Luna
“I spent much of spring sleeping under the light of the moon,” says Christopher Duncan when thinking of his creative process while making his Luna collection. Life was, and is, still quiet in New Zealand, where he lives among the tall pines of the coast. It was there that he found inspiration in antique Japanese silk and […]
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Introducing: Mallary Marks
Mallary Marks, a New York based jeweler trained at the renowned Rhode Island School of Art and Design, has a special knack for teasing out the best properties within precious gems. To Mallary, pure shapes are the only way to go. Focusing primarily on beads and the silhouettes created when hung together, her work is […]
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Uma Wang: F/W 22
For fall, Uma Wang looked to disparate cultural symbols and a wide range of ultra-tactile fabrics to construct her motif-blending collection. Donning wide-brimmed hats and broad-strapped bags, her models exhibit her unique and sumptuous designs in a nod to the idyllic rancher – an earthy, nostalgic aesthetic in stimulating textures and muted tones. Looking ahead […]
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Malfatti: Cocktail Hour
Malfatti, translating to “misshapen” in Italian, is not just a glassware studio, but a physical expression of creativity. Named for a type of hand-rolled dumpling, this distinct collection was a collaboration between Daniel Spitzer, a former Chihuly glassblower, and Jill Reynolds, an award-winning visual artist and flameworker. Each unique glass is shaped freely using only […]
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Corîu: Maroquinerie
Corîu portrays its influences through expertly crafted leather handbags that evoke a nostalgic trip to the idyllic Italian countryside. The art of “maroquinerie,” Italian for “leather making,” is, both literally and symbolically, in Corîu’s blood. The brand was founded in 2019 by Giordano Lapegna. With his own background as a creative mind and designer for […]
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Hania: Cashmere as Canvas
When admiring Hania’s plush cashmere, sourced from the renowned Todd & Duncan mill in Scotland, the palettes of great artists echo from the yarns. Their knits are steeped in Kandinsky‘s saturated marigold, Matisse‘s fiery harissa, Monet‘s royal blue, Cezanne‘s olive green and O’Keefe‘s soft pink. Just as these masters harnessed their hues from the landscapes […]
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Gilda Midani: F/W 22
For Fall, Gilda has dived into palettes both new and familiar. Steel Planet swims in copper and silver tones. Golden Diamond is a splash of bronze and black set against cream. Nighttime ocean waters lap the shore in her expression of Aquamarine. Understanding that freedom in both form and feeling mean different things to different people, Gilda Midani […]
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Péro: The Moonlit Garden
From whimsical, handmade details to head-turning prints and palettes, Péro steeps every stitch with a playful, but refined, creativity. For fall, they have returned to the garden with rich, exciting florals contrasted against monochrome houndstooth, stripes and nostalgic checks. Both sumptuous knits and cut-and-sewn silks are stitched with an attention to detail. Designer Aneeth Auroroa […]
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Rundholz DIP: Fashion Meets Modern Art
In 2004 Carsten and Lenka Rundholz branched out from their main Rundholz line into the world of dip-dye and modern art as fashion. Created in collaboration with Japanese dye artists, Rundholz DIP was born as a natural evolution of the duo’s already avant garde ready-to-wear. With experiments conducted in Carsten’s countryside studio, DIP’s swinging silhouettes […]
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Pierre-Louis Mascia: Ran
For FW22, Pierre-Louis Mascia titled his collection Ran — a word that translates to both “chaos” and “battle” in Japanese. Inspired by the Akira Kurosawa film of the same name, Pierre-Louis describes his own battle as “for the survival of beauty.” Working in his chosen medium of brightly patterned silk and cashmere, he defines the wardrobe of […]
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Laurie Goldstein: The Artist's Table
To Laurie Goldstein, the artist’s table is one to be admired – its pieces do not come together easily. Instead they are found, collected, gathered one by one over a lifetime. The disparate shapes tell a story that brings us together, celebrating the perfect imperfections and idiosyncrasies that create a favorite gathering. Laurie Goldstein’s collection […]
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Album di Famiglia: Seasonal Simplicity
Prizing pure fabrics in soft finishes, Album di Famiglia’s fall collection is guided by their core principle: simplicity. Oversized button coats, soft draping turtlenecks and straight leg drawstring pants define the delivery’s silhouettes – each pleasant on their own but divinely textured when layered together. A family affair consisting of designer Monica Rusconi and her […]
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Astier de Villatte: A Parisian Classic
Distilling the aesthetics of the French countryside is deceptively challenging. The look is austere but not stuffy, humble but not ordinary, antique and yet completely modern. Benoît Astier de Villatte and Ivan Pericoli accept this challenge with relish – a Parisian legacy of artisanal, handmade ceramics apparent within every piece they make. Cast against this […]
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Campomaggi: Classic Italian Leather
In Teodorano, Italy, the place of Marco Campomaggi’s birth, everything is made by hand: doors, clothing, tableware and, of particular note, leather goods. This appreciation of craftsmanship is alive and well within each Campomaggi handbag – the sumptuous leather and brass accents a celebration of the maker’s touch. In several styles, hundreds of delicate cutouts […]
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Dries Van Noten: Nostalgia del Futuro
For A/W 22, Dries Van Noten is levying the power of nostalgia to lend an added weight to his polished, contemporary line. At 72 Rue de l’Université in Paris stands a centuries-old mansion. Known in a past life as the Hotel de Guise, the now dilapidated manor’s elegance can only be recognized through the hints […]
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Luxury Tie-Dye: How Hippie Influenced High-Fashion
From historic craft to symbol of free spirits to runway prestige, the iconic artform of tie-dye has experienced a storied past. Tie-Dye is in. This is not news to anyone paying attention to designers unveiling their retro-inspired lines season after season. Although these looks may take viewers back a half-century to the American 60s, the […]
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Greig Porter Jewelry: An Oasis of Color
A freedom of expression can be found purely by exploring outside of one’s own natural habitat – through literature or travel we stumble upon newfound paradises. For over two decades Greig Porter has traveled off the beaten path in search of lustrous gems. In sphalerite, garnet and zircon he reveals an oasis of color. Sphalerite’s […]
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Danny Kaplan: The Intersection of Beauty & Utility
Danny Kaplan’s deliberately simple touch expands not only into large-scale projects such as tables and chairs, but the ceramic accents to grace them. A self-trained ceramicist perhaps best known for his sought-after geometric lamps featured in New York penthouses and LA bungalows alike, Danny’s relentless pursuit of the intersection of beauty and utility defines his […]
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Issey Miyake: A Single Thread
On August 5, 2022, we were asked to say goodbye to Issey Miyake. The guiding philosophy of his designs was coined “A Piece of Cloth.” He developed each design by placing his focus on how the body, and the clothing that covered it, interacted. In doing so, Miyake’s creative process began with a single piece […]
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Casey Casey: Crumpled & Cool
Paris-based Casey Casey welcomes pre-fall in a natural, but warm palette of rust, khaki and ivory. Entirely handmade, the delivery focuses timeless and versatile silhouettes that can be dressed up or down. The collection is built on papery cotton shirting that has been hand-finished and hand-washed to achieve the brand’s signature crumple – an effect […]
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Miranda Hicks: Hand-Wrought Jewelry
A twist on talismanic. Harnessing an enormous range of tones and textures, Miranda Hicks catalyzes aesthetic futurism and traditional Southwestern jewelry-making techniques within her unique and earthy pieces. Twisted station chains, interlocking rosary beads and dramatic, oxidized finishes define Miranda’s hand-wrought jewelry. Her talismanic understanding of metal and stone draws upon the centuries of cultural […]
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Closed Jeans: Defining Sustainable Denim
The word “sustainability” has seen a huge uptick in popularity as the world has realized the negative impact of climate change and mass production over the last several years. Due to this shift, sustainable practices in manufacturing and production have become a poignant selling point for many fashion designers. Many of the leaders of this […]
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Christiane Perrochon: Intuitive Ceramics
The marriage of color and form is a union hard fought, but it is within this pursuit that Christiane Perrochon thrives. Born from a flash of intuition, and forty years of research, development and dedicated practice, she is the creative behind some of the most richly-hued modern ceramics available today. The extreme specificity of bonding […]