Antidote présente « The Now Generation Issue » Été 2016

Génération NOW ou un regard qui se pose sur notre temps. Une génération en quête d’identité et d’individualité. Une génération qui assume son anticonformisme, ses tabous, sans frontière, sans limite …

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Fendi Rides a Fashion Wave
 

At Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld was having a fashion brainwave. His entire collection rode on the crest of undulating waves that stood out like three-dimensional sartorial sentinels on almost every garment …

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Max Mara’s Bauhaus Beauties
 

The Max Mara design team name-checked Constructivism, Modernism and Dadaism in the first line of its fall/winter 2016 show notes and also suggested that an energetic uprising of genre-defying women from the 1930s were at …

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Pucci’s Mountain Peak
 

What a difference six months can make. Just like his predecessor Peter Dundas with his new gig at Roberto Cavalli the day before, designer Massimo Giorgetti made a concerted effort this season to return to …

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Prada’s Woman in Every Port
 

For those who saw Miuccia Prada’s menswear show in January, the womenswear collection she presented on Thursday night felt like a return to the same port she had already visited last month. This is understandable seeing as she …

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Moschino is a Fire Starter
 

Jeremy Scott was on fire this Thursday night with a show that was smoking hot. And this being Moschino, it meant the designer’s evening gowns were quite literally puffing out plumes of smoke as the models took their turns on the catwalk.

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Costume National’s Easy New Attitude
 

Designer Ennio Capasa was full of surprises on Thursday afternoon. His Costume National show took his brand in a pleasing new direction that reenergized the house with color, new proportions and …

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Le retour du vulgaire

Certains auraient préféré l’oublier, prétendre n’avoir jamais complété l’ensemble velours Juicy Couture d’une casquette Von Dutch et supprimer de façon irréversible les vidéos du concert des Destiny’s Child …

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Roberto Cavalli’s Roots
 

After last season’s debut, which was met with a lukewarm reception at best, designer Peter Dundas went back to Roberto Cavalli’s roots with a collection that oozed rock and roll glamour and after-dark allure.

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Fausto Puglisi Tries to Connect
 

Fausto Puglisi was feeling nostalgic this season. The Italian designer decided it was time to bring together all the things he loves into one collection. Or as he said after his show on Wednesday night, « it’s all about …

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Ferretti’s Flight of Fancy
 

The video backdrop to Alberta Ferretti’s show on the first day of Milan Fashion Week showed the barren winter trees in New York’s Central Park. Nature surrounded by a concrete city, its beauty that much more precious…

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N21 Goes Grunge
 

Over the years Alessando Dell’Acqua has built his signature brand on his ability to rework season after season a mix of classic masculine and feminine sartorial staples, twisting their underlying constructs so that his creations…

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Gucci’s Veiled Viewpoint
 

During the Gucci menswear show in January, designer Alessandro Michele obscured the catwalk with a smoky haze. Today for his womenswear presentation, he placed a gossamer screen between …

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Rencontre avec Petite Noir
 

Oublions l’orthographe douteuse du nom de scène de ce jeune musicien baptisé Yannick Ilunga. Né à Bruxelles d’un père congolais et d’une mère angolaise, sud-africain d’adoption et souvent de passage à Londres, il ne choisit pas entre…

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Alexandra Jubé : « Les valeurs digitales ont changé les valeurs sociétales »

Elle comprend mieux que vous le monde qui l’entoure. À 32 ans, Alexandra Jubé est responsable insight chez Nelly Rodi, l’une des agences majeures de prospective parisiennes. Son job? Étudier les nouvelles attitudes, les futurs …

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Calvin Klein- Fashion Rocks
 

Francisco Costa continues to be one of the few fashion designers showing at New York Fashion Week that continually evolves the DNA of the brand he represents. From one season to the next …

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Ralph Lauren’s Luxe Ladies
 

There were two sides to Ralph Lauren’s sartorial story on the final day of New York Fashion Week. The first was all about chic, comfy and discrete daywear in non-threatening shades of taupe …

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Humanité et animalité, le paradoxe incarné

Aux yeux des philosophes, éthologues, zoologistes, et autres spécialistes des sciences du vivant, la cause est entendue : il existe bien une différence, sinon de nature, au moins de degrés, entre l’homme et l’animal.

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DKNY Pumps up the Volume
 

If last season, designers Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne paid homage to New York with their cityscape designs, with their sophomore show they decided it was time to really represent its inhabitants …

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The Instaglam of Michael Kors
 

Michael Kors’ stream of consciousness show notes ended with the words « Instaglam…fall 2016 » and that pretty much captured what this collection was all about, clothing that was ready for its social media …

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Hugo Boss’s Chic Curves
 

Designer Jason Wu is really starting to come into his own at Hugo Boss. His latest collection was an elegant and architectural ode to the beauty of the undulating line. It made for a stunningly beautiful endorsement …

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Narciso Rodriguez’s New Attitude
 

When Narciso Rodriguez opens his show with a roomy pleated wool wrap coat that engulfs the model’s body it is instantly understandable that something major is going on. This is a man who is famous for …

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Coach’s Cheery Clothing
 

It was a full court press at Coach where designer Stuart Vevers created a sartorial love letter to all things American on Tuesday afternoon. He got his guests, including Chloe Grace Moretz, Emma Roberts and Ciara …

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Rodarte’s Summer of Love
 

The Summer of Love anthem « San Francisco » where singer Scott McKenzie suggests that you « be sure to wear some flowers in your hair » flickered in the mind while watching the latest Rodarte show unfold on …

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Tory Burch’s Equestrian Allure
 

Designer Tory Burch drew inspiration for her latest collection from Eric Rohmer’s classic film « L’amour l’après-midi » and blended it with chic equestrian staples. This melange of upper crust 70s sportswear …

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Vera Wang’s Lithe Longings
 

The long and lean aesthetic of two 20th century artists gave Vera Wang a strong new direction this season. She turned to the haunting elongated faces in the paintings of Amedeo Modigliani and the stick figure …

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The Row’s Long and Lean Luxe
 

Twin designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen invited the fashion set to their New York headquarters bright and early on Monday morning for a friendly get together to present their latest ultra-minimalistic über-luxe collection …

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The Luck of Philip Lim
 

Far-flung show venues in New York are the bane of every fashion journalist, editor and photographer’s existence. On Monday afternoon, when the snow started to stick and the roads became slippery, it was designer …

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Fun with Jeremy Scott
 

Those who have been traveling hither and thither to one show after another here at New York Fashion Week got a less then subtle sneak peek at all of this season’s Jeremy Scott kooky prints. The Los Angeles …

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Thom Browne’s Reinvention
 

This season Thom Browne pulled back a bit on the theatrics and presented a poignant collection that celebrated the beauty of repurposing and renewal. But this being Browne, he viewed his underlying concept through …

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