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Hussein Chalayan is one of those designers, like Rei Kawakubo, whose creations are never, ever just about clothing to wear. He is a deep, emotionally driven man who, with each collection, reveals just a …

Rappeur reconnu et autoproclamé prophète, Kanye West bouscule depuis une petite décennie les lignes établies de l’industrie de la mode. Ce slasher hors-concours fait sensation …

The Paco Rabanne brand has always been about looking towards the future. And if there is one place where the future has been warmly embraced, it’s Asia, maybe more specifically Japan, where every kooky techie trend …

There was a lot of hide-and-go-seek going on at the Balmain show on Thursday. Before designer Olivier Rousteing even got the show underway the audience was left waiting for a late-arriving Kanye West who, once he finally …

The invitation to the Chloe show was a bit of text from the book « Et J’ai suivi le vent » by French author Anne-France Dautheville, which talked about daring to go off and explore the world. Once at the show, another morsel of …

This season designer Gabriele Moratti decided to take his Redemption brand back to the multicultural microcosm that was Andy Warhol’s Factory. A place where it didn’t matter what you looked like, where you came from or who …

When the show started the photographers almost immediately began to howl in protest. The models disregarded them completely, turning their heads nonchalantly left or right. Occasionally they would look ahead, but their …

There was a magpie mood at the Masion Margiela show on Wednesday where designer John Galliano presented a collection that saw different elements of dress meld together in eclectic ensembles. This form of fashion is …

In an interesting twist, Alessandro Dell’Acqua went in two opposite directions in terms of design for each house he works at this season. For his N21 label, his sartorial choices were more daring and tougher in spirit while at …

Cedric Charlier really got his sartorial sea legs this season with a strong collection that took its inspiration from the always chic mariner style. « I started by looking at old photographs of sailors, » said the designer backstage after …

“Passion” exclaimed designer Dries Van Noten after his show as a one-word explanation of the pitch perfect collection he had just presented to the fashion world. It is hard to argue with his point. The lineup certainly had people …

Pour la quatrième saison consécutive, l’équipe créative de Sarenza imagine sa ligne de souliers exclusifs. Articulée autour de trois univers baptisés Queen of The West, Sèvres Babylone et Sarenza-Les-Flots, le private label Made By …

Retrouvez les portraits des contributeurs ayant contribué à l’élaboration de notre dernier numéro « Now Generation ». Sofia Celeste
Cette journaliste de mode a couvert l’évolution de l’industrie de la mode en Italie pour …

The future. This is the essence of the Courrèges brand. And now, in the hands of Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant, the house’s future is also looking very bright. The duo once again brought the fashion world to an …

Le gotha international de la mode vient d’atterrir à Paris pour prendre part à la Fashion Week qui débutait ce mardi. Voici notre guide des soirées où il fera bon voir et être vu, arriver tard et partir plus tôt que prévu …

The recent announcement that Christelle Kocher has, for the second time, made it to the semi-finals for the LVMH Prize might mean that the 36 year old designer will soon have to forgot her democratic …

Is it too early to say that Simon Porte Jacquemus is shaping up to be the Martin Margiela of his generation? The French designer, who garnered a special award at last year’s LVMH Prize, has a childlike joie de vivre view about fashion …

Anyone who lives in Paris will tell you that since the terrorist attacks in November, the energy in the city has felt strange – really off. It’s a mood that Anthony Vaccarello found disturbing on a profound level. To combat it, he used …

Each season the Anrealage show gets it geek on with garments that hard wire a digital component into their conception, transforming each piece into something that looks like fashion from the future. This time designer …

A fortuitous chance meeting with designer Stella Jean at the start of Milan Fashion Week had me, just days later, sitting in her front row for the first time. After the show was over, the key thought that…

Pour ce numéro du magazine Antidote intitulé « Now Generation », nous avons demandé au photographe britannique Benjamin Lennox de capturer l’esprit de la transition générationnelle qui secoue …

Giorgio Armani was all smiles when he took his bow on Monday morning. The man certainly had a lot to be happy about. While Europe slept, in Hollywood Armani was the designer that couldn’t be …

Designers Den and Dan Caten kicked off the final day of Milan Fashion Week with a collection that was a unusual hybrid of strong sartorial references. The duo behind Dsquared2 decided to create a …

Damir Doma found himself in an interesting position. While pretty much every other designer in Milan was sending out brightly colored big graphic patterned shows, even other minimalist brands like…

In her runway debut at Ports 1961, designer Natasa Cagali seemed to be exploring the concepts of movement and containment. Going with a minimalistic approach, she broke up her outsized garments by …

Philipp Plein is one of those people who believes in the old adage that “bigger is better”. Or is it “go big or go home”? Well, you get the idea. He is not an understated designer. His work is about flash, sex and …

The slow decent into insanity was the idea Antonio Marras decided to take on with his latest collection. For any other designer, trying to express this sartorially would have been a tall order. But Marras feels …

When a brand become synonymous with one style it can sometimes be a burden for a designer to break free of that aesthetic or perpetually find new ways to continue its relevance. This is what designer …

Massimiliano Giornetti proved with his most recent Salvatore Ferragamo show that he is right in step with the young Turks of Milan Fashion Week. His sharp yet riotous collection was as exacting in …

Massimo Giorgetti titled his most recent collection “Interlude” and sent a note with his show invitations asking all his guests to abstain from posting any images on social media during the event. Instead …