Fashion round-up
We’re not quite sure how you could miss it, but the FW26 Womenswear Fashion Week season concluded this week. Revisit all our coverage across the season – from NYC to Paris.
Maison Margiela’s SS6 campaign
We all remember Glenn Martens’ Maison Margiela debut, soundtracked by an atonal children’s orchestra, dressed in oversized, baggy tuxedos. For the brand’s SS26 campaign, that cast of young musicians returns, but this time joined by the imitable Max Richter. Captured inside the Theatre de la Villette in Paris, Richter and the children’s orchestra perform together after months of rehearsals.
Vans celebrated 60 years of the Authentic
And they did it in style, recruiting Hayley Williams, Franz Lyons of Turnstile, Travis Barker, and Vans’ own Artistic Director SZA to showcase the brand’s iconic Authentic shoe. Williams goes wild with some pink lipstick and mannequin heads, SZA takes over an internet cafe, and Travis Barker matches his dog for fluffiness.
Gavin Watson x Baracuta
Photographer Gavin Watson has been documenting British subculture since the early 80s. His seminal book Skins famously inspired Shane Meadows’ This Is England, while his photographs of rave and DIY party culture captured a movement on the boundaries. Across Watson’s archive, the Baracuta G9 Harrington Jacket – a cross-generation, subcultural staple.
Now Watson gets to put his own spin on it. Teaming up with Baracuta, the photographer has collaborated on a capsule of jackets, pins and tees that weave his imagery directly into the garments. Archival photographs appear as patches, linings and graphic prints, transforming Baracuta’s classic silhouettes into wearable moments of British youth culture.
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Saul Nash performed
Last week, Saul Nash presented a specially commissioned live performance as part of the Fashion in Motion series at the Victoria and Albert Museum. A trained dancer himself, the London-based designer has long placed movement at the centre of his practice, creating garments cut for breathability and kinetic freedom.
Staged inside the museum’s Raphael Court, the performance worked in dialogue with the setting, as eight dancers – initially disguised among the crowd – gradually gathered in performance, their choreography bringing Nash’s garments to life.
JW Anderson x Guinness
With St Patrick’s Day just around the corner, JW Anderson is prepping our wardrobes for the big day, releasing the second chapter in his oh so Irish collaboration. Featuring chore jackets inspired by brewery uniforms, and knitwear that mirrors the colour shift of a perfectly poured pint. It’s all modelled by Joe Alwyn and Little Simz.
HUGO’s new campaign poses the question: “Why couldn’t you get a proper job?”
Tongue-in-cheek, obviously, the brand takes the p-i-s-s out of a line commonly used to diminish young people building creative careers. Aptly, the campaign stars artist and musician Cato, and curator Temitayo Famakinwa. Showcasing the brand’s SS26 collection, the cast bop around London from streets to studios in HUGO’s youthful tailoring and retro-inspired separates.
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Feng Chen Wang x Lee capsule collection
Lee Jeans taps London-based Chinese designer Feng Chen Wang as their latest collaborator. Teaming up on a capsule collection that marks the 101st anniversary of Lee’s iconic 101 series, the designer reinvents classic silhouettes such as the Lee 101J Rider Jacket and 101 Jeans through her own design principles.
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Loewe’s new Elixir scents
Loewe’s fragrance arm is expanding its signature Elixir range. A reinterpretation of the brand’s iconic Aire scent, this new iteration is a floral and musky Eau de Parfum. Comprised of fruity notes of pear, bergamot, and lemon alongside a seamless blend of jasmine sambac, magnolia, sandalwood, and musk.
Umbro celebrates grassroots football
Spotlighting its new SS26 Home collection, Umbro pays tribute to the community spirit at the heart of British football. Shot at Ashton United F.C., the campaign centres on a fictional grassroots side and the spaces around the game – from pitch-side regulars to the clubhouse that doubles as a weekend social hub. The collection itself nods to Umbro’s 90s and 00s archive (picture an Umbro England shirt and who do you see? For us, it’s always David Beckham), with standout pieces including a Harrington jacket, alongside football shirts and woven shorts
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Laufey teams up with 66°North
As a native Icelander, Grammy-award-winning musician Laufey has been wearing 66°North for as long as she can remember. Now to mark the brand’s 100th anniversary, she’s teaming up with 66°North to design a capsule collection of her own. “When I think back on my time growing up in Iceland, I think of walking to school or music lessons in the crazy weather. 66°North was always my companion,” said the musician. The five-piece capsule collection takes inspiration from Iceland’s rugged terrain, putting a playful spin on classic pieces such as the long shell coat and knitted cardigans.