dream dinner party
Food
Le Cornichon: the cult Paris restaurant serving up modern classics
We ain’t moving
Fashion
Pierpaolo Piccioli’s debut Balenciaga campaign is the ultimate duvet day
Extraterrestrial Activity
Aliens invaded at Thom Browne’s SS26 show
Being Sentient
Issey Miyake’s garments have a life of their own
best season ever?
The New Vanguard: the designer debuts of Paris SS26
Sartorial Alchemy
Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut was a dazzling paradigm shift
Imagism
Kiko Kostadinov looked at the artwork of Christina Ramberg
Regenerative Garments
Coperni continued its fascination with technology
Women at work
Aprons and agency: Miu Miu’s wardrobe of domesticity
The Cheek
Duran Lantink’s Jean Paul Gaultier debut: tattoo tops and bare bottoms
Let it burn
A Wicker Man ritual at Seán McGirr’s McQueen
Fireflies
Valentino SS26: searching for light through cracks in the darkness
Designed for a lifetime
Michael Rider wants you to create memories in Celine
ambiguous forms
Comme des Garçons SS26: “the damaging of perfect things”
Positive Dissonance
Maison Margiela was soundtracked by an atonal children’s orchestra
The Solitary One
Stefano Gallici told a tale of lovers’ rebellion at Ann Demeulemeester
The Heartbeat
Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Balenciaga had love on the brain
Elemental Colours
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez’s Loewe debut explored Ellsworth Kelly’s abstraction
somebody to love
Rick Owens makes tough clothes for tough times
Desert Dwellers
Isabel Marant thrives when the heat is on