Category: Visual Essay
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Petals as Armor at Noir Kei Ninomiya
Backstage after the show, the designer offered a translator two words for the whole collection: petal rebellion.
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Sardinia Laid Over a Basketball Court
Antonio Marras returned to where he always returns for spring: a court in a Milan park, its concrete disappeared beneath antique carpets.
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The Desert Colors Chloé Never Left
Before Chloé had a name, its founder had already decided fashion should be worn, not admired.
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Red Leather Against Faded Denim
The loft was borrowed for an afternoon in Paris, all worn floorboards and afternoon light. Nothing else looks staged.
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A Calla Lily Becomes a Fastening Mechanism
A flower with one curling petal became, this month, a hinge mechanism for an earring.
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The Record a Tennis Uniform Keeps
Center Court at Wimbledon and Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens are an ocean and five decades apart.
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A Campaign Staged Inside a Power Station
Alessandro Michele shot Valentino’s fall campaign inside a former Rome power station full of Roman marble.
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Two Sisters, One Borrowed Costume
Guest in Residence built its whole premise on secondhand cashmere — sweaters worn by someone else first.
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A Trunkmaker’s Monogram Refolded in Paper
Moynat spent a century and a half building trunks meant to survive ocean crossings without a scratch.