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Jonathan Anderson reboots Dior menswear with subtle subversion and commercial savvy

Jonathan Anderson walked on to the Dior stage on Friday with the hardest brief in luxury fashion: reignite a 9.5 billion euro powerhouse whose growth has begun to slow and whose identity, at least on the men’s side, has drifted since the Hedi Slimane era. The 40-year-old Northern Irishman is hardly a novice. LVMH took a minority stake in his JW...

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Paris Fashion Week Men's: Jonathan Anderson’s debut at Dior and Saint Laurent’s return

The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM) has unveiled the provisional calendar for the upcoming Paris Fashion Week Men’s (PFWM), to take place from June 24 to 29. A highlight of the week will be Jonathan Anderson's highly anticipated first show at the helm of Dior's menswear collections, as well as the debut of Spanish brand...

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Puma to host an immerse brand space at Paris Men’s Fashion Week

Sportswear brand Puma is heading to Paris Men’s Fashion Week to host an immersive brand space featuring product previews and collector-led exhibitions. In a statement, Puma said the four-day activation in Paris would be in homage to “the world of Mostro, with monstrous design elements throughout,” featuring seasonal previews, including the Puma...

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Willy Chavarria and S.S Daley to make Paris Fashion Week Men’s debuts

New York-based fashion designer Willy Chavarria will make his Paris Men’s Fashion Week debut in January, as the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode announces the autumn/winter 2025 provisional schedule. Chavarria’s shift to the Paris calendar highlights a shift in his business to support the brand’s increasing global reach and will be...

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Paris Fashion Week Menswear SS25: The luxury streetwear trend, from Virgil Abloh to the Paris Olympics

From selling deadstock Ralph Lauren shirts with a ‘Pyrex Vision’ label in 2012, to designing the Louis Vuitton menswear collections from 2018 to 2021, Virgil Abloh’s impact on luxury streetwear fashion cannot be overstated. He was the master of creating a style that worked year-round and was gender fluid. Now, almost three years after his...

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Football, circus and riots: The highlights of Paris Men's Fashion Week

As the men's European Football Championship in Germany and the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris bring together a shared sporting spirit throughout the region, fashion houses exhibited their latest menswear collections in Paris. Some shows stuck to this sporty approach, while others revelled in the colourful circus of fashion or, otherwise,...

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At Paris Fashion Week, sneaker brands hold court

Paris men’s fashion week, held on the eve of the Olympic Games, saw as many runway presentations as off-schedule sportswear activations and product launches. Rarely have fashion and sport intertwined so effortlessly (and commercially) as now. Sneakers were a big deal on the runway, as much as they were off court. Here are some of the highlights:...

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Americans (re)land in Paris with A$AP Rocky debut

On Friday, June 21, 2024, on the sidelines of Paris Fashion Week, rapper A$AP Rocky, the partner and father of singer Rihanna's children, organized his first Parisian fashion show in Karl Lagerfeld's former home. In fact, "American Sabotage," the show's name, signifies the attraction of Americans to Paris, as the capital of fashion. Entering the...

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Bianca Saunders unveils first full footwear line at SS25 Paris show

On the back of winning this year’s 2024 BFC/GQ Designer Fashion Fund, British-Jamaican designer Bianca Saunders has unveiled her first full line of footwear as part of her latest SS25 collection. Alongside garments that aimed to evoke the feeling of “exploration and rediscovery”, Saunders took to the runway of Paris Fashion Week Men’s to exhibit...

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Kanye West and Bianca Censori bring a wind of madness to the Prototypes fashion show

The Prototypes show, held at the Consulat as part of Paris Fashion Week Men's, will likely remain the most spectacular event of this season: underground, avant-garde and fast-paced. Yet, the attraction that everyone will be talking about is undoubtedly the apparent surprise arrival of Kanye West and his wife, Bianca Censori. Such an event may...

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Rick Owens enlists Paris in a parade of all excesses

Paris - Rick Owens outdid himself on Thursday, mesmerizing hundreds of spectators with a monumental outdoor show featuring an army of eerie, proud silhouettes clad in his signature white monochrome. Smoke cleared. A first battalion of hooded jumpsuits, space-age shoulders, descended the monumental stone steps of the Palais de Tokyo esplanade....

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Paris Fashion Week: From Kenzo to Wales Bonner and LGN, men's fashion goes from laughter to tears

Paris - Just two days in and Paris Fashion Week Men’s saw the audience swing from laughter to tears on Wednesday, from the neon brights of Kenzo, to the clowns of Walter Van Beirendonck, the poise of Wales Bonner and the sensual slickness of Louis Gabriel Nouchi. Kenzo: Tokyo ease meets Parisian gold On Wednesday evening, Kenzo, under the LVMH...