Loewe AW17 collection by Jonathan Anderson
Loewe AW17 collection by Jonathan Anderson: It’s grand to dress up isn’t it? You wouldn’t think so these days with the idle #selfie sucking the life out of noble […]
Paris Fashion Week
Jacquemus AW17 Paris Show
Jacquemus AW17 Paris Show: You may remember the old Jacquemus. He who played with Surrealism (remember those painted faces and trompe l’oeil designs of AW15?!), puffy sleeves and […]
CMMN SWDN Studio Interview
CMMN SWDN is at the helm of a new group of young Scandinavian brands and designers. CMMN SWDN: The making of a Scandi fashion brand Safir Bakir and Emma Headlund, the design duo behind the brand CMMN SWDN shared experiences at many international brands – from London’s House of Holland and Swede COS to Seoul / Paris fashion force Wooyoungmi before working with Virgil Abloh for Kayne West. It was while setting up West’s label that they decided to launch CMMN SWDN in 2012 in Sweden.
All Kanye West Collaborations You Need To Know
Adidas is not the only fashion brand West’s name is tied to. He’s collaborated with many fashion houses – NIKE, A.P.C and Louis Vuitton – all stepping stones towards launching his brand Yeezy with his creative director, Virgil Abloh. We revisit some of Kayne West’s fashion collaborations.
From New York To London
Coach Rexy & Pals Arrive In Covent Garden
Stationed close to historic Seven Dials, a large and decorated shipping container plays host to the dinosaur gang, lead by fun-loving Rexy. Her compatriots include Tricky the Triceratops, Steggy the Stegosaurus and our favourite – the very sanguine looking Woolly the Woolly Mammoth. In time for the gift-giving season, find all four docile beasts immortalised as part of the Coach Holiday 2016 collection; from leather zip wallets to key chains and coin cases.
Art Comes First x The Kooples
Exclusive Interview With
Sam Lambert and Shaka Maidoh
For AW16 The Kooples have called upon creative duos to model. Well dressed and creative powerhouses, Sam Lambert and Shaka Maidoh of Art Comes First had previously collaborated with The Kooples on a capsule collection of suave hats, now the two can be seen dressed in this winter’s slim tailored suiting, fine knitwear and shirting. Something About met Sam Lambert and Shaka Maidoh to learn more about Art Comes First, their friendship and which The Kooples item the two won’t leave the house without this cold season.
First Look:
Kenzo Rizo Bags
With just two days to go until the flounced, printed and many-tiered dresses, neon tiger print boiler suits and puffer kimonos of Kenzo’s collection for H&M are available, Kenzo has introduced it’s latest bags.
Kris Van Assche, Dior Homme’s Designer Interviewed
In our third print issue, Something About AW16, we met Kris Van Assche during Dior Homme’s Hong Kong set show. Read our exclusive interview with the Belgian fashion designer leading Dior Homme towards a new dawn of menswear. To see the Parisian brands AW16 collection in action, watch our exclusive short film.
Night At The Movies With Christopher Raeburn
A Disney Collaboration
Royal College of Art trained designer Christopher Raeburn has collaborated with Disney. He’s recreating Disneys most enduring couple Mickey and Minnie in denim and leather. The two variations […]
Ciao Paris!
The Refreshed Emporio Armani Store & Caffè Takes Over Paris’ Left Bank
“Paris provides a highly prestigious backdrop, and this location in particular, in one of the city’s liveliest districts”, says legendary Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani of the city’s left bank, the site of the new re-opened Emporio Armani store and cafe. Located at 149, Boulevard St. Germain, this sleek and contemporary outpost of the Milan designed mens- and womenswear line adds to Italian fashion’s foothold on Paris.
Seoul Fashion Week Spring Summer 2017
Something About Visits The Songzio Studio
Over the course of just a few years, Seoul Fashion Week, the twice annual event taking over the South Korean capital in January and October, has risen to become a colourful platform for some of the most innovative brands. Such is the international interest in the event, that this season homegrown talent such as D-Antidote is joined by travelling guests; both Caruso and Manish Arora feature on the Spring Summer 2017 schedule. With the third day of shows about to start, we joined designer Songzio in his Seoul studio to learn more about the city’s fashion, and how the industry has changed since the brand’s launch in 1993.
Dior Homme AW16 Film
Something About AW16
‘When I was 16 or 18 we used to go to these small clubs in Belgium. The highest ‘wave’ of New Wave was over, but we were still listening to that music in those dark little clubs’, says Belgian designer Kris Van Assche in the AW16 print issue of Something About. Inspired by the night time adventures of Dior Homme’s Creative Director, we shot the Parisian brand’s lauded AW16 collection in the small hours of the day; the morning after clubs have closed and parties are all but hazy memories.
Something About Film
Polo Ralph Lauren AW16
Something About AW16
In Something About AW16, our third print issue, we celebrate the enduring work of all-American designer Ralph Lauren and his handsome interpretation of all things British. Coinciding with the opening of the debut Polo Ralph Lauren flagship store in Europe on London’s Regent Street, stylist Beatriz S. Maués and photographer Will Grundy have taken the brand’s AW16 collection to the capital’s parklands, meadows and sleepy backstreets for Something About.
Something About Film
PS by Paul Smith AW16
Something About AW16
In our third print issue, Something About AW16, we explore the power of print by using PS by Paul Smith‘s vivid and contemporary Autumn/Winter 2016 collection as an […]
One Decade Of Christopher Kane
Designer Celebrates With Sportswear Capsule Collection
“There was a lot of debate with my studio team over which prints to choose but in the end it was very easy; each print means something to me and says so much about me, my interests and my collections over the last 10 years’. Ten years have passed since his London Fashion Week debut in 2006; time enough for Christopher Kane to firmly position his namesake brand as one of London’s most lauded houses. To celebrate, Kane has launched ’10 Capsule’, a look back at his greatest prints.
Prabal Gurung x TOMS
Exclusive Interview With The New York Designer
“What excites me about collaborating with TOMS is our shared belief in inspiring others and giving back. We’re coming together to make a difference in the world by what we do” Prapal Gurung says of his most recent extra-curricular project. It has been ten years since Blake Mycoskie first set out to build a fashion company based on a ‘One for One’ business model; a charitable concept that sees one pair of shoes given to a child in need for every pair of TOMS sold.
Camille Walala for Emporio Armani: A Double Helping of Pop
This season the work of the French artist has met its match with Emporio Armani’s fall/winter 2016 accessories collection. The artist has created a series of specially commissioned backdrops for six suitably ‘pop’ inspired pieces, including a very glittery pair of pink midi heels. Each 3D tableau is a fun take on display with vibrant and rhythmic geometric shapes.
Mick Rock and John Varvatos On Bowie and Taschen’s New Edition on Ziggy Stardust
For the launch of his new book, The Rise of David Bowie, 1972-1973, published by Taschen this month, the legendary photographer Mick Rock was welcomed by his old friend, the designer John Varvatos, at his London flagship store to discuss this breakthrough time in rock history.
