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Retail

A Dover Street Market Alum Breaks Out on His Own

Hirotaka Sasako went from shop floor to buyer at Dover Street Market after impressing Rei Kawakubo. Now, he’s opening his own multi-brand store in Tokyo, stocking buzzy brands like Wales Bonner, Namacheko and Stefan Cooke.

Retail

A Dover Street Market Alum Breaks Out on His Own

Hirotaka Sasako went from shop floor to buyer at Dover Street Market after impressing Rei Kawakubo. Now, he’s opening his own multi-brand store in Tokyo, stocking buzzy brands like Wales Bonner, Namacheko and Stefan Cooke.


Fashion Week

Stella McCartney Opens a Door

The collection had a vigorous breadth and depth, but also an imaginative flair that has eluded her in the past.

Fashion Week

Stella McCartney Opens a Door

The collection had a vigorous breadth and depth, but also an imaginative flair that has eluded her in the past.


Fashion Week

The Peculiar Magic of Sacai

It was the most direct, convincing collection Chitose Abe has shown in a while.

Fashion Week

The Peculiar Magic of Sacai

It was the most direct, convincing collection Chitose Abe has shown in a while.


Fashion Week

Alexander McQueen Casts a Spell

Sarah Burton has her own tale to tell, outside the overweening narrative of McQueen, and the way she chose to tell it yielded a challenging, breathtaking show.

Fashion Week

Alexander McQueen Casts a Spell

Sarah Burton has her own tale to tell, outside the overweening narrative of McQueen, and the way she chose to tell it yielded a challenging, breathtaking show.


Beauty

With Glossier Play, Instagram's Favourite Beauty Brand Plots Its Next Chapter

The new brand is Glossier's most significant investment in colour cosmetics yet, and is meant to cement the company's status as a 'builder of brands.'

Beauty

With Glossier Play, Instagram's Favourite Beauty Brand Plots Its Next Chapter

The new brand is Glossier's most significant investment in colour cosmetics yet, and is meant to cement the company's status as a 'builder of brands.'


Fashion Week

Thom Browne’s Stern Celebration

As an anniversary, today's show did not signal tremendous progress, but it had depth and the level of execution was almost couture-like.

Fashion Week

Thom Browne’s Stern Celebration

As an anniversary, today's show did not signal tremendous progress, but it had depth and the level of execution was almost couture-like.


News & Analysis

Mayhoola to Sell Anya Hindmarch

The secretive Qatari fund Mayhoola for Investments is exploring a sale of the British handbag brand after a challenging period of restructuring.

News & Analysis

Mayhoola to Sell Anya Hindmarch

The secretive Qatari fund Mayhoola for Investments is exploring a sale of the British handbag brand after a challenging period of restructuring.


Fashion Week

Junya Watanabe’s Cute/Not Cute Hybrids

There was a quiet ingenuity at work, but the source material — houses dresses — had a utilitarian dullness that levelled rather than lifted the collection.

Fashion Week

Junya Watanabe’s Cute/Not Cute Hybrids

There was a quiet ingenuity at work, but the source material — houses dresses — had a utilitarian dullness that levelled rather than lifted the collection.


Fashion Week

The End is Nigh at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo drew on a repertoire of the most civilised dress, but mutated her finery with hard industrial elements. The impact of this dystopian couture was stunning: society through a glass darkly.

Fashion Week

The End is Nigh at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo drew on a repertoire of the most civilised dress, but mutated her finery with hard industrial elements. The impact of this dystopian couture was stunning: society through a glass darkly.


Fashion Week

Seduction and Restraint at Hermès

Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski has been struggling to nail her signature at the revered French luxury house. She may have found it.

Fashion Week

Seduction and Restraint at Hermès

Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski has been struggling to nail her signature at the revered French luxury house. She may have found it.


Fashion Week

Playing With Extremes at Paris Fashion Week

Noir Kei Ninomiya and Haider Ackermann proved that extreme romanticism is not at odds with punk’s abrasive spirit.

Fashion Week

Playing With Extremes at Paris Fashion Week

Noir Kei Ninomiya and Haider Ackermann proved that extreme romanticism is not at odds with punk’s abrasive spirit.


Fashion Week

An Appetite for Reduction at Loewe

Jonathan Anderson makes oddity effortless. But his maturity as a designer means that the eccentricity is merely one arrow in his quiver of very convincing fashion possibilities.

Fashion Week

An Appetite for Reduction at Loewe

Jonathan Anderson makes oddity effortless. But his maturity as a designer means that the eccentricity is merely one arrow in his quiver of very convincing fashion possibilities.