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Los Angeles Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Speaker freaker: Transcend time on the dance floor
Front left in '90s Jean Paul Gaultier. Smoking section scheming in Galliano-era Dior. Dripping sweat in old Margiela. Emerging from the fog in classic Comme Des Garçons. Transcending time on an L.A. dance floor means pulling a full vintage look.
New York Times
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
A Shorts Suit and Tabi Shoes
Wearing mostly black, Tajh Cochran somehow managed to both stand out and blend in as he quietly, almost meditatively, walked the streets of SoHo in Manhattan on a Monday evening in June. His accessories, which included a beige flat top hat, tabi shoes and a pair of lovely leather bags, telegraphed a taste for fancy things. Mr. Cochran, 35, who grew up in Chicago, has worked in fashion, he said, including at the Dover Street Market store in New York. He told me that his tabis were by Maison Margiela and that his shirt was, too. His jacket and shorts, he added, were by Comme des Garçons (whose designer, Rei Kawakubo, founded Dover Street Market). Mr. Cochran described his style in contradictions. 'Minimal and clean and understated, but overstated as well,' was how he put it, adding that he has grown to like uniformity. 'Not the same exact outfit, but I kind of have this uniform that I wear different seasons,' he said. 'Right now, it's shorts and blazers because it's, you know, a little hotter out.' Tap to see more looks
The Guardian
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo paired for the first time in blockbuster exhibition at the NGV
Two era-defining avant garde fashion designers, Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo, will be brought together in a blockbuster summer exhibition announced on Tuesday by the National Gallery of Victoria. It has been more than 20 years since Westwood's work has been exhibited extensively in Australia, and the NGV show will be the first since the designer's death in December 2023. Curated by the NGV, with works drawn from the museum's extensive fashion collection supplemented by loans from the Metropolitan Museum, the V&A and others, Westwood | Kawakubo will open in Melbourne on 7 December. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Westwood came to prominence as the designer behind the tattered, torn and often obscene garments of London's 1970s punk scene, before moving towards irreverent but historically grounded tailoring and corsetry in the early 1980s. Later her climate activism became a critical component of her life and work. After establishing Comme des Garçons in her native Japan, Kawakubo appalled the fashion establishment when she began showing in Paris in 1981. Her deconstructed and distressed designs won her a fervent underground fanbase and, with the hindsight of history, they have gained critical approval too. In 2017 Kawakubo was the subject of a rare standalone exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum; it was only the second time the Costume Institute had run an exhibition of a living designer, the first being Yves Saint Laurent in 1983. Sign up to Saved for Later Catch up on the fun stuff with Guardian Australia's culture and lifestyle rundown of pop culture, trends and tips after newsletter promotion Katie Somerville, the NGV's senior curator of fashion and textiles and the exhibition's co-curator, says while Westwood and Kawakubo's works are aesthetically distinct, there is 'a lovely symmetry' in the designers' lives and practices. Both designers were self-taught and they were born a year apart. They also built businesses in an industry that was, and remains, male-dominated in its upper echelons. When planning the exhibition, Somerville researched whether the pairing had ever been made before, 'and no one had', she says. 'So that's always a really exciting space to be in … when you can present an exhibition concept that does break new ground.' Rather than a chronological retrospective, the exhibition will be curated thematically, with rooms devoted to punk, the designers' engagement with the body and their historical influences. More than 140 works will be on display, including early-career punk ensembles by Westwood, alongside a tartan gown worn by Kate Moss in the designer's 1993-94 Anglomania collection. From Comme des Garçons there will be a custom dress worn by Rihanna to the 2017 Met Gala and 40 garments donated by Kawakubo for the exhibition. The NGV has become known for its double-bill blockbusters, including Warhol | Ai Weiwei and Keith Haring/Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines. Westwood | Kawakubo will be the first fashion pairing and the first to feature female artists. 'I think when you bring two individual artists together … [there are] wonderful new ways of seeing their work that come out of that comparison,' Somerville says. 'We're not for a minute saying that they're the same or similar, but there's enough there that connects them to make that sort of back and forth of looking at their work together … really exciting and productive.'
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Vogue
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
From Twinning Moments to Mickey Mouse Ears—11 Street Style Trends From the Happiest Place on Earth (the Spring 2026 Menswear Shows)
In Milan and Paris this season, when the temperature wasn't creeping up past 90° it was deluging, with walls of water falling from the sky. Not that any of that was going to stop the street stylers from dressing to impress. Who could fail to notice all the twinning looks? On both real-life twins, as well as on friends, and even mothers and sons like Helen Lasichanh and her child with Pharrell Williams, Rocket. Football (and football jersey) fever was ramped up with the FIFA World Cup prelude tournaments taking place this summer, and a similar celebratory spirit extended to showgoers who looked like they were ready to head off to Disney—except they were actually on their way to the Comme des Garçons Homme Plus show. We also noticed scarves worn like babushkas, a style choice as practical as it was chic, given the heat, and sarongs, which hit the streets even before Julian Klausner made such a splash with them at his debut menswear show for Dries Van Noten. Below, the 11 street style trends from the spring 2026 menswear shows. Seeing Double Twinning looks are always fun, especially if it's with your IRL lookalike.
The Guardian
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo paired for the first time in blockbuster exhibition at the NGV
Two era-defining avant garde fashion designers, Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo, will be brought together in a blockbuster summer exhibition announced on Tuesday by the National Gallery of Victoria. It has been more than 20 years since Westwood's work has been exhibited extensively in Australia, and the NGV show will be the first since the designer's death in December 2023. Curated by the NGV, with works drawn from the museum's extensive fashion collection supplemented by loans from the Metropolitan Museum, the V&A and others, Westwood | Kawakubo will open in Melbourne on 7 December. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Westwood came to prominence as the designer behind the tattered, torn and often obscene garments of London's 1970s punk scene, before moving towards irreverent but historically grounded tailoring and corsetry in the early 1980s. Later her climate activism became a critical component of her life and work. After establishing Comme des Garçons in her native Japan, Kawakubo appalled the fashion establishment when she began showing in Paris in 1981. Her deconstructed and distressed designs won her a fervent underground fanbase and, with the hindsight of history, they have gained critical approval too. In 2017 Kawakubo was the subject of a rare standalone exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum; it was only the second time the Costume Institute had run an exhibition of a living designer, the first being Yves Saint Laurent in 1983. Sign up to Saved for Later Catch up on the fun stuff with Guardian Australia's culture and lifestyle rundown of pop culture, trends and tips after newsletter promotion Katie Somerville, the NGV's senior curator of fashion and textiles and the exhibition's co-curator, says while Westwood and Kawakubo's works are aesthetically distinct, there is 'a lovely symmetry' in the designers' lives and practices. Both designers were self-taught and they were born a year apart. They also built businesses in an industry that was, and remains, male-dominated in its upper echelons. When planning the exhibition, Somerville researched whether the pairing had ever been made before, 'and no one had', she says. 'So that's always a really exciting space to be in … when you can present an exhibition concept that does break new ground.' Rather than a chronological retrospective,the exhibition will be curated thematically, with rooms devoted to punk, the designers' engagement with the body and their historical influences. More than 140 works will be on display, including early-career punk ensembles by Westwood, alongside a tartan gown worn by Kate Moss in the designer's 1993-94 Anglomania collection. From Comme des Garçons there will be a custom dress worn by Rihanna to the 2017 Met Gala and 40 garments donated by Kawakubo for the exhibition. The NGV has become known for its double-bill blockbusters, including Warhol | Ai Weiwei and Keith Haring/Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines. Westwood | Kawakubo will be the first fashion pairing and the first to feature female artists. 'I think when you bring two individual artists together … [there are] wonderful new ways of seeing their work that come out of that comparison,' Somerville says. 'We're not for a minute saying that they're the same or similar, but there's enough there that connects them to make that sort of back and forth of looking at their work together … really exciting and productive.'
