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Fashion Network
20 hours ago
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- Fashion Network
Paris: When fashion becomes storytelling with LGN, KidSuper, and Ziggy Chen
In these times of crisis, when many young and established brands have had to forego an expensive fashion show, new avenues of expression are emerging through unusual presentation formats, focusing on storytelling, an increasingly important vehicle for promoting a collection. As several labels demonstrated on the men's catwalks in Paris on Saturday, such as LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi 's animated film, KidSuper's theatrical fable, and Sean Suen 's whispered poetry. LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi took everyone by surprise, organizing a screening instead of the traditional fashion show in the small cinema of Silencio, the select avant-garde club on rue Montmartre, founded and designed by the legendary director David Lynch. "I used to come here when I was very young. It's a real fashion cinema," said the designer, as he welcomed guests with popcorn and champagne in the club's retro-futuristic vaulted salons. After an intense year in 2024, including the creation of outfits for the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, Nouchi longed for a more intimate, less stressful presentation than a fashion show. A manga fan with a passion for drawing, he has always dreamed of making an animated film. Once he had designed his collection, he contacted the Wizz production studio. The result: a two-and-a-half-minute futuristic short that plunged guests into the brand's universe by following humanoid robots who feel emotions, with beads of sweat on their metallic bodies. From tailoring for businessmen to more sensual, sexy outfits, all of LGN's versatility can be found in these concentrated images. For this collection, dedicated to spring/summer 2026, the designer started, as always, from a book. This time, it was Philip K. Dick's "Blade Runner", which Ridley Scott turned into a cult film, and Nouchi's animated film "The Replicant". "After my last collection inspired by George Orwell's "1984", I'm staying with dystopia, questioning our links between reality, social networks, AI, etc.," he explained. The designer focused on his iconic maxi coat, with its marked structure and exaggerated shoulders. He used it as a base from which to cut all the other pieces in the collection, such as jackets, shirts, t-shirts, pants, and micro-shorts, "in an almost mechanical way." A total of 30 looks, reduced to a few key silhouettes in the film, declined in the brand's colors of black, white, and beige, while playing on superimpositions of transparent fabrics, tactile textures (latex, nylon, dry cotton, hand-painted leather, and black veils), and volumes. As a reminder, in Milan, designer Luca Magliano opted for the same type of approach, creating the short film "Maglianic", which he unveiled at a screening in a cinema. See catwalk A change of register at KidSuper. Designer Colm Dillane organized one of his secret high-impact shows at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, freely inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's fable "The Little Prince", whose recognizable silhouette he reimagined in his own way on some of his models, as in this leather jacket, where the blond boy floated amidst the moon and stars. A character who's trending this season, having also inspired The show, also available in a book for guests, was entitled "The Boy Who Jumped the Moon". A sort of parable of the trajectory of the New York designer, painter, musician, and producer, who succeeded in realizing his childhood dreams, transforming his small label of screen-printed T-shirts into a renowned fashion house in Paris in just ten years. No ingredient was missing, not even a reference to his passion for soccer with the player Mario Balotelli, who played the role of model to close the show. At the entrance to the museum stood the Mercedes-Benz CLA customized by Dillane, the third talent invited by the German automaker as part of its "Class of Creators" collaborative program, who equipped the car, covered in a patchwork of metal bits, with large balloons to take flight and reach the moon. The project was accompanied by a capsule of jackets, shirts, pants, trench coats, hats, bags, and suitcases, unveiled during the show. On stage, there were three giant books, whose pages were turned as the story unfolded, and from which emerged mannequins clad in Dillane's creations. Suits, jackets, blouses, baggy pants -- each garment resembled a small work of art, decorated with the poetic and playful drawings and gouaches of the American designer, always with his touch of childlike naiveté. Sometimes, the garments were simply decorated with scribbled handwriting using drawings of intertwined threads. A pair of Bermuda shorts were even made from the pages of a school notebook. And don't miss the painter's outfit, complete with suit and apron full of multi-colored paint stains. See catwalk Ziggy Chen proposed slow fashion, in opposition to fast fashion, with clothes that seem worn, as if patinated by time, made from natural fibers, in total harmony with nature. The palette was inspired by the earth, with tones that started out brown and ashen, then became lighter like sand, almost faded or sun-dyed. To create next summer's collection, Chinese designer Cheng Xiang, who founded his house in 2012, was inspired by the light, persistent rain of Jiangnan, the region near Shanghai from which he hails. In particular, the garments undergo special treatments and dyeing processes, recalling the effect of walls oozing with water. Some prints also draw mysterious geographical maps. The wardrobe is extremely light, made up of pieces layered in impalpable multi-layered fabrics, with knitwear, vests unbuttoning at the shoulders, featherweight jackets, flowing pants, maxi sarongs, and even aprons, all cut from hemp, linen, cotton, and crinkled silks. A system of drawstrings and ribbons allows loose pants to be tightened at the waist and ankles or tied to a knit or t-shirt, while laces help to gather and roll up sleeves. Burlap bags are worn with a rope shoulder strap. The mannequins seem to float in the warm air, blending into the landscape.
Fashion Network
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Paris: When fashion becomes storytelling with LGN, KidSuper, and Ziggy Chen
In these times of crisis, when many young and established brands have had to forego an expensive fashion show, new avenues of expression are emerging through unusual presentation formats, focusing on storytelling, an increasingly important vehicle for promoting a collection. As several labels demonstrated on the men's catwalks in Paris on Saturday, such as LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi 's animated film, KidSuper's theatrical fable, and Sean Suen 's whispered poetry. LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi took everyone by surprise, organizing a screening instead of the traditional fashion show in the small cinema of Silencio, the select avant-garde club on rue Montmartre, founded and designed by the legendary director David Lynch. "I used to come here when I was very young. It's a real fashion cinema," said the designer, as he welcomed guests with popcorn and champagne in the club's retro-futuristic vaulted salons. After an intense year in 2024, including the creation of outfits for the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, Nouchi longed for a more intimate, less stressful presentation than a fashion show. A manga fan with a passion for drawing, he has always dreamed of making an animated film. Once he had designed his collection, he contacted the Wizz production studio. The result: a two-and-a-half-minute futuristic short that plunged guests into the brand's universe by following humanoid robots who feel emotions, with beads of sweat on their metallic bodies. From tailoring for businessmen to more sensual, sexy outfits, all of LGN's versatility can be found in these concentrated images. For this collection, dedicated to spring/summer 2026, the designer started, as always, from a book. This time, it was Philip K. Dick's "Blade Runner", which Ridley Scott turned into a cult film, and Nouchi's animated film "The Replicant". "After my last collection inspired by George Orwell's "1984", I'm staying with dystopia, questioning our links between reality, social networks, AI, etc.," he explained. The designer focused on his iconic maxi coat, with its marked structure and exaggerated shoulders. He used it as a base from which to cut all the other pieces in the collection, such as jackets, shirts, t-shirts, pants, and micro-shorts, "in an almost mechanical way." A total of 30 looks, reduced to a few key silhouettes in the film, declined in the brand's colors of black, white, and beige, while playing on superimpositions of transparent fabrics, tactile textures (latex, nylon, dry cotton, hand-painted leather, and black veils), and volumes. As a reminder, in Milan, designer Luca Magliano opted for the same type of approach, creating the short film "Maglianic", which he unveiled at a screening in a cinema. See catwalk A change of register at KidSuper. Designer Colm Dillane organized one of his secret high-impact shows at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, freely inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's fable "The Little Prince", whose recognizable silhouette he reimagined in his own way on some of his models, as in this leather jacket, where the blond boy floated amidst the moon and stars. A character who's trending this season, having also inspired The show, also available in a book for guests, was entitled "The Boy Who Jumped the Moon". A sort of parable of the trajectory of the New York designer, painter, musician, and producer, who succeeded in realizing his childhood dreams, transforming his small label of screen-printed T-shirts into a renowned fashion house in Paris in just ten years. No ingredient was missing, not even a reference to his passion for soccer with the player Mario Balotelli, who played the role of model to close the show. At the entrance to the museum stood the Mercedes-Benz CLA customized by Dillane, the third talent invited by the German automaker as part of its "Class of Creators" collaborative program, who equipped the car, covered in a patchwork of metal bits, with large balloons to take flight and reach the moon. The project was accompanied by a capsule of jackets, shirts, pants, trench coats, hats, bags, and suitcases, unveiled during the show. On stage, there were three giant books, whose pages were turned as the story unfolded, and from which emerged mannequins clad in Dillane's creations. Suits, jackets, blouses, baggy pants -- each garment resembled a small work of art, decorated with the poetic and playful drawings and gouaches of the American designer, always with his touch of childlike naiveté. Sometimes, the garments were simply decorated with scribbled handwriting using drawings of intertwined threads. A pair of Bermuda shorts were even made from the pages of a school notebook. And don't miss the painter's outfit, complete with suit and apron full of multi-colored paint stains. See catwalk Ziggy Chen proposed slow fashion, in opposition to fast fashion, with clothes that seem worn, as if patinated by time, made from natural fibers, in total harmony with nature. The palette was inspired by the earth, with tones that started out brown and ashen, then became lighter like sand, almost faded or sun-dyed. To create next summer's collection, Chinese designer Cheng Xiang, who founded his house in 2012, was inspired by the light, persistent rain of Jiangnan, the region near Shanghai from which he hails. In particular, the garments undergo special treatments and dyeing processes, recalling the effect of walls oozing with water. Some prints also draw mysterious geographical maps. The wardrobe is extremely light, made up of pieces layered in impalpable multi-layered fabrics, with knitwear, vests unbuttoning at the shoulders, featherweight jackets, flowing pants, maxi sarongs, and even aprons, all cut from hemp, linen, cotton, and crinkled silks. A system of drawstrings and ribbons allows loose pants to be tightened at the waist and ankles or tied to a knit or t-shirt, while laces help to gather and roll up sleeves. Burlap bags are worn with a rope shoulder strap. The mannequins seem to float in the warm air, blending into the landscape.
Fashion Network
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Paris: When fashion becomes narrative with LGN, KidSuper and Ziggy Chen
In these times of crisis, when many young and established brands have had to forego an expensive fashion show, new avenues of expression are emerging through unusual presentation formats, focusing on storytelling, an increasingly important vehicle for promoting a collection. As several labels demonstrated on the men's catwalks in Paris on Saturday, such as LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi 's animated film, KidSuper's theatrical fable, and Sean Suen 's whispered poetry. LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi took everyone by surprise, organizing a screening instead of the traditional fashion show in the small cinema of Silencio, the select avant-garde club on rue Montmartre, founded and designed by the legendary director David Lynch. "I used to come here when I was very young. It's a real fashion cinema," said the designer, as he welcomed guests with popcorn and champagne in the club's retro-futuristic vaulted salons. After an intense year in 2024, including the creation of outfits for the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, Nouchi longed for a more intimate, less stressful presentation than a fashion show. A manga fan with a passion for drawing, he has always dreamed of making an animated film. Once he had designed his collection, he contacted the Wizz production studio. The result: a two-and-a-half-minute futuristic short that plunged guests into the brand's universe by following humanoid robots who feel emotions, with beads of sweat on their metallic bodies. From tailoring for businessmen to more sensual, sexy outfits, all of LGN's versatility can be found in these concentrated images. For this collection, dedicated to spring/summer 2026, the designer started, as always, from a book. This time, it was Philip K. Dick's "Blade Runner", which Ridley Scott turned into a cult film, and Nouchi's animated film "The Replicant". "After my last collection inspired by George Orwell's "1984", I'm staying with dystopia, questioning our links between reality, social networks, AI, etc.," he explained. The designer focused on his iconic maxi coat, with its marked structure and exaggerated shoulders. He used it as a base from which to cut all the other pieces in the collection, such as jackets, shirts, t-shirts, pants, and micro-shorts, "in an almost mechanical way." A total of 30 looks, reduced to a few key silhouettes in the film, declined in the brand's colors of black, white, and beige, while playing on superimpositions of transparent fabrics, tactile textures (latex, nylon, dry cotton, hand-painted leather, and black veils), and volumes. As a reminder, in Milan, designer Luca Magliano opted for the same type of approach, creating the short film "Maglianic", which he unveiled at a screening in a cinema. See catwalk A change of register at KidSuper. Designer Colm Dillane organized one of his secret high-impact shows at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, freely inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's fable "The Little Prince", whose recognizable silhouette he reimagined in his own way on some of his models, as in this leather jacket, where the blond boy floated amidst the moon and stars. A character who's trending this season, having also inspired The show, also available in a book for guests, was entitled "The Boy Who Jumped the Moon". A sort of parable of the trajectory of the New York designer, painter, musician, and producer, who succeeded in realizing his childhood dreams, transforming his small label of screen-printed T-shirts into a renowned fashion house in Paris in just ten years. No ingredient was missing, not even a reference to his passion for soccer with the player Mario Balotelli, who played the role of model to close the show. At the entrance to the museum stood the Mercedes-Benz CLA customized by Dillane, the third talent invited by the German automaker as part of its "Class of Creators" collaborative program, who equipped the car, covered in a patchwork of metal bits, with large balloons to take flight and reach the moon. The project was accompanied by a capsule of jackets, shirts, pants, trench coats, hats, bags, and suitcases, unveiled during the show. On stage, there were three giant books, whose pages were turned as the story unfolded, and from which emerged mannequins clad in Dillane's creations. Suits, jackets, blouses, baggy pants -- each garment resembled a small work of art, decorated with the poetic and playful drawings and gouaches of the American designer, always with his touch of childlike naiveté. Sometimes, the garments were simply decorated with scribbled handwriting using drawings of intertwined threads. A pair of Bermuda shorts were even made from the pages of a school notebook. And don't miss the painter's outfit, complete with suit and apron full of multicolored paint stains. See catwalk Ziggy Chen proposed slow fashion, in opposition to fast fashion, with clothes that seem worn, as if patinated by time, made from natural fibers, in total harmony with nature. The palette was inspired by the earth, with tones that started out brown and ashen, then became lighter like sand, almost faded or sun-dyed. To create next summer's collection, Chinese designer Cheng Xiang, who founded his house in 2012, was inspired by the light, persistent rain of Jiangnan, the region near Shanghai from which he hails. In particular, the garments undergo special treatments and dyeing processes, recalling the effect of walls oozing with water. Some prints also draw mysterious geographical maps. The wardrobe is extremely light, made up of pieces layered in impalpable multi-layered fabrics, with knitwear, vests unbuttoning at the shoulders, featherweight jackets, flowing pants, maxi sarongs, and even aprons, all cut from hemp, linen, cotton, and crinkled silks. A system of drawstrings and ribbons allows loose pants to be tightened at the waist and ankles or tied to a knit or t-shirt, while laces help to gather and roll up sleeves. Burlap bags are worn with a rope shoulder strap. The mannequins seem to float in the warm air, blending into the landscape.
Vogue
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Vogue
LGN Louis Gabriel Nouchi Spring 2026 Menswear Collection
Louis Gabriel Nouchi realized a childhood dream with his spring 2026 presentation. Trading the runway for the screen, the designer invited the fashion week set to Silencio, the iconic nightclub founded by David Lynch and named after the one in his 2001 film Mulholland Drive. It wasn't a fashion film that Nouchi presented, however, at least not exactly. The designer took over the venue's screen rooms to unveil a short animated film. As it turns out, Nouchi is a certified anime 'geek' (his words). So much so that before he went to Belgium to start his career in fashion, he had applied to—and been accepted to—an animation program. Here's another fun fact: France is a prolific purveyor of animation, responsible for some of the earliest animated films in history. 'It's in our culture as much as fashion,' Nouchi said in the morning at his studio. 'I thought it would be quite cool to combine them.' Even cooler: Nouchi worked with animation studio Milli to create the film, which is around two-and-a-half minutes long, entirely by hand. Meaning that each frame was hand-drawn before being turned into a motion picture. 'It feels more relevant than ever to do it this way because of AI,' the designer reflected. 'So much of what I do is about craft, my tailoring, our knits, all of our fabrics,' he continued, 'and so is this. I wanted that to be clear.' Nouchi crafts his collections around novels. While his output has progressively evolved to become less narrative-driven and more loosely based on the tomes, they have proven to give his work worthwhile conceptual backing. Such was the case of this season's inspiration, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, which was adapted to become Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. Nouchi fixated the most on the 'replicants' in the film, the synthetic humanoids that come to develop emotions and are 'retired' when they do. His rumination on the impacts of AI on craft, here realized by a hand-drawn anime that featured a set of identical figures in key LGN items—his long-line coats and that best-selling speedo—was clever and particularly poignant. The title of this collection was Do Androids Dream of Wet Desires? It's a fitting name for the work of a designer who has made a name for himself partly for selling sexy to men—of all body types, that is, and always worth mentioning. And he joked about it, too: 'I used to put naked men on the runway!' he quipped. That helped him make a splash on the scene and differentiate his label. Nouchi putting hairy, beefier men on the runways was, in hindsight, a true turning point for Paris menswear, even if most labels have walked back from their subsequent adoption of the practice.
