What does it signify when you show your first five looks in darkness so inkily profound that all the audience can see is the barest underlit shadow of your brogue-trainers and bronze-capped, abstractly stitched formals? Answer: You are either atrociously, delusionally arrogant, or you are rather brilliant—and confident enough to know it. And perhaps you are the creative director of a brand rooted in shoes. Happily for the balance of critical karma, in this case the answer was the latter.
Where do the U.K. and Japan meet? “In a pleat,” rhymed Dean and Dan Caten, deadpan. “The samurai had these big skirts, with these big volumes; and then there’s the kilt and its pleated volume, and we’re matching the two worlds.”
Backstage before the show, over champagne and Red Bull—50/50 with ice—Philipp Plein said he’d decided to lean against his own reputation for showmanship a little: “I don’t want to blow everything up. I want to be Philipp Plein, but a bit more unexpected.”
Jeremy Scott’s Moschino is polarizing, but undeniably entertaining. His brand of humor is Pop-ier, wackier, more sugary than Franco’s, but that’s not a negative: Scott is a designer who hits the bull’s eye of contemporary look-at-me preoccupations.
i-D showing off model sensation Lucky B. Smith in a new fashion editorial captured by Matt Jones and styled by Deborah Watson (Walter Schupfer Management).
Turn heads with the latest from British underwear brand HAND AND JONES — captured in stunning style by Charl Marais, starring hunk Oliver Nicholas. Discover premium comfort, timeless design, and effortless confidence.
Fitness coach and wellness motivator Seth is captured through the refined, timeless lens of photographer Arthur Gareev in a series that goes beyond physique and performance. Inspired by the legacy of Herb Ritts, Meisel, and Bruce Weber — yet unmistakably his own — Gareev delivers imagery that feels intimate, reflective, and deeply human.