Tag: paris fashion week
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Closing off Fashion season we had a range of powerful shows in Paris Fashion Week, shows that encompassed the luxury, history and innovation associated with the city. We saw emotional runways dedicated to past founders, and elements of design and craftsmanship that wowed audiences. Here are our top 5 shows from PFW Spring/Summer 24. Schiaparelli…
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Music & style visionary Pharrell Williams brought the stars out and lit up the “City of Lights” for his debut SS24 collection as creative director of Louis Vuitton. It’s not often – or ever – that we see Beyonce use her tour rest day to sit front row and headbop at a Paris fashion show.…
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For Spring Summer ‘23, Gosse Au Coeur is taking us back to the bliss and simple “pleasure” of childhood with the latest “Life is Beautiful” drop. With this fourth collection, the clean and humble luxury streetwear brand sticks to its youthful guns, but still shows serious signs of growth and improvement. Gosse’s latest supply of…
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Last month Ib Kamara made his Off-White debut at the Paris AW23 fashion show and he did not disappoint. The collection was entitled ‘Lunar Delivery’ inspired by sci-fi themes mixed with workwear influences. Kamara was not afraid of imprinting his personal identity upon the brand. Taking inspiration from his Sierra Leonian roots and afro-futuristic themes,…
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Flaneur means ‘an idle stroller who is in their element as one of the crowd. A passionate observer who is at the centre of his world and yet remains inconspicuous’. The contemporary menswear brand was founded in 2019 by Creative Director Regi Schalks and Managing Director Kayo van Zoest. In order to stand out in…
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![INSIDE THE MIND OF SPENCER BADU [@SPENCERBADU____] : PARIS FASHION WEEK 2023](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/spencer-badu-header-1140x850.jpg)
Spencer Badu is a 29 year old fashion designer whose main objective does not align with the conformity of modern day fashion ideologies. By utilising his socialist stance and combining it with his love for contemporary streetwear, the new collection portrays his own interpretation turning uniform into regalia. Badu continues to balance the practical to…
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By Jason Kwame The late and great Virgil Abloh’s first posthumous Off-White show proved that his creative legacy lives on. Spaceship Earth, an “Imaginary Experience”, christened Off-White’s new era, which will be dedicated to Virgil’s emphasis on collaboration. In other words, rather than having a single designer in the spotlight, the design team at Off-White…
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By Jason Kwame If Bianca Saunders’ Paris Fashion Week debut was anything to go by, there’s no doubt that she’s here to leave a lasting impression. Fresh from an ANDAM prize win and LVMH prize nomination – amongst many other fashion wins – the British menswear designer’s AW22 show titled “A Stretch” wastes no time…
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With COVID 19 wiping away most of our summer plans, in an effort to still revive summer brands,and individuals are coming up with different ways to still have some fun whilst keeping safe. We started with basic zoom quiz nights to bringing back black radio to ideas such as virtual fashion shows and drive…
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Gucci has tapped out of this year’s fashion weeks schedule deciding to go seasonless in order to produce less, in the desire to allow more room for the creative process. Less pressure for designers to creates bringing the purpose and fun back to fashion week as well as taking out the excessive waste that comes…