It looked very simple until I had to figure out a way to make it and then realized, My God, this is incredibly complicated. There is nothing more beautiful in all the arts than something that appears simple. And if you try to do any goddamn thing in your life, you know how impossible it is to achieve that effortless simplicity. | | | | "Karl Lagerfeld's first year at Chanel." Paris, March 5, 1984.
(John van Hasselt/Sygma/Getty Images) | | | | | | “It looked very simple until I had to figure out a way to make it and then realized, My God, this is incredibly complicated. There is nothing more beautiful in all the arts than something that appears simple. And if you try to do any goddamn thing in your life, you know how impossible it is to achieve that effortless simplicity.”
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| Around two years ago, as part of his preparation to play the couturier Reynolds Woodcock in Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, Phantom Thread, Daniel Day-Lewis re-created a Balenciaga dress. At that time, Day-Lewis could not have predicted that Woodcock would be the last character he would play. | | |
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| Kim Jones has breathed new energy into the venerated brand-and managed to pull off one of the collaborations of the century this year. | | |
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| Wave after wave of closures have hit the US and China, but Japan’s distinguished department stores were thought to be relatively safe from the era of 'new retail' - until now. | | |
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| Spotting djellabas and Converse in Marrakech and Casablanca. | | |
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| Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” finds its inspiration in the eccentric figures of the 1950s -- and celebrates fashion’s enduring sense of fantasy. | | |
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| UK fashion designer backs Ellen MacArthur foundation campaign to stop the global fashion industry consuming a quarter of the world’s annual carbon budget by 2050. | | |
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| Fashion is a vibrant industry that employs hundreds of millions, generates significant revenues, and touches almost everyone, everywhere. Since the 20th century, clothing has increasingly been considered as disposable, and the industry has become highly globalised, with garments often designed in one country, manufactured in another and sold worldwide at an ever-increasing pace. | | |
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| An interview with the creator of Reformation. | | |
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| The Condé Nast owner, who passed away in October, was remembered on Monday night (Nov 27) for his robust curiosity and genuine passion for the family business. | | |
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| The 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is set to air Tuesday night (Nov 28), and the glittering wings and gauzy lingerie are guaranteed to get a reaction on social. | | |
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| How a heartfelt email to frontman Robert Smith turned into a new capsule collection. | | |
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| Calvin Klein's creative head, Raf Simons, has never had any qualms about splashing great art across his clothes. | | |
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| After two years of investing primarily in technology startups, H&M's venture capital arm is now setting its sights on innovative e-commerce companies. The move is part of an effort to diversify the brand beyond fast fashion. | | |
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| Akua Shabaka and Rebecca Henry celebrate the strength and resilience of African Americans with their new collection BLOODROOT. | | |
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| On Rosa Genoni's Tanagra dress. | | |
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| San Francisco's Asian Art Museum looks at fashion now -- and then. | | |
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| The 2017 FNAA Shoe of the Year winner talks how the Air Jordan 1 came to life. | | |
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| Just two hours before the entire world found out that LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton had been secretly building up a stake in Hermès in furtherance of what the Birkin bag-maker came to call a “hostile takeover,” Hermès' then-CEO Patrick Thomas was cycling through France’s rural Auvergne region on a Saturday completely unaware of the mega-storm that had been quietly brewing and was just mere moments away from striking. | | |
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| Meghan Markle’s belted coat was a freebie gifted to the “Suits” actress from the Canadian company Line. | | |
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| Here’s how Best Buy, Macy’s, J.C. Penney, Amazon and others fared over the blockbuster holiday shopping weekend. | | |
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