Latest articles by Dal Chodha
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‘There are no shortcuts’: Ten years of Hereu, the cult Spanish shoe brand where craft is front and centre
Dal Chodha visits Barcelona-based shoe and accessory brand Hereu as it reaches a milestone decade in business
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Inside Karl Lagerfeld’s extraordinary Paris library and bookshop, a haven for the bibliophile
We take an exclusive tour of Karl Lagerfeld’s Paris bookshop and library 7L, which is keeping the legendary fashion designer’s vision alive with a scintillating programme of cultural events
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Auralee, the ’seductively unknowable’ Japanese label celebrating a decade of beautiful clothes
Ahead of Auralee’s S/S 2025 runway show at Paris Fashion Week Men’s this evening (18 June 2024), Dal Chodha meets Tokyo-based designer Ryota Iwai to speak about the brand’s considered, covetable collections
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‘Rage, poetry, hope’: The State of Fashion Biennale 2024 addresses a need to change the system
Dal Chodha takes a trip to Arnhem, Netherlands for The State of Fashion Biennale 2024, where this year’s exhibition ‘Ties that Bind’ brings together clothing, textiles and art from the global south to challenge fashion’s power imbalance
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Cult 1960s boutique Granny Takes A Trip gets a sustainable reboot
Founded on King’s Road in 1966, ‘radically creative’ fashion store Granny Takes A Trip is being reimagined for a new generation. Dal Chodha takes a closer look
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‘What is beauty?’: Balenciaga’s Demna on creating thoroughly modern haute couture
Balenciaga creative director Demna opens up to Wallpaper* about his transformative haute couture collections, which instil a mood of modernity into the most traditional of mediums
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Bless interprets Fendi’s world for its immersive Design Miami 2023 installation
Provocative situation design duo Bless go behind the scenes at Fendi for ‘Backfrontal’, the Italian fashion house’s presentation at Design Miami 2023 (6-10 December)
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Aesop’s ethereal stores: explore the brand’s design philosophy in a short film
Perfectly integrated into the local urban fabric, Aesop’s three new stores showcase the brand’s powerful yet pared-back design philosophy
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ANOHNI addresses a world at war with itself in her Wallpaper* guest editor interview
Musician and artist ANOHNI, guest editor of October 2023 Wallpaper*, seeks new strategies in the face of troubled global realities, centring the powers of feeling, intuition, femininity and motherhood
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The Glossary: Unpacking A/W 2023’s extra-ordinary looks
As seen in the Wallpaper* September 2023 Style Issue, Dal Chodha explores A/W 2023’s defining looks through the writings of Georges Perec, a French author who studied the minute magnificence of everyday life
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Art form: Hannelore Knuts wears the S/S 2023 collections
As seen in the Wallpaper* March Style Issue, Belgian model Hannelore Knuts poses in pastels, chiffon and lace, against a visual narrative by painter Lucy McKenzie
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‘A reflection of joy’: Francesco Risso on Marni’s new collaboration with Uniqlo
The second collaboration between Marni creative director Francesco Risso and Uniqlo promises an uplifting take on Uniqlo staples. Here, Risso tells Wallpaper* the story behind the collection
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Inside the Oslo library preserving fashion’s printed matter
The International Library of Fashion Research in Oslo – opening later this month – will house over 5,000 pieces of printed fashion ephemera
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Hushed tones: simple, wearable clothes speak of a quiet revolution
A new and muted mood is (quietly) gaining momentum, from brands including Deveaux, Dušan and Legres
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Family ties: Violeta Sanchez and her daughter Luz pull together for a living sculpture show
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Inside eco-aware label Ssōne’s crafty London boutique
Ssōne (pronounced, ‘sewn') is the London-based ready-to-wear label with a social conscience
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Kim Jones mines the Dior archives and couture techniques to embellish the modern man
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Greg Lauren and Paul & Shark splice and dice for S/S 2020
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Home grown: the Gucci Garden cultivates a green-fingered start to Pitti Uomo 93
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Solid Homme: the contemporary Korean menswear brand making waves in Europe
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John Galliano’s Maison Margiela Artisanal Men’s debut adorned by Tony Matelli sculptures
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Post-Imperial’s uplifting clothing celebrates artisans across Africa
Niyi Okuboyejo's clothing is made in collaboration with creators and makers across the continent; people who he describes as being ‘narrators of their own stories'
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Timeless men's classics are at the core of new label Salle Privée
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The highlights from Pitti Uomo 94 in Florence
Rain was omnipresent at Pitti Uomo 94. The outerwear brand Herno celebrated its 70th year with a vast exhibition that began with an installation of a single drop of rain; MCM showed ready-to-wear and accessories in Florence for the first time in a dynamic runway presentation that featured a tropical storm. The red and blue carpeted catwalk at Paul Surridge’s debut Roberto Cavalli Menswear show was absolutely sodden, which added an eccentric mood to the otherwise fine, fresh clothes. After all, what’s summer without the threat of a downpour? Elsewhere, the classic brands who have built their heritage on modish, Made in Italy élan are having conversations about what they can learn from the advance of streetwear: it’s time for a rethink they say.
