Dal Chodha
London based writer Dal Chodha is editor-in-chief of Archivist Addendum — a publishing project that explores the gap between fashion editorial and academe. He writes for various international titles and journals on fashion, art and culture and is a contributing editor at Wallpaper*. Chodha has been working in academic institutions for more than a decade and is Stage 1 Leader of the BA Fashion Communication and Promotion course at Central Saint Martins. In 2020 he published his first book SHOW NOTES, an original hybrid of journalism, poetry and provocation.
Latest articles by Dal Chodha
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Riya Gupta on empowered femininity
Studio Rigu – the New Delhi-based label – founded in 2017 by Riya Gupta, has forward thinking footing
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Gender theory: Studio Nicholson launches its debut menswear collection
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Kenzo explores family values in film ‘The Everything'
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Snow patrol: Peak Performance and Nigel Cabourn are scaling great new heights
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Take the lead: making moves with Tod’s brand ambassador Roberto Bolle
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Shorts stories: Vilebrequin marks its 50th anniversary
St Tropez swimwear brand Vilebrequin celebrates 50 years of bold strokes
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Introducing Maiyet Collective, London's sustainable fashion pop-up
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Unpacking Tom Sachs and Nike’s latest space age sneaker
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Budapest bounty: Nanushka’s modern menswear
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Four menswear designers on their aesthetic evolution during the pandemic
Today sees the launch of London Fashion Week's first digital only platform, a gender neutral online space, merging mens and womenswear, held over the dates that London Fashion Week Men's was originally scheduled to take place. In celebration of the launch – an innovative response to today's social distancing measures – we caught up with four flourishing brands from fashion cities around the world, to see how their approach to design has developed during an unparalleled global crisis
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Colville’s S/S 2020 collection is a cacophony of colour
Fashion stylist Lucinda Chambers and designers Molly Molloy and Kristin Forss are the creative force behind the ebullient, print-focused and colourful womenswear label Colville
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Richard Malone wins International Woolmark Prize 2020
The International Woolmark Prize has announced the winner of its 2020 edition. Celebrating designers working with Merino wool, the award asks fashion talents to outline their commitment to sustainable practices
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Man up: Mr Porter unveils its debut collection of modern classics
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Introducing G-Star RAW Research, by Aitor Throup
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The colourful knitwear label inspired by 1980s cinema screenshots
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Highlights from Pitti Uomo 95 in Florence
Away from the racks of smart, serviceable sartorial savoir faire, the energy and sleaze of Y/Project – the Pitti Uomo 95 Special Guest – burst forth, as a sign that its creative director Glenn Martens isn’t here to play it safe. Elsewhere, performance-driven clothes were cut a tech-savvy jib at Z Zegna, Aeance and Rossignol. And the rugged Caledonian landscape and its rich design heritage influenced patterned loafers at Fratelli Rossetti and the deconstructed argyle knits and prints at Pringle of Scotland.
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Ermenegildo Zegna asks: what makes a man?
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Balenciaga New Bond Street: the otherworldly majesty of the house’s new London flagship
Art director Niklas Bildstein Zaar and architect Andrea Faraguna of Berlin-based studio Sub introduce Balenciaga New Bond Street, a stripped-down space made to evoke ‘the warehouse, the carpark, the emptied gallery’
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Alasdhair Willis and Emma Cook relaunch British high street stalwart Warehouse
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Outside the box: Birkenstock debuts a new mobile retail concept in Berlin
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Rank and file: military wear lives to fight another day for Andrea Rosso
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The made-to-measure magic of design duo Gučas Morgan
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High notes: Low Classic reaches new heights at Seoul Fashion Week
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Body and Seoul: flourishing fashion is on top form in South Korea
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