Joseph Altuzarra is often billed as one of the top attractions of New York's Fashion Week and for Winter he effortlessly showed us why. Soft and subtle, yet strong and decisive, the collection walked a fine line between hyper quiet luxury and major fashion drama. That balance is not easy to come by, but Altuzarra made it look effortless. Rooted in the origins of American sportswear, the clothes were cut with an assured hand into lithe and elongated silhouettes borrowed from the comfort-friendly 1970s. Buttery cashmere wrap coats with exaggerated lapels, lean and mean V-necked dresses with exaggerated slits all enveloped the body with a cozy, sensual flair. Pared down clothes are notoriously difficult to do well, but the designer aced the challenge with a series of unexpected twists. Double-faced coats and jackets were completely décor-less save from their two-tone layers. Cobalt shouted out from navy blue, shocking pink sizzled on the underside of olive green. There was also the matter of the crafty woven tapestry tops and dresses, whose surfaces were as bumpy as any carpet we've ever seen, but a whole lot more desirable. Those, together with the Crayola coloured grid of intarsia mink, were the highlight of a show that proves Altuzarra deserves every bit of acclaim he gets.
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Jaguar reveals its new graphic identity ahead of a long-awaited total brand rebootJaguar’s new ethos is Exuberant Modernism, encapsulated by a new visual language that draws on fine art, fashion and architecture
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Olfactory Art Keller: the New York gallery exhibiting the smell of vintage perfume, blossoming lilacs and last night’s shameOlfactory Art Keller is a Manhattan-based gallery space dedicated to exhibiting scent as art. Founder Dr Andreas Keller speaks with Lara Johnson-Wheeler about the project, which doesn’t shy away from the ‘unpleasant’
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Explore a barn conversion with a difference on the Isle of WightGianni Botsford Architects' barn conversion transforms two old farm buildings into an atmospheric residence and artistic retreat, The Old Byre
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Sarah Moon brings painterly fashion and dark fantasy to Fotografiska New YorkOctogenarian French photographer and filmmaker Sarah Moon shows 30 years of work at Fotografiska New York – spanning fashion and fantasy, mystery and the macabre, it’s dark, painterly and compelling
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‘In America: A Lexicon of American Fashion' is coming to The MetThe first of a two-part, year-long extravaganza, ‘In America: A Lexicon of American Fashion’ is organised into 12 sections that seek to define the emotional qualities in American style
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Saint Laurent celebrates 40 years of Memphis GroupMemphis Group's milestone birthday is celebrated with a series of colourful furniture installations across the French maison's concept boutiques
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‘A place for the eye to pause’: Ulla Johnson unveils New York HQThe Manhattan-born fashion designer opens a warmly-hued style sanctuary, created in collaboration with architect Rafael de Cárdenas
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Es Devlin-designed time-travelling exhibition opens at The Met’s Costume Institute‘Our aim is to communicate the phenomenon of time as it is expressed through the female form,’ says Devlin of the exhibition she has designed alongside curator Andrew Bolton
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