As New York's resident sex-pot designer, Anthony Vaccarello was a sensible choice to head up Versace's younger, second label Versus. Fusing Donatella Versace's knack for a slick, properly produced, over-the-top-in-all-the-right-ways 'show', and Vaccarello's minimal take on drop-dead sexiness, this was a marriage that got off to a great start. Versace wrangled her legions of loyal followers to the west side of Manhattan including Naomi Campbell, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, unfurled a black and white runway paved with Greek fret motifs and set the show ablaze in a million kilowatts of expensive lighting. With that perfect setting and the crowd giddy with expectation, Vaccarello rolled out a series of minuscule black dresses held together with gold lion's head hardware, bondage straps and gold safety pins straight from the closet of Elizabeth Hurley. Vaccarello has never met a high hemline and a deep dress slit he didn't want to hike even higher, and these ambitions sat well on his gazelle-legged A-lister models. How they will sit on regular women is a moot point during a fashion debut such as this. But the freshest looks, to be honest, were the tailored pieces including a perfectly cut, slouchy at the waist, narrow-leg pant paired with a chic black jacket.
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Misfires and Monstrosities: three vehicular design disasters that show taste is in retreatFrom a multi-million dollar piece merchandise to a wretched Rolls-Royce, these are the low points of the year in transportation design
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Thirty years after Dog Man Star, Brett Anderson looks back on Suede's album coversBrett Anderson talks cover art, photography and iconic imagery
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A brutalist garden revived: the case of the Mountbatten House grounds by Studio Knight StokoeTour a brutalist garden redesign by Studio Knight Stokoe at Mountbatten House, a revived classic in Basingstoke, UK
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Now you can admire every Versace catwalk look from your bookshelfDive into this Versace-celebrating book, which amasses more than 40 years of fashion shows and 1,200 catwalk images
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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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Sweats and sequins: the duality of dressing at Milan Fashion Week S/S 2021Brands from Dolce & Gabbana to Valentino considered post pandemic dressing, with escapist and pragmatic silhouettes presented with aplomb
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A decade of fashion show history in picturesBritish photographer Jason Lloyd Evans shares his favourite backstage images, from the runway shows of Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Armani, Proenza Schouler, Versace and more
