We've been waiting for the sparks to fly on one spring runway, and we got our smouldering fix at Givenchy. Riccardo Tisci zeroed in on the sex-pot contingency of his clientele, suiting his woman up in skin-tight pants (take your pick: stretch wool, dark denim or buttery black leather), covering up her legs with vice-like, over the knee boots and lacing her chest up with velvet ties until her cleavage heaved like an Austrian milkmaid. The interesting thing here, however, is that the overall takeaway from this intriguing collection wasn't aggressive or vulgar at all. Tisci worked strong romantic vowels into his vixen vocabulary, throwing in slashed poet sleeved blouses, softly tiered boho dresses and medieval-like jewelled choker necklaces to temper the saucy extras. This highly constructed, sexy look is light years away from the slick sportswear, relaxed-vibe that most designers are currently channeling in womenswear. But Tisci is a fashion leader who knows more about what we'll all want in six months than we do. And what saves this designer in particular from veering into tramp territory is his extraordinary workmanship. In addition to bead-crusted white lace dresses, the patchwork coats that were sewn up with silver studs and laced together with metal loops were nothing short of extraordinary.
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The Porsche 911 Spirit 70 harks back to the aesthetic and ethos of the 1970sAs part of Porsche’s Heritage Design strategy, the company has launched a new special edition, the Porsche 911 Spirit 70 convertible
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At the Regent Street Sensorium, architectural jelly sculptures are designed to ignite the sensesDelve into the history of London’s Regent Street through a jellyscape, a fragrance cloud and more – plus, for the event’s final week, two new immersive workshops (ends 27 April)
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With scenography by OMA, Dior’s ‘Designer of Dreams’ exhibition in Seoul is ‘a piece of theatre’OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu catches up with Wallpaper* about the dramatic show design for the latest iteration of ‘Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams’, which opened in Seoul this weekend
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Palace unites with Rapha to celebrate inaugural Tour de France FemmesMarking the first time women will compete in the historic cycling race since the late 1980s, this new collaboration sees Palace Skateboards and Rapha create uniforms for both on and off the bike – including an ‘outlandish’ pair of Crocs
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Paris Fashion Week A/W 2022: Chanel to Miu MiuIn this extended report, Wallpaper* updates you live from Paris Fashion Week A/W 2022 shows, with rolling coverage as runway events unfold
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Scene-stealing runway sets from S/S 2022 womenswear showsFrom giant roulette wheels to Olympic diving boards and multi-city synchronized extravaganzas – our pick of the best fashion show sets from S/S 2022 womenswear
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Walk this way: navigating S/S 2021's Paris Fashion WeekHow the City of Lights looked to the sartorial realities of our much changed lifestyles
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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
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