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Trompe l’oeil, transparency, spiralling silhouettes: these looks capture S/S 2025’s definitive trends
From baring arms in oversized gilets to defying gravity in strikingly structured dresses, the S/S 2025 collections encapsulated in 12 distinctive looks and accessories
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A hidden restaurant is at the heart of Alaïa’s breathtaking new Paris store
Alaïa’s new store on Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré marks its third address in a Parisian trilogy, and is also home to a surprising new outpost of Milanese restaurant Sant Ambroeus
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Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025: our fashion winners harness ‘the power of wow’
Our fashion award winners have all created collections that transcend the everyday, prizing experimentation, construction and high-minded design. Fashion features editor Jack Moss and fashion & creative director Jason Hughes take a closer look
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Alaïa’s secret new London café and bookstore is inspired by the art of hosting
Housed on the third floor of Alaïa’s London flagship, the intimate space – inspired by Azzedine Alaïa’s famed hospitality – includes a Violet Cakes bakery and a bookstore by Claire de Rouen
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A guide to the best fashion stores London has to offer
Wallpaper* picks the must-visit London fashion stores – from big-name boutiques and classic department stores to the best in vintage, alongside the sleek and experimental
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Women’s Fashion Week S/S 2025: what to expect
Next week sees the arrival of Women’s Fashion Week S/S 2025, with stops in New York, London, Milan and Paris. Here, our comprehensive guide to the month, from Alaïa’s arrival in New York to Alessandro Michele’s Valentino debut
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Paris exhibition explores link between Azzedine Alaïa and Madame Grès, two fashion greats
Fondation Azzedine Alaïa hosts ‘Alaïa / Grès. Beyond Fashion’, a conversation between the two couturiers‘ sculptural works. The foundation’s Olivier Saillard and Carla Sozzani tell Wallpaper* more
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Pieter Mulier’s new Alaïa capsule collection celebrates the black dress
The emblematic Alaïa black dress is celebrated in a ‘simple, sensual and elegant’ 11-piece capsule collection by Pieter Mulier, photographed here by Paolo Roversi
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‘Modern beauty’: Pieter Mulier on his new vision for Alaïa
As creative director of Alaïa, Belgian designer Pieter Mulier honours the timeless vision of the maison’s founder while rewriting the past anew. Here, speaking to Jack Moss, he tells the story behind his first year at the house
