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Men’s lace-up footwear SS27: from Dior Homme, Egonlab, Louis Vuitton and more

For several seasons, men's footwear was heavily dominated by chunky running shoes, retro trainers and technical sneakers. SS27 suggests a desire for something more refined and considered. Among the various footwear styles shown in the Milan and Paris runway shows for SS27, the classic lace-up in many iterations dominated. The obvious reason for...

Fashion|analysis

How AI is reshaping the role of trend agencies in fashion

The announcement was made this week and marks a tipping point for the fashion industry: the acquisition of the historic trend forecasting agency NellyRodi by the Ifop group (French Institute of Public Opinion). This alliance between a pillar of creative forecasting and a giant in data and sociology signals a new era. This transformation has...

Fashion|Opinion

Who pays for fashion’s obsession with genius?

There is something revealing about watching three films about fashion in relatively quick succession. John Galliano, McQueen and Alice Winocour's Couture, starring Angelina Jolie, are very different films. One is a documentary about the rise, collapse and rehabilitation of one of fashion's most controversial designers; another is a portrait of a...

Business|Interview Member

MZ Wallace's founders on 25 years of staying independent

Over the past 25 years, most of the accessible luxury handbag brands that came up alongside MZ Wallace have taken outside investment or sold to a conglomerate. Monica Zwirner and Lucy Wallace Eustice have done neither. The New York brand they co-founded in 1999 remains independent and self-funded, and its founders say that is precisely what has...