The New Luxury Isn't Transparency. It's Personality. | Bernard Arnault and the Future of Luxury Leadership
Bernard Arnault’s unexpected letter reveals why personality may be luxury’s newest competitive advantage One of the privileges of this profession is spending time with the people who quietly shape fashion long before the rest of us see the results. Season after season, I find myself sitting across from CEOs, chairmen,...
Twenty years after founding his couture house, Mohammed Ashi reflects on research, architecture, illustration, and why the most enduring fashion still begins with curiosity By Kenneth Richard There is something wonderfully unfashionable about the way Mohammed...
The 2% Solution | Why Fashion Must Put Sales Before Everything Else
A Beautiful Collection Hanging In A Studio Changes Very Little. A Beautiful Collection Hanging In A Great Store Has The Opportunity To Change A Career Fashion has never suffered from a shortage of creativity. It has...
The Champions Amoung US
Why Adrian Joffe Reminds Us That Fashion’s Greatest Investment Has Always Been People. As another men’s fashion season comes to a close, I find myself thinking less about the collections and more about the people who...
As the Los Angeles designer settles into Paris with growing confidence, he reflects on building a distinct creative language, embracing sensuality as part of modern luxury, and why the next chapter of Amiri is only just...
Raf and Miuccia Prada Spring 2027 Prada Men's Show
As Milan Ends And Paris Begins, A Reflection On Purpose, Clarity, And Why Fashion Matters This weekend in Milan, ahead of the Prada show, I caught up with with Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons to discuss...
The Little-Known Story Of How Art Became Woven Into Zegna’s Identity From The Very Beginning—And How That Legacy Connects Oasi Zegna To Art Basel Today By Kenneth Richard Luxury brands often arrive at art after they...
Kenneth Richard Letter The Value of Ideas - The Market
As Fashion Moves From Basel To Florence And Milan, A Reminder That Creativity Remains The Industry’s Most Enduring Currency This week feels like a reminder of fashion’s unique ability to exist in two worlds at once....
Ahead of his Antwerp.Fashion Festival show, the designer spoke with The Impression about Kyoto, the Antwerp Six, and the survival instincts behind 23 years in fashion By Kenneth Richard Before Christian Wijnants’s Antwerp.Fashion Festival show, there...
It Takes a City | What Antwerp Fashion Festival Revealed About Fashion’s Future
What Antwerp.Fashion Festival revealed about supporting creativity, building talent, and shaping fashion’s future I’ve just wrapped four days at the inaugural Antwerp.Fashion Festival, and while there were plenty of memorable shows, conversations, exhibitions, and discoveries, the...
From fastvertising to value, how brands can connect with a generation shaped by uncertainty By Steven Faerm As the fashion industry prepares for 2026, the only certainty we have is that things are – and will...
The Polish Designer Draws From Memory, Cinema, And Lived Femininity To Shape A Quietly Evolving Wardrobe By Kenneth Richard Winter, in Magda Butrym’s imagination, begins with a memory. Snow falling heavily across the Polish countryside. Women...
Through Razor Tailoring, Trapped Lace, And Fractured Florals, The Designer Explores The Tension Between Performance And Freedom By Kenneth Richard At McQueen, clothes have always carried a certain psychological charge. From Lee Alexander McQueen’s theatrical provocations...
Inspired By Tamara De Lempicka, Beckham Refines Her Language Of Silhouette, Strength, And Modern Femininity By Kenneth Richard Victoria Beckham has long been a study in discipline — a designer who approaches fashion not as spectacle...
Inspired by Marlene Dietrich’s wartime courage, the designer reflects on dignity, character, and fashion’s response to crisis By Kenneth Richard Rick Owens has long cultivated the image of fashion’s high priest of darkness, but spend a...
An Archive-Led Debut Grounded In Controlled Opulence By Kenneth Richard Fashion houses often speak of their archives as a resource. Antonin Tron speaks about them almost as if they breathe. For his debut at Balmain, the...
On sex, self-acceptance, and putting the house back at the center of culture By Kenneth Richard “It’s very weird for me to stand alone,” Demna says, half-laughing, half-exhaling, as the cameras finally quiet. The spectacle has...
Inside Diesel’s Restless Optimism And The Designer Who Refuses To Surrender To Fashion’s Anxiety By Kenneth Richard There is a steadiness to Glenn Martens that feels increasingly rare in fashion. He is animated — eyes bright,...
Alexandre de Betak atelier
As Frieze Week lights up London, the legendary show producer opens his first atelier in the city — and a new chapter that dissolves the line between stagecraft, art, and life By Kenneth Richard A Workshop...
Scene Stealers: The Sets That Shaped Spring 2026 By Sofia Crawford and Sonya Moore Fashion’s most powerful stories are no longer confined to garments but unfold through the spaces that frame them. From Bureau Betak’s monumental...
Spring 2026: A Season for the History Books By Angela Baidoo In a season like no other, this September’s fashion month was one for the history books. Designers debuting this season – Matthieu Blazy, Louise Trotter,...
Turn Down the Noise Turn Up the Meaning
A season of triumphs, tensions, and a reminder that intention matters as much as innovation By Kenneth Richard This season reminded us that while fashion loves drama, substance still wins the spotlight. Louise Trotter at Bottega...
Manuel Puig - Puig Colonias Absolutas Fragrance
In a rare conversation, Manuel Puig & Jean-Claude Ellena talk about family, fragrance, and putting Puig forward—via its roots with Colonias Absolutas, a cologne collection that speaks softly but says everything about identity, legacy, and the Mediterranean soul...
In Paris, The Designer Mixed Alien Fantasy With Razor-Sharp Tailoring, Proving That Humor And Rigor Can Share The Same Runway By Kenneth Richard The first notes of Close Encounters of the Third Kind echoed through the...
With A Mirrored Ceiling Above And A Digital Floor Below, The Alaïa Creative Director Reveals A Collection Of Tension, Release, And Romantic Beauty — With Raf Simons And Fashion’s Inner Circle Looking On By Kenneth Richard...
Tory Burch – On Humor, Heritage, and Finding Beauty in the In-Between By Mackenzie Richard Zuckerman Backstage at her Spring/Summer show, Tory Burch reflects on the tension between precision and imperfection, the influence of her parents,...
JW Anderson Redesigns the Rules
A Bold New Website Blends Art, Commerce, and Digital Playfulness JW Anderson’s new website arrives not just as a digital refresh, but as a statement of intent. Marking a key moment in the brand’s rebranding journey,...

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