Long Nguyen is the co-founder and style director of Flaunt. Our contributor Long Nguyen has made it through the men’s shows and is well into couture. Read what he had to say about Lucas Ossendrijver’s stellar and biz-savvy collection for Lanvin, a redeeming collection for Dior Homme from Kris Van Assche–he seems to have found Read more →
We covered the men’s collections in Paris for the first time this season. Here’s the finest of what we saw.
The most commonly written thing about Dior Homme, is how often it’s worn by the girls (not by any scientific measure, we’re just guessing). Since Hedi Slimane made everything baby-food-skinny in 2001, women have made the tailored men’s suits their own and so it follows, naturally, that Dior Homme would finally make something specifically for Read more →
photo courtesy wwdMeet Camille Miceli. She’s the woman responsible for the brilliant plastic, paper chain necklaces on Louis Vuitton’s AW09 runway. After stints at Alaia and Chanel, she worked in Louis’ PR department right when Marc took over as Creative Director before working her way to the head of costume jewelry collections, a post she’s Read more →
Just in time for the long weekend, the latest issue of WWWWD has arrived to amuse us all. As always we have more than a few favorite moments including but certainly not limited to: —A timeline of manhood that includes Three Men and a Baby, Tom Brady, Paula Poundstone, Dante, and Lil Bow Wow. Enough Read more →
Everyone’s wondering why Delphine Arnault – Bernard‘s daughter – was front row at Gareth Pugh this week, sparking rumors that LVMH is gearing up to add the young designer to their luxury constellation. So here’s the other part to that rumor: We hear that not only has Gareth already joined LVMH, but he’s set to Read more →
A little fashion spy in LA tells us that Dior Homme is trying to get Hedi Slimane back into place. According to them, Kris Van Assche is feeling the same corporate bullshit that Hedi felt and has had it with the whole thing. Meanwhile, Dior itself is realizing that perhaps the reason Dior Homme was Read more →
With 70s styles emerging as the go-to look for stylish boys this fall, we’re starting to wonder if the male turtleneck – that staple of 1970s American college campus style – is also going to make a comeback. We love the way girls are layering shrunken turtlenecks under dresses and jumpers this fall, but is Read more →
The Times Style section has an amusing article on an item that, embarrassingly enough, I’d been thinking about for the last few weeks: the fanny pack. The universally mocked “bag” usually equals lame tourist, but it’s now being reinvented by some very not-lame (unlame?) designers. Kris Van Assche (newly of Dior Homme) has a day-glow Read more →
