Style
Feat. Artists is on a mission to change the face of the fashion industry
The Mumbai-based casting agency is determined to diversify the runway while breaking down stale narratives and has worked with the likes of Supriya Lele. Meanwhile, their current roster of models have previously walked for Simone Rocha, Rick Owens, Y/Project and Sies Marjan to date.
Jean-Charles De Castelbajac: “It’s about giving something to the kids, giving them wings!”
The French designer behind many of pop culture’s most memorable and mind-boggling looks on his second collaboration with London’s Palace Skateboards.
Gucci dives further into gaming
Gucci’s new Dive watch harnesses the spirit of gaming, inspired by Fnatic’s champion League of Legends eSports team. But hurry, the clock is ticking, there are 100 timepieces up for grabs.
London’s knitwear designers unite in the corona fight
Commuknitty, a newly-formed fashion fundraising network will be auctioning exclusive jumpers by Daniel Fletcher, Stefan Cooke, Carlota Barrera and more, with all proceeds going to the Emergency Designer Network.
Get your wellies on, Burberry’s heading outdoors
The future of fashion week may be uncertain, but Burberry have just announced that they are showing their upcoming SS21 collection in the Great British Outdoors via an immersive, digital experience. Muddy knees optional.
Larissa Hofmann is playing dress up in Bottega
The photographer shoots herself wearing Bottega Veneta’s pre-fall collection in the bathtub (rubber ducks not included).
106 CSM Fashion students in 106 words
For the first time, and in a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Central Saint Martins’ students showed their collections digitally. With 106 students, that’s a lot of fashion, so we decided to break the show down into 106 words.
Priya Ahluwalia’s insatiable sweet tooth finds her in Southall
Launching today as part of London’s first digital fashion week, Ahluwalia’s new book, Jalebi, celebrates Southall’s multiculturalism in all its glory – and is named after a golden syrup-coated dessert. Delicious.
Hate couture: Slipknot’s Clown as you’ve never seen him before
With Slipknot, image is everything. Now, at the age of 50, the band’s percussionist and co-founder Shawn Crahan – aka Clown – is using this interview to go public with a private passion that might seem at odds with a day job in one of rock’s loudest and rawest bands: his love of fashion.
Pigeons, princes and Playboy: It’s all love with Elena Ware’s Luv‑T designs
While you’ve been scoffing your chops on banana bread, Ware has been busy building a DIY T-shirt operation from her home. Spread the luv, show some support and slide into her DMs for your very own T...
Gucci dives deeper into gaming
The Italian fashion house launches a partnership with Tennis Clash, complete with Gucci visors, logo headbands, tricolour racquets and an interlocking G-print court on which you can serve virtual looks.
Swimwear for a hot girl summer
Dua Lipa’s disco bikini has got us wanting more. Here’s a roundup of the best swim labels for your summer holiday to the Costa del Garden, as seen on Bella Hadid, Megan Thee Stallion, Kendall Jenner, and more.
J Balvin: “Colombia to the world!”
Dialling in from his hometown of Medellín, reggaeton’s rainbow-haired ambassador discusses the transformative power of fashion, his kaleidoscopic capsule collection for Guess and his hot new hobby: motocross.
Chaos and creation in Lagos pre-lockdown
Photographer Marc Asekhame and stylist Daniel Obasi are in fashion, on horseback, and reclaiming Nigeria's public space.
Palace affiliate Lucas Puig on his latest adidas collab
The Toulouse-born skate pro drops the latest iteration of his signature adidas Skateboarding x Palace shoe and offers some lockdown advice from isolation in Biarritz.
Six emerging jewellery designers to follow on Instagram
Studio Sisy Phus, Rebekah Bide, Ellie Mercer, Emily Frances Barrett and Isabel Bonner are embracing the alt-retail model that comes with social media sales.
Alexander McQueen is inspiring lockdown creativity and generating beautiful imagery to boot
The fashion house has released the Tread Slick sneaker first shown in their SS20 pre-collection, as lensed by six photographers from around the world. It’s a nod to the summer months, and since you’re saving all those pennies staying at home...
Don’t let the bigots grind you down
Fred Perry came under Twitter-attack last week for featuring non-white models in their campaigns. “Youth culture pushes through,” says activist, artist and model Saffiyah Khan…
A waist of paper? Maya Golyshkina recreates the runway
The Russian designer-cum-photographer fashions everyday objects into weird and wonderful outfits. Here, she makes AW20’s most memorable looks out of paper — including one of Moschino’s mega three-tier cakes — exclusively for The Face.
Artist Carlos Valencia stars in Celine’s Portrait of a Performer series
Influenced by pop art, politics and pin badges, the artist’s sociopolitical work is delivered with a wink. His graphite works – inspired by artists from Ed Ruscha to Jenny Holzer – have found a fan in Hedi Slimane.