Highlights From Paris Couture Week
Couture week came and went with highlight fall collections and casting from Olivier Rousteing x Jean Paul Gaultier (JPG) and Demna for Balenciaga. Rousteing was able to pull major references from not only JPG’s archive but from the House of Balmain as well with impeccable tailoring. Opener Djily Kamara’s look was referenced from Jean Paul Gaultier’s Spring 1994 show and Rouguy Faye’s look was a reinterpretation of JPG’s perfume case “Classique”, the lineup consisted of Models.com ranked models Adesuwa Aighewi, Erin O’Connor, Precious Lee, and Kristen McMenamy closing. For Demna’s second couture show for Balenciaga, he create a futuristic mix of the house’s past infused with his own ideas with Bella Hadid, Dua Lipa, Nicole Kidman, Kim Kardashian, Naomi Campbell, and Danielle Slavik, one of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s models from the early ’60s walking in the show. Next on the list is Pierpaolo Piccioli‘s highly anticipated Valentino fall couture show! [Vogue] [The Cut]
Willa Bennett Is The New Editor in chief of Highsnobiety
After Zalando recently acquired Highsnobiety with a majority stake, the culture and fashion company has hired Willa Bennett as the new editor-in-chief. Coming from GQ, Bennett was in charge of the magazine’s social media strategy. In this new role, she will supervise editorial operations from Highsnobiety’s New York City offices and report to founder and CEO, David Fischer. Bennett said, “Highsnobiety is such an important voice in fashion and culture, and I am thrilled to usher the brand into a new, exciting era” [WWD]
Hermès Heads To Williamsburg
Luxury French brand Hermès is set on Williamsburg, NYC for its next store location. The company has signed a two-year lease in the neighborhood, with first a temporary pop-up in Q1 of 2023 and then eventually a permanent store in 2026. The pop-up location at 91 North Sixth Street in Brooklyn is one of many examples of how luxury brands are beginning to increase their US market presence. [WWD]
The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling’s Potential Effects on Clean Fashion
After the earth-shattering news of the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court focused on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) means to tackle climate change as their next target. “The SCOTUS ruling stripped the EPA of its regulatory power to reduce carbon outputs for existing power plants.” This ruling has significantly affected the Biden administration’s goals to fight climate change and will affect not only human health but multiple industries, fashion in particular. The Environmental Media Association’s chief executive officer Debbie Levin said, “Whether the court realizes this or not, the public is demanding responsibility from the companies that they support. Fashion and beauty as well as other industries now must be transparent with their internal practices. The dominant generation of consumers are millennials and Gen Z who will not patronize brands that dismiss their responsibility doing business.” [WWD]
Models.com Interviews Mika Santos For Model of The Week
Models.com spoke to Afro Brasiliana Mika Santos about walking for Versace, spirituality, self-knowledge, and living in the plenitude of the present moment. Check out the interview here.
