We’ve put the promotional juggernaut that surrounded Barbie behind us (although the film is still a contender at the forthcoming Oscars), but the influence of dolls is still very much in evidence this fashion month. The wildly exaggerated lashes on Marc Jacobs’s 40th anniversary runway were followed on the eve of London Fashion Week by a Harris Reed collection that drew on Victoriana, and the paper dolls the designer would make as a child.
Tolu Coker was inspired by street sellers in Ghana, Accra, for her autumn/winter 2024 collection. Tolu Coker held her second catwalk show during London Fashion Week.
New York Fashion Week autumn/winter 2024 saw brands like Luar, Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Thom Browne and Ludovic de Saint Sernin present in the American capital.
A Vogue writer’s eyewitness account of Beyoncé’s surprise appearance at the Luar show in Bushwick during NYFW. Her sister Solange’s son, Julez, was modelling in the show. Her mother Tina Knowles also joined.