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Sandy Liang Fall 2021 Range Looks To The Brighter Days Ahead
Sandy Liang Fall 2021 Range Looks To The Brighter Days Ahead
Dreams and aspirations abound. There is no denying it: throughout the global pandemic that had the entire world under siege since the beginning of last year, many designers and fashion houses decided to pare things way back and shift their focus towards functionality rather than looks.
Sandy Liang, however, is not on the list of those designers. “That’s the fundamental thing they teach you in design school: you have to be aspirational, you have to design for your dream woman. And I always kind of scoffed at that,” Liang explains. “I think that was the right thing to do when I was younger, but now it’s really important to be optimistic and to design things that don’t make sense for right now.”
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The occasion for reflection comes as Simons reissues 100 of his most iconic pieces in a capsule collection called Raf Simons Archive Redux, which has been wildly buzzed about since the designer announced the project last summer. Again, the sheer mention of it pulls fashion lovers out of the woodworkâin the months I have been working on this project, somewhere in the vicinity of three-dozen different people have messaged me asking about it.Â
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One of the first was David Casavant, the New Yorkâbased collector and archivist who perhaps single-handedly vaulted Simonsâs past pieces into icon status by placing them on Kanye West, Rihanna, and other influential celebrities. âRemaking the original pieces shows how fashion is looked at as more of an art form now, where the original works are appreciated to such an extent to reissue them,â Casavant says. âIâm excited to see core grail pieces like the hoodies and parkas and how theyâre rem
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Bidding adieu to a year like no other with traditional appearances mostly canceled 11 A-list fashion pros choose recent outfits worn by their own clients and others.
Courtesy of Elizabeth Stewart (3); Courtesy of Saint Laurent; Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images
From left: Amanda Seyfried in Wolk Morais. (Hair by Renato Campora; makeup by Genevieve Herr.); Gal Gadot in Valentino; The WW84 star in Patou; Zoë Kravitz in a sheer top in Saint Laurent’s summer 2021 virtual presentation (Inset: Stewart).
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WW84 press tour, Stewart and the star loved an 80s vibe, says the stylist, whose picks included a rich red Valentino with a cape effect and a Guillaume Henry for Patou dress that represents what the 80s should have been! It s a happy dress. Stewart also tended to
Chanel spring 2021Photographed by Acielle / Style du Monde
In an ordinary year, Vogue Runway publishes two most-viewed brand stories, the first after the fall collections finish in March and the second after the spring season wraps in October. This was no ordinary year, and with the presentation of spring collections spread out from the beginning of September to just last week, we skipped our usual round-up of top performers. Instead, we’ve combined the two seasons together to create a 2020 master list.
Last March, when we looked at the stats, I wrote that the top 10 doesn’t shift much season to season. That’s true today: The big names remain the big names, even in this year of change. But the list does tell a story.
Stüssy x Nike: A History of Iconic Sneaker Collaborations
A History of Stüssy & Nike’s Most Iconic Sneaker Collabs
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Stüssy is arguably the OG streetwear brand; Nike is the world’s biggest sportswear brand. Together, they’re an unstoppable force that has given us some of the most coveted sneaker releases of all time.
In 2020 alone, Stüssy x Nike has given us three high-profile sneaker collaborations, all of which have gone on to sell out almost immediately. The first Stüssy x Nike collaboration came 20 years ago and has gone on to set the tone for how streetwear labels and sportswear brands work together. Stüssy x Nike was quite literally the birth of the sneaker collaboration when Nike’s Fraser Cooke and Stüssy’s Michael Kopelman decided to team up at the turn of the millennium.