PARIS, France — One of the best shows in New York at the moment is the Morgan Library’s retrospective of Peter Hujar’s photographs. It coincides with a groundswell of interest in the downtown art scene of the 80s. Hujar’s pictures capture the personalities of the time, among them, the late Cookie Mueller, queen of the Lower […]
In the Garden of Noir Kei Nonomiya
PARIS, France — There is a new Japanese designer on the stage in Paris. His name is Kei Ninomiya, his brand is named Noir and he is part of the Comme des Garçons family. The label has actually been staging intimate presentations for a few seasons in the Comme des Garçons showroom. This, however, was […]
New Tricks at Y/Project
PARIS, France — The way that Glenn Martens makes something complex and beautiful out of something banal is uncanny. Whilst many other designers strive to perfect simplicity, his personal quest to squeeze abstract expressions out of a polo shirt or a pair of jeans is impressive, and oftentimes more romantic than he is given credit […]
Tommy Hilfiger Hits the Track
MILAN, Italy — Tommy Hilfiger did urban in New York, beach in LA, rock in London… that left Milan for his ode to car culture. The city is, after all, home to Alfa Romeo. Fiat’s in Torino to the West, Ferrari in Modena to the East. But it was actually his new partnership with Mercedes-AMG […]
Armani's Abstracted Trip Around the World
MILAN, Italy — “Inspired by many cultures as an ode to co-existence as opposed to exclusion.” To read those words in Giorgio Armani’s shownotes before his actual presentation was to feel a tiny twinge of anticipation. We live in the hopeful moment of his renaissance. And there are enough moments every now and again to […]