Op-Ed: Is Balenciaga Socially Irresponsible?
The recent scandal involving the staff at a Balenciaga corner at Printemps, the Paris department store, in which it allegedly discriminated against a Chinese shopper, is reprehensible in its own right.
Heavenly Bodies – the Catalog
If you cannot make it to the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibit at the Met Museum in New York, you can still get the accompanying catalog, published by Yale University Press in association with the museum.
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, the new fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is marketed as the biggest one its Costume Institute has put on to date.
SZ10 Sale
We are now offering our readers a discount on selected designer collaboration pieces from our 10-year anniversary pop-up shop.
Use code “sz10” at checkout for a 30% discount on any of the items listed below.
Geoffrey B. Small “100” at Leisure Center
This Saturday, April 28th, The Leisure Center in Vancouver is hosting Geoffrey B. Small for the release of his 100th collection.
A.F.Vandevorst x B. Åkerlund
To commemorate their 20-year anniversary, A.F.Vandervorst and B. Åkerlund have collaborated to create a t-shirt capsule using imagery from iconic archive designs.
YANG LI/VE HUMAN MAS/CHINE AT LEISURE CENTER IN VANCOUVER
For Yang Li, the London-based fashion designer, music has always been front and center.
Rick Owens x Birkenstock Box Pop-Up
Rick Owens and Birkenstock have partnered to open the pop-up BIRKENSTOCK BOX in front of his Los Angeles store on La Brea Avenue.
Notes on a (Highsnobiety and Vetements) Scandal
Last week the influential streetwear and youth culture news website Highsnobiety published an article claiming that Vetements has been losing clout with fashion forward consumers. It cited several store buyers, who wished to remain anonymous, about lukewarm customer demand that has led to slashing orders and putting the once hyped brand’s goods on sale, something that Vetements tried to avoid by keeping their production runs small. The buyers blamed the overinflated pricing on Vetements’ part, and consumers’ shifting their taste towards Balenciaga.
Editorial: Nothing Matters but the End of Matter
Photographer Ronald Stoops, Assistant Photographer Sander Muylaert
Designer Flora Miranda, couture collection “Pneuma/Nothing Matters but the End of Matter”
Model Emilia Lunney
Text Philippe Rahm