I had forgotten that Doubleday editor Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis originally commissioned the photographs from Unseen Versailles by the late Deborah Turbeville that are on view at Staley Wise in 1981. The mind at first could not, perhaps did not, want to reconcile the withdrawn, intimate vision that is Turbeville’s with the stately, public and, one imagines, rigid New York of Kennedy Onassis.
Geoffrey B. Small fall-winter 2015 collection presented in Paris.
Recently I visited the workspace of the German jewelery maker Werkstatt:Munchen. Their studio is located in the center of Munich in the former foundry. Keeping with his label’s ethos of craftsmanship, Klaus Lohmeyer left the raw space intact. Hidden in a courtyard behind closed doors, this hidden gem of industrial space contrasts greatly with its clean-cut surroundings.
Let me get something out of the way – though my writing is critical more often than not, I don’t particularly enjoy blasting fashion. So, it is with a certain elation I would like to report that this past men’s fashion week in Paris was one of the strongest I’ve seen in a while.
For me it began last Wednesday night when Haider Ackermann presented his most convincing collection yet. Everything seemed to coalesce – from the muted but rich color palette to lush fabrics to nonchalant styling. It was presented at the Galleria museum, and the presentation and the clothes were just the right shade of decadence, a fantasy world of the rich and idle whose saving grace is impeccable education and impeccable manners.
We would like to present to you TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The SoloIst’s Fall/Winter 2015 Men’s collection.
We would like to present to you a selection of Lanvin’s Fall/Winter 2015 Men’s collection.
We would like to present to you Thom Browne’s Fall/Winter Men’s collection backstage.
We would like to present to you Undercover’s Fall/Winter Men’s collection.
We would like to present to you Haider Ackermann’s Fall/Winter 2015 Men’s collection.
We would like to present to you Comme des Garçons’ Fall/Winter 2015 Men’s collection.