Chanel Recaptures the ’80s

Photography has a symbiotic relationship to fashion; you simply can’t have one without the other. But for Chanel, it goes even deeper. “Fashion is about clothes, models, and photographers,” stated Chanel’s creative director Virginie Viard in the spring-summer 2022 press notes. “Karl Lagerfeld used to photograph the Chanel campaigns himself. Today, I call upon photographers.…

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A Heart (and Chest) of Gold

Fashion Week is back in full force, and there’s a lot to see. Blink (or scroll too fast on Instagram) and you’ll miss the details: tiny bags, tall shoes, feathered hats, leather capes and diamond dog collars. So as part of a new series, Wow Moment, we’ll spotlight things we saw on the runways that…

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Stella McCartney Does Mushrooms in Paris

PARIS — On the penultimate day of the ready-to-wear season the environmental conscience of fashion, which had been poking its head out tentatively over the past few weeks, finally made its full-throated entrance. Well, hello sustainability. Wondering when you’d show up. The industry’s role in climate change was, after all, one of the great mea…

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