Bella Hadid takes a sad Self-Portrait, while Eckhaus Latta drags its ragtag band of misfits to Montreal
Euphoria does a good job at making the life of a teenager look utterly intolerable. Its amorphous, sprawling episodes spread themselves across the drug-addled, the abusive, and the deranged, with enough prosthetic penises to rival Ann Summers. Yet the inner chaos of Cassie, Maddy, Kat, Rue, and Jules gives rise to the most impeccable fashions. Their turmoils hoicked around the body in swooping cut-outs, sinuous crop tops, and McBling tracksuits, their spaghetti straps the only support against another bathroom breakdown. In Euphoria, fashion is a vehicle to snatch attention and one-up the girls, forging a direct line to the bitch within – that internal monologue which scoffs “you better be joking” to just about everything that passes within earshot. And the proof is in our Google history, with searches for “black cutout dresses” increasing by 890 per cent after Alexa Demie wore a stripper dress during the first episode. Similarly, its latest episode caused a 248 per cent surge in demand for “green slip dress” hours after Demie slipped into an archival Blumarine negligee.
In other fashion news this week, Rihanna debuted her baby bump in vintage Chanel and Kim Kardashian was christened the official face of Balenciaga, meanwhile Dazed’s editor-in-chief IB Kamara and photographer Hugo Comte unveiled their history-bending exhibition, Testament. For everything else that may have passed you by click through the gallery below.
GCDS GOES FOR THE ELITE
Aron Piper, star of Netflix’s Elite, became the face of GCDS this week, in a campaign shot by Javier Ruiz in Madrid. Other spanish creatives including Rebeca Solana, Emmanuel Yebe, and Hernan Can front the label’s skimpy SS22 collection alongside huge, surreal props. Think giant seahorses, papier maché suns, and old-fashioned scuba divers. Check it out here.
BELLA HADID TAKES A SAD SELF-PORTRAIT
Dream team Harley Weir and Bella Hadid came together for Self-Portrait’s spring campaign, dubbed Self-Aware, which sees the model pose fully-clothed in a shallow bath, crawling along the beach, and crying into the camera. Much has been made of Hadid sharing her down days on social media and this campaign sought to capture that vulnerability. “Bella has this incredible purity of spirit and rawness of emotion that speaks to so many people today. I really admire how aware and empathetic she is of the world around her, which is so refreshing,” Han Chong, the label’s founder and creative director said. See more here.
BOTTER SAYS GOODBYE TO NINA RICCI
Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh, the design team behind Botter, have announced their imminent departure from Nina Ricci. The duo first took creative control of the house in 2018 but revealed they would be packing their bags this week in order to focus on their own label. “It is by mutual agreement and after three and a half years of a rich collaboration that the house of Nina Ricci and its two artistic directors, Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter, have agreed to end their partnership,” a statement from the label read, as it pursues a “new creative and innovative direction for Nina Ricci”.
AMI HITS THE DIRT TRACK
Shot by Sam Rock, AMI’s spring campaign follows a group of friends as they escape the city and careen into the hills of Spain’s Almeira desert. It’s a continuation of L’Échapée Belle – the short film which debuted the label’s spring collection – and has been inspired by American indie films, bestowing a certain nostalgia onto Rock’s analogue lens. See more of that here.
PIRELLI LOOKS BACK
Marking its 150th birthday, a new Pirelli campaign sees the tire brand reinterpret its “power is nothing without control” tagline, reflecting on its infamous calendar and the gorgeous, world-class personas who have spread themselves over its many months of imagery. Head here to see more.
PACO RABANNE WANTS AN ESCAPE
For obvious reasons many designers have begun to toil with themes of exploration and psychedelics – basically anything which will remove us from the everyday. And Paco Rabanne’s latest offering, an SSENSE capsule, does just that. With ditsy, naive florals blasted across sinuous dresses, matching two pieces, graphic t-shirts, and swimwear, the label is hoping to provide a sartorial serotonin shot.
HONEY, I SHRUNK LITERALLY EVERYTHING!
Irina Shayk gives her best Jack and The Beanstalk impression in Pinko’s SS22 campaign, towering above motels, diners, and wide open roads in leopard print catsuits, tailoring, and halter neck jumpsuits. Shot by Brianna Capozzi, the whole thing is an open invitation for women to dare to imagine a world where they too can holler “fee fi fo fum!” at poor country boys.
BURBERRY DELIVERS NEW PERSPECTIVES
Burberry made like its coats and spliced its SS22 campaign between raw studio shots by Mert and Marcus and Chris Rhodes’ intimate, candid photography. “As we come out of lockdowns around the world, I wanted this campaign to make people feel something, free to dream, free to feel youthful and alive again. It is a beautiful dance, a very raw energy that’s powerful and full of life. Like an awakening,” Riccardo Tisci said. See more of that here.
KENDALL JENNER IS LOVELORN IN GIVENCHY
Matthew Williams’ SS22 campaign at Givenchy features Kendall Jenner untacking the petals of a thorned rose, shot in moody monochrome by Heji Shin. As Jenner does her ‘love me not’ routine, the film highlight’s the house’s collaboration with American artist Josh Smith, razor sharp suiting, peplums, fit-and-flare mini dresses, and marshmallow footwear. Head over to Givenchy to see more.
DENIM… UGGS?
Another week another UGG collaboration as Tremaine Emory of Denim Tears transforms the shearling booties into the tools of his own storytelling. Inspired by Black Seminole history, these Uggs adopt the traditional visual language and handicraft methods of Southeastern Indigenous cultures, resulting in a mid-shin Classic boot and a slipper-like Tasman, decorated with intricate stitching and beadwork. Ugg is also making a $50,000 donation to the Backstreet Cultural Museum, as well as to the Guardians Institute, which supports youth advocacy in the arts, connected to both Black and Indigenous cultures. Emory’s designs are available online at Denim Tears and will be available from UGG on February 10.
ECKHAUS LATTA DRAGS ITS MISFITS TO MONTREAL
Eckhaus Latta has collaborated with Canadian outerwear label Moose Knuckles, producing a capsule collection of down outerwear, full of thrice-spliced puffers, body form knitwear, and padded pannier skirts. A lookbook shot by Brianna Capozzi sees the New York duo trawl their band of outsiders – old, young, queer, goth, weird – into the Moose Knuckles world, complete with uncanny plastic masks and alabaster makeup. Check it out here.
VERSACE’S NEW MEN’S LOOK
Tangerine, hot pink, and sharp turquoise were the calling cards of Donatella Versace’s new menswear look this season, which saw the designer bid adieu to sports silhouettes in favour of bulwark shouldered blazers, high waists, and fluid, floor-skimming palazzo pants. It felt like a divergence from the label’s baroque-heavy shirting and medusa-monogrammed accessories, slouching towards an effortless kind of swagger, bucked with attitude and sashay.