Catsuits for the common people: Mugler is collaborating with H&M

In news that came as a thunderclap to the Dua Lipa fandom, H&M has announced a collaboration with Mugler. Set to launch this spring, H&Mugler is the first major link-up since Simone Rocha’s capsule collection in 2021 and compounds a longstanding tradition of fashion designers allying themselves with regular people who shop in Westfield (among them Karl Lagerfeld, Balmain, and Versace). But where so many of these partnerships have serviced a niche micro-audience of fashion insiders desperate to get their hands on cheap Comme des Garçons and Margiela, the decision to collaborate with Mugler is evidence of Casey Cadwallader’s mainstream appeal; the high street is pretty much indebted to the designer’s vision of cut-out bodysuits so beloved by pop stars. 

In other news this week, London Fashion Week came to a close with JW Anderson, Dilara Fındıkoğlu, Central Saint Martin’s graduate showcase, and Daniel Lee’s big debut at Burberry. Diesel kicked things off at Milan Fashion Week with a colossal pile of Durex condoms, while Fran Drescher and Siouxsie Sioux gave birth to a lovechild at Moschino. Elsewhere, Jonathan Anderson’s future in fashion came under threat by Fashion Nova, while one livid London designer waged war on UPS. For everything else you may have missed, click through the gallery below.