To mark the upcoming Chinese New Year, Miu Miu is ringing in 2025 (the Year of the Snake) with a very special short film titled The Encounter. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Shujun Wei, the film also stars brand ambassadors Liu Haocun and Zhao Jinmai and takes place inside a Cantonese tea restaurant in Beijing. The clothes include oversized sweaters, the brand’s signature ballerinas, Plume and New Balance X Miu Miu trainers, with the addition of decadent opera gloves. Watch the film here.

Elsewhere in fashion this week, industry insiders are bracing themselves for three months of back-to-back fashion shows, kicking off next week with Pitti Uomo in Florence. It was also a sad week for Paris-based brand Y/Project, which devastatingly has been forced to cease operations after 14 years. It was a strong week for campaigns, with Dazed cover stars Drew Starkey and Harris Dickinson becoming the latest faces of Loewe and Prada; we’re also predicting that basic fashion will be the trend set to define this year. But before we look to the future, let’s catch up on everything you might have missed this week. 

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A MURAKAMI MIRACLELouis Vuitton

A MURAKAMI MIRACLE

Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton first paired up over two decades ago. Arguably the defining It-bag of the 00s, the now iconic ‘Multicolore’ LV monogram first debuted during Vuitton’s SS03 catwalk show, when Marc Jacobs was creative director of the French maison. Beloved by celebs from Paris Hilton to Jessica Simpson and Lindsay Lohan, the vibrant pattern became a Y2K relic that disappeared when Nicolas Ghesquière replaced Jacobs. Now, it’s back. In 2025, the partnership has relaunched with a re-edition of the collection in a new imagining of over 200 pieces. There’s also a London pop-up to mark the occasion, in the heart of Soho until February 9. Open seven days a week at 39 Brewer Street.