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Rachel Tashjian is the Fashion Critic for GQ.

Shayne Oliver Is Revitalizing America's Avant Garde

The Hood By Air designer just wants to keep pushing.

The Life-Changing Pleasure of Dressing Your Age

A quiet maturity in menswear is here for a consumer ready to enter a new era of elegance.

Does Brooks Brothers Really Need to Be Reinvented?

New designer Michael Bastian has a radical idea: that maybe, instead of a top-to-bottom brand refresh, what Brooks Brothers really needs is to make classic, quality clothes.

Julia Fox's Favorite Designer Is Fashion's Weirdest Provocateur

Glenn Martens is beloved by Rihanna, Julia Fox, and Jean-Paul Gaultier. What makes his out-there work so desirable?

Nigo’s Radically Straightforward Vision for Kenzo

The designer’s debut suggests a possible alternative to the celebrity style industrial complex.

Why Glamour Is One of Fashion’s Most Misunderstood Ideas

Dries Van Noten shows the dark and sensual side of a central fashion feeling.

Rhuigi Villaseñor, Bally’s New Man, Is Hopeful and Nervous About the Future of Streetwear

His new collection is about how young men manage their money.

Christian Dior Collaborates With the Ghost of Christian Dior

Kim Jones marks the 75th anniversary of the storied Paris house.

Chatting in Caps Lock With Rick Owens

“IF EXPANSIVE CLOTHES ARE POSSIBLE, PERHAPS EXPANSIVE THOUGHT IS POSSIBLE”

Doomscrolling Through Fashion Week

Jonathan Anderson wades through TikTok, and Samuel Ross propels himself to new fashion heights.

André Leon Talley Gave Glamour Intellectual Integrity

The late fashion editor was as obsessed with ideas as he was with beauty.

Boy Brands: How Male Musicians Are Rewriting the Rules of Merch

Frank Ocean, Tyler, the Creator, and Harry Styles are creating products that compete with their own wardrobes—and inventing a new kind of celebrity company.

Zaddies Are Back At Prada

A coat-packed collection, with Kyle MacLachlan and Jeff Goldblum, that celebrates the pleasures of adult life.

Today's Freakiest Jewelry Comes from the Jet Set's Funkiest Dude

The work of Jean Schlumberger, who designed outrageously opulent jewels for Tiffany & Co., is undergoing a revival.

Ye's True Love Is Hiding in Plain Sight

His relationship with Balenciaga is only growing deeper and more fascinating.

The 13 Most Important Fashion Shows of 2021

In one of menswear’s strangest years, punctuated by cynicism and sadness, a few shows left me feeling hopeful.

The Dream of the ’90s Is Alive at Balenciaga

An analog-style presentation is a love note to the old-fashioned idea of fashion as subculture.

Balenciaga Designer Demna Gvasalia Is Rewriting the Rules of High Fashion

The elusive creative director shares his thoughts on dressing Kanye and Kim, gendered clothing, and the controversy around his Crocs.

Why Is Fashion So Obsessed with the Metaverse?

Brands from Balenciaga to Stefan Cooke are seeing that the gaming community is one of fashion's great untouched customer bases.

Virgil Abloh Made His Life Into a Fairytale—and Then Made It the Blueprint for Fashion

The Off-White and Louis Vuitton designer encouraged a generation of men to treat fashion as a subculture, and to dream.
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Bottega Veneta Announces Its New Designer, and He’s a Menswear Legend

Matthieu Blazy is well versed in New Bottega, worked at Martin Margiela, and learned from Raf Simons.

Why Is Daniel Lee’s Hugely Successful Run at Bottega Veneta Ending?

The 35-year-old British designer and the Italian house have come to a “joint decision to end their collaboration.”

Michael Rapaport Is the King of Cashmere

The actor explains how he became an unabashed fan of The Row: “I like that they don’t put the brand on blast.”

Why Tom Ford Puts the Logo at the Tip

With a new book, Tom Ford 002, the consummate American designer reflects on getting over Gucci, whether stylists have too much power, and why you should put your brand in the place where people are looking.