The Best Street Style from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week AW/2019 - The Trend Spotter |
- The Best Street Style from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week AW/2019 - The Trend Spotter
- Maluma Is Men’s Fashion’s Hottest New Muse - Vogue
- Stormzy's stab-proof vest falls victim to the politics of fashion - The Guardian
- Fashion - Paris Haute Couture: Artistic projects take centre stage for winter 2019/2020 - FRANCE 24
| The Best Street Style from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week AW/2019 - The Trend Spotter Posted: 04 Jul 2019 12:52 PM PDT
 As one of the most anticipated fashion events of the year, Couture Fashion Week did not disappoint with its street style. From puff sleeves and jewel tones to a myriad of power suits, the fashion-goers in Paris were lined with exquisite and bold new trends. Donning ornate accessories and chunky belts, the fashion was just as hot on the French avenues as it was on the runways. Update your wardrobe and get inspired by checking out the most divine shots from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2019. GALLERYSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTERSubscribe to our mailing list and get interesting stuff and updates to your email inbox.  |
| Maluma Is Men’s Fashion’s Hottest New Muse - Vogue Posted: 05 Jul 2019 08:03 AM PDT  Oh baby! It's the breakout season of Maluma. The Colombian singer is a part of a Latin reggaeton boom that has captured fashion's imagination in the last year. In the new well-dressed Latinx crowd that includes trap rapper Bad Bunny (known for his funky overalls and cheeky short shorts) and the logo-loving singer J. Balvin, Maluma stands out with his brooding sensuality and risk-taking fashion smarts. Much like his intoxicating gruff sound, the singer's style has its own distinct beat. Released in 2015, Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy is widely considered to be his breakthrough album, though it's arguably "Medellín," the sultry single, he released with Madonna earlier this year, that solidified his fashion cred. (Fun fact: Maluma was born in Medellín, Colombia.) In the video for the song, Maluma flaunts one of the most polarizing menswear accessories out there: a pair of suspenders. On anyone else, the hiked-up-to-there trouser look would be deeply dorky, and yet Maluma seems to radiate swagger and sex appeal. His crisp white shirt is unbuttoned to reveal a roaring tiger tattoo on his chest and dangling gold "M" pendant necklace. Two silky red ribbons are tightly wound around his bulging biceps as he salsa dances to the music. It's with that superstar self-assuredness that Maluma took on his first trip to the men's shows in Europe last month. He touched down at Dsquared2 in Milan decked out in an outfit that was bound to get him noticed: an orange and pink tie-dye shirt with cowboy fringe. "I was a little bit aggressive and I took the position to wear something that was unexpected," said Maluma speaking from his hotel in Poland, where he was on the first leg of his European tour. "Everyone loved it." He followed that bold fashion move up at Heron Preston's show in Paris two days later, breaking all hypebeast conventions by accessorizing his white streetwise vest and baggy pants with a pair of polished black dress shoes. Twenty-four hours later, and he was looking fresh yet again at the Off-White show, flaunting the brand's oversized logo tee and eye-popping tangerine-colored sneakers alongside Fashion Week vets like Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing. He for sure gave Timothee Chalamet a run for his money when he showed up to the Louis Vuitton show, in a silver harness by the French house and pair of boxfresh orange Air Jordans, worn casually unlaced for a swaggering stride. "It was comfortable, which was the important thing," said the singer nonchalantly of the buzzed-about look. And the fashion didn't stop there: flaunting his more tender side, Maluma headed out to the JW Anderson show in the designer's patchwork knit with sleeves cut at a high angle to show off his trademark rippling arm muscles. Though Maluma is no stranger to the world of fashion—he performed at Dolce & Gabbana's Fall 2018 menswear show, back when he had a man bun—his latest foray has given him considerable style gravitas both on the front row and the street style circuit. He describes his time at the collections as "a beautiful experience. I always dreamed of going to Paris and going to Fashion Week but I never had time. When I started my tour in Europe, I decided to take this week to experience it." He mingled with designers, including Dior men's artistic director Kim Jones who he met in Paris. "Kim told me that he wanted me to be in the show in Miami," said Maluma. "We are both trying to make that happen for the [next time.] Knowing Kim is a dream come true to me."  |
| Stormzy's stab-proof vest falls victim to the politics of fashion - The Guardian Posted: 05 Jul 2019 10:00 PM PDT  When Stormzy took to Glastonbury's Pyramid stage last Friday in a stab-proof vest designed by Banksy, it was called the "banner of a divided and frightened nation". Lauded for making such a bold and public statement on knife violence and the systems around it, the words "knife crime" appeared lit up behind him during his performance, and there was an excerpt from a speech by David Lammy on the issue. The Labour MP for Tottenham then tweeted about it after the rapper's set.
According to fashion psychologist Shakaila Forbes-Bell, Stormzy's vest can be seen as a cry to the public that "young black men are literally living in a war zone". Given the rapper has "positioned himself as a figurehead of the young black community in London, which has been plagued by knife crime", she says, the garment could "be seen as a visual form of solidarity [with] these victims and families in the same way that the hoodie had been used after the murder of Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012." But this is contested territory. Quite apart from those who use provocative dress as social comment are fashion brands designing stab-proof vests, or garments that mimic them. This month the brand Boramy Viguier released its Atlas Organza Utility Vest, which takes on similar aesthetics. Off-White, the work of "fashion's hottest designer", Virgil Abloh, launched a functional vest earlier this year which also appears imitative. Luxury online retailer Farfetch is selling versions by brand Sankuanz. On Etsy there's a shop making bootleg designer bulletproof vests. Military-inspired fashion has a long history, with surges seen off the back of popular culture. Parkas peaked during Britpop, and dog tags and combat trousers were popular during the Gulf war. In 2018 the grim trend for "warcore", a play on the far more sedate "normcore", raised its head with riot shields and balaclavas. There have even been times when the bulletproof vest has nearly made it mainstream. The New York Times cited 24's hero, Jack Bauer, as a style inspiration in 2010, adding that macho fashions with "a little shock or aggression" appeared to be "the inevitable, if unsettling, expression of a defensive mindset intensified of late by concerns about terrorism". Fashions sourced from violent phenomena are a knotty issue, particularly amid reports of a surge in sales of real stab vests among young people in London. The fashion historian Tony Glenville says they raise questions about "how we define inappropriate appropriation". For him, "stuff that has a real function in a dangerous situation being made to look like part of our everyday wear is wrong." It is perhaps inevitable that one person's political statement becomes another's trend, however problematic that may be. "Such garments will always trickle down to the masses and become more 'style' than 'statement'," suggests Forbes-Bell, who suggests that it is related to "the psychological appeal of uniforms". Studies have shown, she says, "that the attractiveness and authority associated with uniforms causes the individuals wearing them to induce higher levels of compliance" and is down to the highly politicised times we live in. This article contains affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if a reader clicks through and makes a purchase. All our journalism is independent and is in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative. By clicking on an affiliate link, you accept that third-party cookies will be set. More information.  |
| Fashion - Paris Haute Couture: Artistic projects take centre stage for winter 2019/2020 - FRANCE 24 Posted: 05 Jul 2019 04:29 AM PDT Date created : Latest update :  Haute Couture isn't only about extravagance – sometimes it's also about a quest for meaning. At Dior, Maria-Grazia Chiuri takes inspiration from Austrian-American architect Bernard Rudofsky. Meanwhile, Clara Daguin, a young designer invited to participate in the official Haute Couture selection, offers up an interactive, digital vision of luxury. And fashion historian Olivier Saillard reveals the latest instalment of his Moda Povera project with a show comprised exclusively of men's shirts.  |
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