Michele, Alessandro

September 4, 2024

Harry Styles’s Favorite Designer Returns

Even in the context of end-of-summer, back-to-school Septembers, this September is going to be a doozy. Not just a return to real life, but crammed with […]
September 4, 2024

What You Need to Know About Fashion Month

Even in the context of end-of-summer, back-to-school Septembers, this September is going to be a doozy. Not just a return to real life, but crammed with […]
June 21, 2024

The Idea Behind Pharrell’s New Louis Vuitton Fragrance Is ‘Photosynthesis’

The process influenced a new scent developed by the “Happy” singer for Louis Vuitton. Plus, a surprise at Valentino and a punk doyenne’s wardrobe at auction. […]
June 21, 2024

The Idea Behind Pharrell’s New Louis Vuitton Fragrance Is ‘Photosynthesis’

The process influenced a new scent developed by the “Happy” singer for Louis Vuitton. Plus, a surprise at Valentino and a punk doyenne’s wardrobe at auction. […]
February 26, 2023

Enter the New Era of Stealth Wealth

Bottega Veneta leads the way, while Gucci remains in limbo. MILAN — Not long after the last guest had trooped off the avocado-color carpet lining the […]
January 25, 2023

The Joy of Dressing Like a Rock God

Four days before they arrived in New York, just after their third album release and just before their Grammy’s close-up and the next leg of their […]
January 25, 2023

How to Dress Like a Rock God

Maneskin has a new album, a best new artist Grammy nomination and a lot of thoughts on fashion. Four days before they arrived in New York, […]
November 3, 2021

Gucci Makes a Hollywood Entrance

LOS ANGELES — On election night in America, in the shadow of Grauman’s Chinese Theater and amid the panting anticipation for Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” […]
November 22, 2020

Even Harry Styles in Jorts Can’t Save Gucci’s Mini-Series

A few months ago, back when most live fashion shows got canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic and digital shows took their place, I had a […]
July 17, 2020

A Fashion Show Epilogue. Or Was It an Elegy?

In 1964 Andy Warhol trained a camera on the Empire State Building for about six and a half hours, in a meditation on the nature of […]