Trapuntatura’s quilted fabrics
The leading expert in quilted materials, for 30 years Trapuntatura’s Italians have been developing fabrics acclaimed by sportswear labels and brands. A must-know benchmark.
Homecore opens a colourful pop-up store on the Champs-Élysées
While awaiting its announced collaboration with the rapper Kekra, which will be released in 2019, the legendary streetwear brand Homecore has opened a colourful graphic pop-up store on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Designed by the studio Malka Architecture, the venue showcases solid blocks of colour that reference graffiti and the brand’s street roots, as well…
Cecilie Bahnsen’s neo-romantic style
Chic and contemporary, Cecilie Bahnsen’s neo-romantic style is now available in over 60 points of sale worldwide, including the famous Selfridges at the heart of London and Dover Street Market, a New York fashion mecca.
Alejandro Gómez Palomo, Spanish-style genderless fashion!
An electric phenomenon of the unisex movement, Alejandro Gómez Palomo’s label is winning over the general public and celebrities alike with its looks of Iberian descent with a whimsical androgyny.
“Tech check” fabrics: new-generation checks
Checked prints are coming back into fashion, making the most of new technologies and modernising their aesthetic and manufacturing methods alike.
The highly Instagrammable concept store designed by Pewter X Culdesac
Culdesac’s designers have created an ultra-graphic and above all very “Instagrammable” space for the concept store for the Pewter brand, which specialises in selling sports equipment. This new space right at the heart of Valencia, entirely decorated in neon lights, with a concrete floor and visible pipes, seems to be an extension of the urban…
3D Haute Couture by Iris Van Herpen
Christened “Shift souls”, Iris Van Herpen’s new collection was inspired by celestial charts and interstellar galaxies, while starting an unprecedented technological revolution in textiles.
Skunkfunk becomes SKFK!
Originally known as Skunkfunk, the Basque label has now become SKFK. Taking an ethical and eco-friendly approach, the brand offers timeless urban pieces of exceptional quality!
When 3D printing lets you produce incredibly realistic wood
What if technology were to surpass the laws of nature? As mentioned in the “Quantum Alchemy” concept – Multiverse Theme in the SS20 Influences Trendbook (from page 86), this dreaded phenomenon could be on the verge of becoming a reality. The reason: engineers from Columbia University have achieved the feat of creating blocks of wood with…
Kengo Kuma pays homage to Catalan architecture with the new Camper store in Barcelona
After designing the Milan flagship store in 2016, Kengo Kuma has just finished renovating a new Camper retail outlet in Barcelona. Located opposite the famous “Plaza Catalonia”, the store pays tribute to Catalan architecture with its numerous vaults reminiscent of Gaudi’s work.