“School Daze,” “Anna May Wong,” “optimism.” Designers drew from all kinds of inspirations while preparing their fall collections. John Elliott was inspired by a door handle that symbolizes “bringing the outside in,” and Self Portrait, by “seductive sophistication.” Here, a look at some of their far-flung points of reference.
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MILAN — Gucci is the world’s most desirable brand, according to global fashion search platform Lyst’s fourth-quarter ranking of the industry’s hottest names and products in 2018.
After giving away the top spot to Off-White over the summer, the Italian fashion house regained its position as the most researched label online from October to December.
Analyzing the shopping behavior of more than five million monthly customers browsing and buying items across 12,000 designers and online stores, Lyst compiled its quarterly index, taking into account Google search data, conversion rates and sales, as well as social media metrics, including brand and product mentions and engagement statics.
“We’ve added social media as one of the factors because it’s so influential now,” said Lyst’s chief partnerships officer Jenny Cossons.
“I am sure that most of the success Gucci is having is the fact that at all price points and at all ages, people want to share it. The fact that my children know Gucci but don’t know some of these other bigger, established brands is super interesting. It’s also an adjective in London, people are like ‘That’s so Gucci’ even if it’s not Gucci, so it has transformed culture, it’s beyond fashion now, and I think that’s
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PARIS — French fashion prize ANDAM is celebrating its 30th anniversary by going back to its roots and tapping Martin Margiela, the winner of its inaugural award in 1989, to sit on the jury of this year’s edition.
In a statement, Margiela recalled that Nathalie Dufour had decided to found the prize for young designers after seeing a waistcoat made of broken plates in his second collection, shown in March 1989. The prize money helped him to launch his Artisanal collection, made with recycled materials.
“I will never forget how the ANDAM prize contributed to my brand’s development and I am very grateful for it. I am also glad to see the amazing increased outreach of ANDAM. Happy anniversary!” he said.
The reclusive Belgian designer, who will participate remotely in the jury selection and prize-giving ceremony scheduled for June 27, will be reconnected for the occasion with Renzo Rosso, the Italian entrepreneur who bought a majority stake in his label in 2002.
Rosso, whose OTB group also owns Diesel, Marni, Viktor & Rolf and Paula Cademartori, will reprise his role as mentor to this year’s winner of the main Fashion Award, succeeding Pierre-Yves Roussel, former head of the Fashion Group at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis
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Loewe has selected the 29 shortlisted artists who will compete for the 2019 edition of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize.
Each finalist’s work will be exhibited at Isamu Noguchi’s indoor stone garden ‘Heaven’ at the Sogetsu Kaikan in Tokyo from June 26 to July 22. The winner, who will be revealed June 25 at the exhibition’s opening, will receive 50,000 euros.
This is the third edition of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, which presents a diverse spectrum of techniques, media and modes of expression. The finalists range from recently graduated and newly emerging artists to well-known names and leaders in their fields. Each of the artists is being recognized for having made important contributions to the development of contemporary craft. The finalists’ works will also be documented in a catalogue.
The annual prize was launched by the Loewe Foundation in 2016. This year’s finalists were selected by a panel of experts from over 2,500 submissions by artists representing more than 100 countries. The number of submissions increased by 44 percent, demonstrating the growing significance and influence of the prize in creative communities at an international level. The award was conceived by Loewe creative director Jonathan Anderson to acknowledge the importance of craft in
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MILAN — Veronica Etro named her spring collection “Pacific Zen” and the advertising campaign clearly reflects the same vibrant and upbeat inspiration.
“It all starts from that collection, inspired by an imaginative trip through California, the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii and Japan — sort of a Neverland,” mused Etro, creative director of the women’s collections at the family-owned company. “I needed that sense of oxygenation, of escapism, running away from the city,” she told WWD in an exclusive interview.
For the first time, Etro worked with American photographer, artist and director Cass Bird, and the campaign was photographed last December in San José Del Cabo, Mexico. “I went there a few years ago on vacation, and I was impressed by its wild and untouched nature and the sea, so different from what we are used to in the Mediterranean,” said Etro, noting that it’s easy to find horses or donkeys roaming freely there.
To wit, in one of the images, Edie Campbell and Olivia Vinten pose together barefoot and straddling a light chestnut horse with a flaxen mane and tail.
Edie Campbell and Olivia Vinten in Etro’s spring 2019 ad campaign.
Cass Bird
The Pacific Ocean is one of the protagonists of the images, together with a
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