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Why Jordan Gogos is the Australian fashion industry’s Trojan horse

Inside Retail

In his fourth consecutive AFW runway titled “The Woven Trojan Horse”, the multi-disciplinary artist and fashion designer brought together a cohort of iconic Australian fashion talent to collaborate on the collection, including Jenny Bannister, Akira Isogawa and Jenny Kee.

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Inside Louis Vuitton’s technicolour homage to Virgil Abloh

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Dubbed “Walk in the Park”, the temporary space opened on December 15, paying homage to the late Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton’s men’s artistic director since 2018. . During an interview in 2017 hosted by Show Studio, Abloh described Kim Jones, Louis Vuitton’s men’s artistic director at the time, as a friend and mentor.

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How Dapper Dan became the king of luxury streetwear

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He was servicing a community that was significantly underrepresented in fashion, during a time when African-American artists and musicians were gaining celebrity status. Dapper Dan was uniquely positioned to make clothes for regular folk, gangsters, rappers, and hip-hop artists. He was the man to see for the latest.

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NOOM’s technicolour vases are a positive pop of colour

Design Wanted

These new designs are the latest addition to NOOM ’s vase collection inspired by the avant-garde spirit of the 20th century, namely that of Russian artist Kazimir Malevich who was born in Kiev where the studio is based. All the vases in the collection are called by names of famous Suprematists and modernist artists like Malevich.

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NOOM’s technicolour vases are a positive pop of colour

Design Wanted

These new designs are the latest addition to NOOM ’s vase collection inspired by the avant-garde spirit of the 20th century, namely that of Russian artist Kazimir Malevich who was born in Kiev where the studio is based. All the vases in the collection are called by names of famous Suprematists and modernist artists like Malevich.

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‘It’s such a crazy story’: How the sisters behind Rodarte got their start

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Taking inspiration from landscape, art, film, poetry, culture, and music, the pair see themselves as artists and storytellers as much as fashion designers. I think where we’re at with fashion is we all make our own reality, we can express who we are artistically. How does this make sense in real life?’ We’re dreamers.’.

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Louis Vuitton’s brand history in heritage window displays

Design Retail Space

Grandson of the company founder, Gaston was a businessman and an artist. And this could be also the reason that Gaston Louis Vuitton ‘ Cabinet of Wonders’ was published by Themes and Hudson recently in 2017. To mention only a few: travel articles, toiletry accessories, hotel labels, printed monograms.

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