Are we ready to dress up?



Dries van Noten ss26 by Morgane Maurice

Robert Armstrong made a good point a few weeks ago in the FT. “Intentional underdressing [normcore et al] has become ubiquitous and so lost its power. It’s less fun for the mogul to wear a hoodie when his toadies do too; this explains why dressing up is, slowly but surely, coming back in”.

With the long-awaited arrival of NikeSKIMS, this suggests we’ve reached the apex of casual underdressing. It only recently dawned on me why athleisure was so popular for the last five years. Firstly, it’s easy to wear – pull on and go. (more…)

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Random Recs: a Tekla store, Claire de Rouen, Eddie Bauer, the future of shopping and more



Tekla x Auralee

A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ CLAIRE DE ROUEN is returning to Soho. The much-loved art-fashion-photography bookshop is celebrating its 20th year with a new space in the centre of town next month. It was always a fave place to buy presents for those hard-to-buy-for types and now it also promises “screenings, signings, talks and exhibitions”. Along with the likes of Donlon Books, BookMarc, Reference Point and Tenderbooks, Claire de Rouen (below) is a great example of arty, bookish hangouts as ‘cultural third spaces’ where you can meet like-minded curious types, expand your knowledge and get off your phone for a few hours. (more…)

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Shop the post: short skirt, flat shoe



Celine ss26

On the back of summer’s big shorts revival I’m anticipating an equally enthusiastic short skirt comeback. It chimes with the tennis-core vibe of the last two summers, as we got more comfortable with getting our legs out and teaming tennis-adjacent skirts with low profile Keds, Supergas, sneakerinas and jazz shoe silhouettes*. (more…)

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Quote of the day: Raf Simons



Raf Simons Self Service

“The way I dressed at that time was extreme for the environment I came from. My friend Elke would walk through the village and there was not one person who was not going into shock. A very beautiful, very tall woman, she would save up for all the really extreme Margiela stuff, like a knit in five parts bound around the body with ribbons, or a floor-length skirt and Tabi boots. We’re talking 91, 92, and people were shocked.”
Raf Simons, Self Service (via BOF) (more…)

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