News spanning three countries—though two of them involve Kiwis. Our round-up for the day […]
February 22, 2023/23.05
Tag: fashion designer
In brief: Pharrell Williams is Louis Vuitton’s new menswear designer; Mango, Simonmiller collaborate
February 15, 2023/11.44
Surprise news from Louis Vuitton; Chelsea Hansford’s Simonmiller will launch a collaboration in May; and Lily Arkwright sponsors the Manchester Film Festival […]
Paco Rabanne, famous for his avant-garde fashion, dies aged 88
February 3, 2023/18.56
The visionary Spanish designer has died at his home in France […]
Dame Vivienne Westwood, iconic British designer, dies; foundation set up to honour her legacy
December 29, 2022/22.01
The fashion designer and activist, known for her pioneering designs in the punk era, starting the New Romantic movement, and for her battles against injustice, has passed away; the Vivienne Foundation, founded in late 2022, will launch in 2023 to continue her legacy of design and activism […]
Raf Simons announces his label’s closing after 27 years
November 21, 2022/22.05
Raf Simon’s spring–summer 2023 collection was his last for his own label, though his work at Prada continues […]
Panos Papadopoulos interviewed on TV4 about his autobiography
August 20, 2022/23.37
On August 17, Nyhetsmorgon, the morning show on Swedish network TV4, had an in-depth, eight-minute interview with Panos Papadopoulos about his autobiography, Panos: My Life, My Odyssey. In the interview, he talks about his trip from Greece to Sweden for the first time in the 1970s, and how he was inspired to start his […]
Issey Miyake, innovative Japanese fashion designer, passes away at 84
August 9, 2022/10.55
The famed fashion designer died after a battle with liver cancer, with the funeral already held, according to his company […]
Panos Papadopoulos launches his autobiography in Stockholm
June 1, 2022/14.26
There’s no FOMO like the one you get when a book you’ve worked on for 10 months is launched—and your schedule (and, as it turned out, the ’flu), prevents you from attending the party on the other side of the world. But fortunately one of my best friends, Stefan Engeseth, attended in my place […]
Sweden’s king of swimwear, Panos Papadopoulos, reveals all in his new autobiography
May 16, 2022/5.45
Toward the end of next week, Panos Papadopoulos’s autobiography, Panos: My Life, My Odyssey, comes out in London, with an event in Stockholm following. This is an intimate memoir about Panos’s rise, from childhood poverty in Greece to the ‘king of swimwear’ in Scandinavia. Not only do I have an advance copy, I collaborated […]
French designer Thierry Mugler has died, aged 73
January 24, 2022/1.11
Mugler Above: Thierry Mugler, as pictured in the house’s official announcement of his passing. Header image: Mugler at le cirque d’hiver 20th anniversary autumn–winter 1995–6 finalé. Mere days after the death of André Leon Talley came news that French designer Thierry Mugler, 73, passed away Sunday. The cause of death was not given. […]
