The Member Edit.
Five stories to put fashion’s next decisions in context.
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- Business Retail
Paris, Beyond the Runway
TRANOÏ, Premiere Classe and SPHERE put the commercial side of the season in focus. For an independent store, the useful question is what happens after discovery.
- Materials & Sourcing
The LA Buyer’s Fall Shortlist
Relaxed sets, wide-leg denim, soft tailoring and adaptable layers deserve a closer look. Here is how to turn dated demand signals into a disciplined LA buying brief.
- Trends Culture
Romance, With a Tailored Backbone
Navy, white and contrasting garment languages give Ralph Lauren’s latest runway a useful lesson in composition: softness becomes more expressive when something holds the line.
- Trends Culture
A Familiar Shirt, Seen Differently
Ahead of J.Crew and Eckhaus Latta’s September 15 collaboration, a closer look at the design decisions that separate a fresh interpretation from another basic.
- Trends Culture
After Fur, a New Language of Texture
New York’s first official fur-free season puts the spotlight on a more interesting design challenge: making volume, movement and surface feel desirable on their own terms.