Vacation Was the Fitting Inspiration at Alessandro Sartori’s Zegna
Alessandro Sartori staged Ermenegildo Zegna’s Spring/Summer 2027 menswear collection on a pier in Malibu, California, marking a departure from the brand’s traditional Italian venues. The runway was framed by ocean vistas, reinforcing a vacation‑inspired aesthetic that blends relaxed tailoring with vibrant, sun‑kissed hues. The show signals Zegna’s strategic emphasis on the U.S. market as the unofficial start of the menswear season. By marrying heritage craftsmanship with a West Coast leisure vibe, the collection aims to capture post‑pandemic consumer desire for travel and freedom.
Matthew Tammaro Distorts the Nude
Canadian photographer Matthew Tammaro, now based in Paris, unveiled his new "Reconfigurations" series, a collection of 17 distorted nude photographs that fuse painting sensibilities with photographic immediacy. Drawing on his Toronto painting education, Tammaro treats the camera as a collage...
David Wojnarowicz’s World of Ruins Comes to Glasgow
The Modern Institute in Glasgow opened "some day this will all be crumbling ruins," an extensive exhibition on the life and work of David Wojnarowicz. Running through August 28, the show features rare installations, photographs, and archival material that trace his...
Thomas Bangalter and Hans Ulrich Obrist on La Caverne Du Pont Neuf
Thomas Bangalter, half of Daft Punk, has partnered with photographer‑artist JR to create "La Caverne du Pont Neuf," a temporary, fabric‑covered installation on Paris’s historic Pont Neuf bridge. The work transforms the bridge into a surreal mountainscape, echoing Christo and Jeanne‑Claude’s...
A Sense of Occasion: Brodie Crellin on Their Debut Novel
Brodie Crellin’s first novel, “A Sense of Occasion,” arrives from Jonathan Cape with high‑profile blurbs from Robert Glück, Mary Gaitskill and Chris Kraus. Set around a family funeral, the story follows the grieving daughter Patch, her cousin Jude, and their gay father‑actor...
Sheila Metzner: “I Photograph My Truth”
Sheila Metzner, the American photographer who defined 1980s fashion imagery, reflects on her truth‑driven approach in a new interview. Her work for Vogue (1981‑89) combined portraiture of cultural icons like Uma Thurman and Robert Mapplethorpe with high‑profile commissions for Ralph...
AnOther Loves: A Gilded Stiletto
Jimmy Choo has unveiled the Faiz 100, a stiletto that fuses delicate lace with a gilded metal toe cap, evoking medieval armor. The shoe’s razor‑sharp silhouette and lace‑worked metal detail transform a traditionally fragile material into a bold, protective aesthetic. Inspired by...
Gray Wielebinski’s New Show Looks at How Masculinity Is Produced
Gray Wielebinski’s latest exhibition, "Bring Me Men," opens at Nicoletti gallery during London Gallery Weekend. The show resurrects the retired United States Air Force Academy slogan that once greeted cadets, using it as a lens to examine how masculinity is...
Oliver Jeanes, the Designer Mining the Pleasures of Bad Taste
Oliver Jeanes, the British designer famed for mixing mischief with sensitivity, has unveiled his second collection that reimagines the flamboyant costumes of his childhood as a competitive freestyle disco dancer. The line showcases Lycra, mesh, PVC and leather, all drenched...
Lauren Elkin’s New Book Explores Singing as a Vessel for Feminism and Power
Lauren Elkin’s memoir‑manifesto Vocal Break examines the cultural history of women’s singing as a site of rebellion, vulnerability and power. Drawing on myth, literature and figures from Cyndi Lauper to Kamala Harris, she uses her own vocal break—the transition between chest and head voice—as...
How Genesis P-Orridge Turned the Post Into Protest
Genesis P‑Orridge transformed a 1974 mail‑art piece—an envelope stamped with an armillary sphere and the phrase “Global Infantilism”—into a provocative statement on protest. The work, sent from the UK to Canada, used the postal system as a distribution channel for...
Peter Hujar’s Contact Sheets Reveal an Artist in the Process of Becoming
A trove of 5,783 contact sheets documenting Peter Hujar’s entire photographic career has been organized into eight banker‑box archives and is now the centerpiece of a new MACK book and exhibition. Each sheet is housed in a plastic wallet, preserving...
Torishéju: “It Wasn’t Meant to Become a Brand”
Torishéju Dumi, a Nigerian‑Brazilian designer, discusses the perpetual tension between vulnerability and strength that fuels her work. In a Spring/Summer 2026 interview with AnOther Magazine, she stresses that her label was never intended to become a commercial brand. The conversation also...
On Fashioning the Body: Karoline Vitto and Sinéad O’Dwyer in Conversation
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newly expanded Costume Institute opened its inaugural exhibition, “Costume Art,” featuring designers Sinéad O’Dwyer and Karoline Vitto. Both designers were contacted directly by chief curator Andrew Bolton, underscoring the museum’s hands‑on approach. Their conversation reveals...
Julian Schnabel: “I Painted My Way Into a Lot of Trouble”
Julian Schnabel, the 74‑year‑old painter who burst onto the 1980s New York scene with his signature plate paintings, says he "painted my way into a lot of trouble" and later out of it. His large‑scale works, which embed broken crockery...