A couture story by Valentino model and friend Mariacarla Boscono, from A Magazine N°20 Curated By Pierpaolo Piccioli.
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Loneliness
Text and photography by Tilda Swinton, from A Magazine N°3 Curated By Haider Ackermann, 2005.
Dolce Via, a vision of Rome by Charles H. Traub
Musings on the work of Charles H. Traub by Luigi Ballerini inside A Magazine N°20 Curated By Pierpaolo Piccioli.
The Pink Feather Hat
A portrait series by Pierpaolo Piccioli featuring Philip Treacy’s pink feather hat for A Magazine N°20 Curated By Pierpaolo Piccioli.
Pan-Meridional Perception
Inside A Magazine Curated By Pierpaolo Piccioli, lemlem founder Liya Kebede discusses her collaboration with Pierpaolo Piccioli for Moncler Genius, in conversation with Kimberly Drew.
Photography by Erik Madigan Heck
Styling by Natasha Royt
Y/Project & Sacai, AW20, Paris
Glenn Martens chose the blank canvas of Galeries Lafayette Montparnasse’s abandoned premises to present a collection exploring intricate Y-shaped silhouettes, while Sacai’s Chitose Abe dived into space images and the archives of American textile designer Alexander Girard to conceive a collection based on exploration and transformation.
Photography by Adam Katz Sinding
Nina Ricci & Coperni AW20, Paris
At Nina Ricci, Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter explored the work of early 20th century painter Kees van Donger, mixing soft femininity and men’s tailoring, while Coperni’s Arnaud Vaillant and Sebastien Meyer provided totems of the “now” with a collection highly inspired by technology.
Photography by Adam Katz Sinding
Haider Ackermann AW20, Paris
Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man”, David Bowie’s “Absolute Beginners”, Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” and Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” were all part of Haider Ackermann’s Autumn/Winter 2020 – a modern tribute to his all-time favorite songs.
Photography by Adam Katz Sinding
Kenneth Ize AW20, Paris
2019 LVMH Prize finalist Kenneth Ize put local artists and craftsmen under the spotlight by showcasing aso oke, a traditional and sustainable Nigerian fabric used to create ceremonial clothing.
Photography by Adam Katz Sinding
Marni & Missoni AW20, Milan
Marni’s creative director Francesco Risso took an Alice in Wonderland inspiration into the sphere of sustainability with a collection created as the result of patching up scraps of fabric, while Angela Missoni explored the work of Edwin A. Abbott to bring geometry to the Milan runway.
Photography by Adam Katz Sinding
Jil Sander AW20, Milan
Lucie and Luke Meier presented their collection in a vast industrial space in Milan’s Via Bramante, soon to be transformed into the largest design museum in Europe. With the museum set to open this year, the Jil Sander artistic directors took an opportunity to merge their love for design and their contemporary fashion through a scenography recalling the game of musical chairs.
Photography by Adam Katz Sinding
Eckhaus Latta AW20, New York
Zoe Latta and Mike Eckhaus introduced their Autumn/Winter 2020 collection with a poem glorifying the small habits and unconscious questionings of our daily lives. “A seat at the table constructed out of the following: Plagiarized spirituality, low lighting, said dandruff, the mind heart alliance, the weight of empathy, relaxation techniques, those bubbles of air they put in sneakers that feel so good unit… Pop! They don’t! You adapt.”
Photography by Adam Katz Sinding
Sies Marjan AW20, New York
Dutch designer Sander Lak presented his Autumn/Winter 2020 collection a few days before the opening of Countryside, The Future at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. The exhibition explores remote territories to better address the challenges of our urban society. A partial sponsor of the exhibition, Sies Marjan reflected on countryside and city-living by initiating collaborations both on and off the runway.
Photography by Adam Katz Sinding
A Magazine N°20 Curated By Pierpaolo Piccioli
A Magazine Curated By and Valentino are delighted to announce that issue N°20 has been curated by Pierpaolo Piccioli for an international release on December 3rd, 2019. Based in Rome, the Italian fashion designer was named the sole Artistic Director at Valentino in July 2016, after having first worked under Mr. Valentino in 1999 and maintaining a long working relationship with the house ever since. Piccioli is known for re-awakening the extravagant spirit of haute couture in fashion, with his use of bright colour and grand volumes contrasted by his willful advocation of fashion as a conduit for optimism, diversity and inclusivity.
L for LEIGH: Where’s The Poison? Ft. Baillie Walsh & Cerith Wyn Evans
Artist Cerith Wyn Evans and director Baillie Walsh met Leigh Bowery on the London club scene. To both, he became a collaborator and a close friend – a subject to film, a designer to call on for incredible garments, an artist to admire, a conspirator to talk with for endless hours on the phone.
A for AFRICA: Naomi Campbell in conversation with Kim Jones
Opening Kim Jones’ abecedarium, an intimate chat with international supermodel and advocate Naomi Campbell on their mutual love of the African continent and the intricacies of its political and creative landscape.
A launch: N°19 Curated By Kim Jones, London
On May 3rd 2019, A Magazine Curated By celebrated the launch of issue N°19 curated by Kim Jones in London.