A ‘how-to’ guide to making a sweater out of your own socks, from inside A Magazine N°1 Curated By Maison Martin Margiela, 2004.
Truth Mask
Benedetta Piccioli in conversation with Pat McGrath in A Magazine N°20 Curated By Pierpaolo Piccioli
A Magazine N°20: A look behind the scenes
The process behind creating A Magazine N°20 Curated By Pierpaolo Piccioli in Rome, Nettuno and Paris, in a short film by Alexander Silberstein.
Masks Do Have A Face
An audiovisual study of Olivier Saillard’s 2005 essay ‘Masks Do Have A Face’ by Paris-based creative director Federico Nessi – the first in a digital A/rchive series.
How Do You Make A Couture Cape?
Inside A Magazine N°20 Curated By Pierpaolo Piccioli, an insight into the Valentino Haute Couture ateliers as they construct a bow-covered silk cape for the Beijing Daydream fashion show in Beijing, China.
I Call Him Mr. Valentino
A couture story by Valentino model and friend Mariacarla Boscono, from A Magazine N°20 Curated By Pierpaolo Piccioli.
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
Proenza Schouler AW20, New York
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez kept things minimal for Autumn/Winter 2020. In a New York space overlooking the West Side Highway, the Proenza Schouler duo presented a collection of 35 silhouettes characterized by their general off-the-shoulder shape and the label’s own definition of sexy-dressing for the new decade.
Photography by Adam Katz Sinding