23 December 2022 |
TEN CRAVES IS OUR ONLINE SERIES THAT ROUNDS UP ALL THE BEST PRODUCT LAUNCHES AND MUST-KNOW FASHION HAPPENINGS WEEK IN, WEEK OUT.
GRAB A DRINK AT THE BEAUFORT BAR AT THE SAVOY
In the heart of one of the world’s most famous hotels, The Savoy, lies the Beaufort Bar, a dramatic jet-black space made glamorous with gilded decor. Open from Thursday to Saturday nights, with a DJ playing sultry tunes after dark, the prestigious bar was host to our Kloss x 10 Magazine party last month – and we absolutely adored it. Not to mention the delectable menu, named Nocturne, takes guests on a flavourful journey through the ages focusing on the finest wines, Champagnes, cocktails, and a luxury dining assortment for all to indulge in. Discover here.
GOLDWIN 0’S WINTER WARMERS AW22 OFFERING
Goldwin 0’s Autumn/Winter 2022 range of wonderful winter warmers covers all the bases. Overflowing with high-function windbreakers, classic gilets, cosy optically ribbed jumpers and fleece and panelled joggers, Goldwin 0 has got all the garms you could ever need. Shop now.
WASTEYARN PROJECT X CELIA PYM POPS UP AT MERCI
Talented textile artist Celia Pym and knitwear brand WasteYarn Project (WYP), have just launched a lasting link-up centred around circularity and sustainability. WYP co-founder and designer, Siri Johansen, met Pym at their shared alma mater, The Royal College of Art, and the design duo quickly fell into step. Commencing the long-term collaboration with a pop-up at Merci, Paris, visitors were invited to observe live-and-in-person creation with the pair adding embellishments onto WYP sweaters by hand. Pym and Johansen also ran a textile repair workshop series, dubbed Mending Knitwear. Discover more.
THE QASIMI RISING TALENT INCUBATOR
London-based brand Qasimi has just debuted its own talent incubator called, Qasimi Rising. To nurture emerging designers and instigate growth, the incubator will provide two selected designers with three years of funding (six seasons), and an additional seven years of mentoring. With co-working spaces and support from industry professionals – including Erin Roberts, Nicolas Santos and Jay Solanki – there will be focus on production, product development, merchandising, marketing and business function. On the judging panel are GQ Middle East editor-in-chief Ahmad Swaid, Yuko Hasegawa and María Magdalena Campos-Pons, along with Qasimi creative director Hoor Al Qasimi. Apply now, through to January 15.
FENDI’S FIRST HOME DÉCOR AND LIFESTYLE ACCESSORIES EDIT
Fit your home with Fendi. The house’s inaugural home décor and lifestyle accessories collection joins the Fendi Casa world and is designed under the paragon eye of Silvia Venturini Fendi. The O’Lock, Fendi Roma and Pequin codes percolate the powdery colour palette while touches of golden details enliven the textures of porcelain sets, boxes, trays, candle holders and FF logo home textiles. Built from only the finest of natural woods, nappa leathers, Limoges porcelains, and cashmere, the range is an embodiment of Italian luxury. There are table games such as backgammon, tic-tac-toe and dominos up for grabs too, to keep your home cool, cosy, and convivial this holiday season. The collection is available now in Fendi and Fendi Casa Boutiques worldwide together with fendi.com.
BAG IT WITH BLUMARINE
Y2K is embedded in the DNA of Blumarine, a brand with girly, seductive style that has become a gloabl hit in the hands of Nicola Brognano. The brand has a new, gender-less bag range dubbed Blumarine DNA. Consisting of The Kiss Me bag, Butterfly bag and Cargo bag, the trio come in denim, leather or patent leather and ripple from intense red to ultraviolet, from black to taupe, and to Blumarine’s ever-present baby pink.
HARRI’S SECOND INFLATABLE LATEX COLLECTION AT APOC STORE
If you’re on Insta, you’ve probably seen Harri’s gravity-defying inflatable latex trousers. The LCF MA Menswear alum was catapulted into the limelight after his punchy graduate presentation put him on the radar to become a BFC Newgen recipient for 2022/23, and now, he’s back with another proportionally peculiar collection available exclusively on Apoc Store. Born Harikrishnan Keezhathil Surendran Pillai – the 29-year-old Indian designer’s SS23 offering is playful and expressive, and filled with bulbous, juicy-hued garms inspired by the designer’s own fascination with bodybuilding and neolithic depictions of the human form. Shop now.
PER GÖTESSON’S ‘SLASHES EVERYTHING’ CAPSULE
Per Götesson’s latest capsule release, called Slashes Everything, does just as its name says. Giving new life to the overlooked, 19 vintage T-shirts are repurposed and resewn with the designer’s signature exposing cuts. Traditional masculine traits are subverted too, newly imbued with fragility and sensuality. Modeled by a patchwork of London creatives – Loshh, a multi-genre musician, and Luca Reuben, a designer at CSM – Götesson recruited his peers and fans to help create the capsule, transforming garments and delivering them back to the community via his webstore. Shop now.
Photography by Seif-Ali Umaar.
‘GOOD NIGHT HATTON LABS’, THE JEWELLER’S ROMEO AND JULIETTE-INSPIRED SS23 OFFERING
Love and pain are at the centre of London-based brand Hatton Labs’ SS23 collection. Inspired by Shakespeare’s tragic tale of Romeo and Juliette, delicate rose flower details and heart silhouettes are rife in hand-casted silver, juxtaposed by harsh pointed thorns. Nods to Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 cinematic adaptation of the tale are apparent too, and historically classic feminine iconography styles are reimagined too.
‘VALENTINO ROSSO’, THE BRAND’S BIG RED BOOK
“For the Valentino maison, red is not just a colour. It is a non-fading mark, a logo, an iconic element of the brand, a value,” Valentino Garavani once said. Encapsulating and examining the house’s relationship with the crimson colour, luxury publisher Assouline has released Valentino Rosso by Charlie Porter, spanning the eras of Garavani himself, into the current creative director, Pierpaolo Piccioli. Featuring over 180 of Valentino’s most iconic dresses and accessories alongside 200 illustrations, the title is bound by a silk hardcover and a luxury slipcase, so if you need some new coffee table content, this volume is for you. Buy your copy here.
PALACE X C.P. COMPANY’S TECHNICAL OUTERWEAR AND ACCESSORIES
Mixing premium sportswear with the vivacity of British youth culture, Palace and C.P. Company just joined forces for an exclusive cross-coded collaboration of outerwear and accessories with a bright, earth-toned palette. Palace’s reinterprets C.P. Company’s technical prowess here, especially its technical garment dyeing expertise. Along with Palace’s own vision of South Bank skate culture, key pieces such as the C.P duffle coat and the lambswool jumper are reimagined alongside Palace staples such as the bomber jacket and sweatpants. Palace x C.P. Company is available online on both brand’s websites as well as at their flagship stores. Shop now.
ISAMAYA’S WILD STAR MAKIAGE SELECTION
Spurred by a love of kitsch and glamour, Isamaya Ffrench’s new Wild Star beauty collection is the gold standard of rodeo decadence; a beautifying embodiment of the uninhibited freedom found in cowboy country. Made up of lipstick, a pigment palette, highlighter, lip liner and mascara, all the seductive products from Isamaya’s second exclusive collection are vegan and cruelty-free. Ffrench says, “Vivacious, glamorous and wild! The Wild Star collection pays homage to our inner cowgirl – sexy, powerful yet always aligned with the spirit of the natural world… Release your inner cowgirl!” Shop now.
Photography by Steven Klein.
SWAROVSKI’S GLITTERING GOLDEN GOOSE TRAINERS
Just in time for the magic of Christmas, luxurious sneaker and apparel brand Golden Goose steps into the Swarovski Creators Lab for a limited-release collection dripping in crystals. Inspired by the skate scene in Los Angeles, California, two new versions of the iconic Golden Goose Super-Star sneaker are embellished by white and pink Swarovski ice, alongside a dazzling skateboard inspired by the Golden Goose Flag. Available exclusively on swarovski.com and in select Swarovski stores and at Golden Goose, don’t walk, run toward the store, with every crystallised step transporting you into this starry, collaborative universe. Shop now.
Top Image: courtesy of Hatton Labs.
