Articles by Jesse Brouns
Ludovic de Saint Sernin won over at Ann Demeulemeester
Paris - Ludovic de Saint Sernin's debut with Ann Demeulemeester last weekend in Paris was eagerly awaited. It turned out to be a straightforward tribute, which was perhaps just a little too simple. In recent weeks and months, names have once again been shuffled around fashion's organisational charts. Contracts between labels and designers are...
Fashion |OPINION Featured6 Mar 2023
Paris Fashion Week Men’s: In Paris, extravagance drowns out the clothes
Dries Van Noten showed for the first time in two years back in Paris, as did Céline, Comme des Garçons and Thom Browne. After two years of digital calendars and only a handful of catwalk shows, the fashion spotlight was turned on again in Paris last week. Japanese and Belgian designers returned, and it had been a long time since we had seen so...
Fashion |Report Featured28 Jun 2022
Pitti Uomo is running at full speed again
The semi-annual men's fashion fair Pitti Uomo is having a successful relaunch this week, with more exhibitors, more visitors and an expanded programme for its 102nd edition. Ann Demeulemeester showed favourite looks from thirty years of archives, and Grace Wales Bonner showed in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi. For the past two seasons, Pitti Uomo...
Fairs|Report Featured17 Jun 2022
Au revoir Virgil, welcome Nigo: men's week in Paris and Milan, from farewells to rebirths
Fashion has been shaken up for several years now. While the industry is reflecting on sustainability and racism, among other things, the pandemic has made everything even more complex. The traditional fashion week survives, but it has also been transformed. At first glance, the calendars seem lighter, with fewer catwalk shows. Meanwhile, the...
Fashion |Report Featured25 Jan 2022
Pitti Uomo: Good news from Firenze
Florence - The new fashion year begins in a minor way, but with a dash of optimism. The men’s fair, Pitti Uomo, which traditionally opens the new season in Florence, has experienced some quick reorganisation. Guest of honour Ann Demeulemeester cancelled her scheduled event last week. Brunello Cucinelli, a usually consistent main exhibitor at the...
Fairs|Report Featured14 Jan 2022
Ann Demeulemeester steps up relaunch as special guest of Pitti Uomo
Ann Demeulemeester changed ownership, returned to the catwalk in October with a new creative team, and will be a special guest at the Pitti Uomo fashion fair in Florence in January. Demeulemeester herself resigned in 2013, but says she is happy with the brand’s new course. Ann Demeulemeester between future and past Things had not been going so...
Fashion |BACKGROUND Featured22 Dec 2021
Bare legs, new talent and vintage luxury on the catwalks of Milan
For the first time since March last year, Milan hosted fashion week. Between 21 and 27 September, 43 physical shows were on the schedule, plus 41 events and 98 presentations, mostly for the public. The security measures were occasionally stringent, with a heavily reduced number of seats. For quite a few labels, this resulted in the barring of...
Fashion Featured28 Sept 2021
Men's fashion week Paris returns at half capacity
The men’s fashion week in Paris ended on Sunday and was the first fashion week with an audience since September 2020. The official calendar of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode counted about seventy events, including about ten catwalk shows. Although a relatively small number, it was still higher than the number of shows in Milan,...
Fashion | Featured30 Jun 2021
Retail in Russia: Moscow follows fashion
Moscow - Despite successive economic and diplomatic crises, there is no shortage of fashion in Moscow. From pure luxury to streetwear and everything in between. FashionUnited highlights the six most important multibrands. TSUM: the giant TSUM, which is owned by the Mercury Group (a group that manages over a hundred premium and luxury boutiques...
RetailFeatured19 Nov 2019