Longchamp’s My Pliage® Customisation Service
Her WorldThe Le Pliage Nylon is available from $420, and the My Pliage service is available free of charge at www.longchamp.com.
Ready Player One
FemaleIt turns 70 this year – a big deal in the attention-deficit fashion industry – but Longchamp is game to prove it can still surprise with the introduction of a Pre-Fall collection, and a tie-up you’d never expect. Creative director Sofia Delafontaine gives Keng Yang Shuen the low-down.
IN THE HOOD
Harper's BazaarLongchamp’s iconic Le Pliage bag gets a provocative new look, courtesy of Shayne Oliver’s boundary-pushing aesthetic.
CHIC IN LEATHER
Her WorldThree ways to get your Longchamp on this season.
INTO THE MATRIX
Harper's BazaarDemna Gvasalia ascended the throne at Balenciaga on the crest of the Vetements wave. Having co-founded the radical Parisian label famous for its counter-culture, anti-fashion clothes, he is the designer on everyone’s lips. Gvasalia also extended Vetements’ discourse on the relationship between clothing and attitude to his debut at Balenciaga. The difference? He spun that discussion around the body with a precise, tailored finesse. Determined to translate Cristóbal Balenciaga’s architectural leanings for this millennium, Gvasalia conceived a passage of skirtsuits that moulded the wearer’s silhouette into a gentle, undulating curve, much like how the master couturier’s elegant bell or cocoon-shaped creations gave women their regal posture during the ’50s. Gvasalia then opened up utilitarian anoraks, puffer jackets and oversized shirts at the shoulders, elevating their street-smart sensibilities through the graceful lens of couture.