(AND SOME OF THE ASIAN MODELS WHO COMMANDED THE SEASON’S RUNWAYS)

As international luxury houses are forced to be more experimental with their approaches, the structure that the entire industry has run on is slowly but surely dismantling. But this might not be a bad thing.

SO WHAT IF TRAVEL’S STILL RESTRICTED? LENDING A FUN AND FEEL-GOOD DIMENSION TO ARCHIVE STYLES FROM HIS GENDER-FLUID NAMESAKE LABEL – WITH MONCLER’S SIGNATURE LIGHTWEIGHT PUFFER FABRIC – JW ANDERSON REMINDS US THAT, SOMETIMES, ALL ONE NEEDS TO ESCAPE IS A LITTLE IMAGINATION. FEMALE AND THE LUXURY SKIWEAR BRAND GO ON AN ADVENTURE WITH HIS DEBUT 1 MONCLER JW ANDERSON COLLECTION FOR THE LATTER’S GENIUS PROJECT.

PART OF THE SPANISH LABEL’S LATEST TIE-UP WITH PAULA’S IBIZA, LOEWE’S SMILEY® COLLECTION COULDN’T COME AT A BETTER TIME. IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS LAUNCH THIS MONTH, CREATIVE DIRECTOR JW ANDERSON SHARES SOME WISE WORDS ON ESCAPISM AND THE ART OF THE YELLOW SMILEY.

From sun-soaked escapades to moonlit raves, this is dressing for revelry and festivals all night long—no daisy chain headband allowed.

THE FIRST SEASON OF THE NEW DECADE SAW A LEGION OF DESIGNERS ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND LONGEVITY—WHETHER BY RETHINKING METHODS AND MATERIALS, IMBUING PIECES WITH MEANING AND PRECIOUSNESS TO BE CHERISHED FOREVER, OR STRIPPING BACK THE SUPERFLUOUS TO CRAFT DESIGNS THAT WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME.

Idol, influence, kindred spirit. Noelle Loh reports on the dreamy results of what happens when Jonathan Anderson reinterprets the works of a man who was just like him, but born 150 years earlier, for Loewe’s festive capsule.

Jonathan Anderson is a designer who does not settle on a single point of reference.

As Loewe celebrates its 170th anniversary in Madrid, Charmaine Ho speaks to Creative Director, Jonathan Anderson about the “now” and why a bagis as important as a home

With its sharp design and clever curate by Jonathan Anderson, Loewe is muscling its way to the front of the fashion pack by celebrating the essence of its business— the exceptional craft of leather.

Gerald Tan talks to Jonathan Anderson- the brains behind Loewe’s modern renaissance