Fendi Triptych Takes Couture Week

July 07, 2023

What comes first, the outfit or the accessories? For creative director Kim Jones, it’s clearly the latter. At Fendi’s Fall 2023 Haute Couture show, models floated down the halls of Palais Brongiart in Paris in understated gowns which shed light on the luxury house’s debut high jewelry collection, Fendi Triptych. Designed by artistic director Delfina Delettrez Fendi, the jewelry is abstracted in the clothes — zeroing in on Grecian gowns in shades reminiscent of rubies, sapphires, and black diamonds.

On the subject of his design process, Jones writes, “We worked on a template based on Delfina’s high jewelry. If there is no jewelry, the idea is still present through the color palette and embellishment in the collection.” While the gowns were inspired by the concept of Fendi Tryptic, they certainly stand on their own, placing draped dresses and corset details back on our radar.

Text by Meyme Nakash
Photos courtesy of Fendi

This season, we wanted to concentrate on the achievement of fluidity, drape and shape through couture techniques, bringing these elements together with the attitude of today.

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VRTUE: Capsule One

This month, the avant-garde concept project marks its debut, taking over Melrose Botanical Garden with a weekend (October 25–27) of immersive sculpture, sonic rituals, and shopping. Rooted in esoteric knowledge and ancient practices, VRTUE channels this well of wisdom into a philosophy of reality realignment, offering a space where transformation feels palpable.

Details on the launch event (October 25, 7 PM) can be found here.

TOP by HELENA EISENHART, BRA by HOOZATELIER, PANTS by ZEMI STAR

TOP by FOUR ATELIER, BRIEFS by NOSESSO, NECKLACE by RAEYOYOUNG, RINGS by HARLOT HANDS and MAGIC EYE

DRESS by DUAL SENTIENCE, EARRINGS by RAEYOYOUNG

TOP and JACKET by JC THE LABEL, SKIRT by XETHREAL

TOP by EMPATH, PANTS by HELENA EISENHART, CHAIN by CHOIR CHAIN

JACKET by FEYFEY WORLDWIDE, BOTTOMS by HOOZATELIER

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OTTONYMOUS

October 14, 2024

Ottolinger's SS25 collection emerged through the jaws of a giant shark, with the show's pulse driven by the debut soundtrack from WENCH, a new project by ARCA and Shayne Oliver.

Embracing a distinctly avant-garde aquatic sensibility, designers Christa Bösch and Cosima Gadient also debuted OTTONYMOUS, an eyewear collection marking the first in an ongoing collaboration with the underground heavyweight and Anonymous.club designer. Each model embodied "the shark drifting between cities... dorsal fin splitting the world like an oyster," with visors borrowing their slick, monochromatic shapes from previous Shayne Oliver Group designs and bombshell swimwear rendered in bold Ottolinger colorways, captured here by photographer Jacqueline Landvik.

Photography by Jacqueline Landvik, courtesy of Ottolinger.

"In the small hours when the world sleeps, it is a voice message sent from an empty airport. Waking to the grainy dawn light and the tinted window of a 4 a.m. taxi, I swim through an aquarium of skyscrapers. Mine is a body in transit, intimately dressed in yesterday's party and tomorrow's new beginnings; never too early or too late. From chrome meeting rooms to remote beaches, I am timeless and beyond time, diving neoprene into the darkness of a deep blue sea, surfacing among the turquoise whirlpools and discarded cocktail umbrellas of an infinity pool."