KENZO SS17 – "Music Is My Mistress"

February 20, 2017

Humberto Leon & Carol Lim, creative directors of KENZO present "Music Is My Mistress" a short film by lauded writer/director Kahlil Joseph. Starring Tracee Ellis Ross, Jesse Williams, Kelsy Lu and Ish, the film an amalgamation of rhythms, visions and moods that eschews narrative continuity in favor of divergent glimpses into a bigger story.

Kahlil Joseph's unique brand of filmmaking pushes the form into extreme shifts of registers, code-switching fluidly between several filmic languages. It's a trailer wrapped in a music video inside a short film. It's a comedy subverting its own seriousness. It feels vast yet intimate, pensive yet deeply funny, lyrical and blunt, precise and improvised. "Music is my Mistress" is testament to Joseph's talent for inhabiting multiple realities at once, an argument against separation and compartmentalization.

KENZO "Music is my Mistress", a film by Kahlil Joseph

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"With every campaign film we always try to take KENZO to a new place. This is the second time we've worked with Kahlil on a short film and with "Music is My Mistress" he evoked another viewpoint on our collections that felt right to us. Visually the movie is incredible and leads us to confirm we were right in trusting our instincts when we asked him to work with us on the project. Having Tracee, Jessie, Lu and Ish also collaborate was amazing. The atmosphere on set was so unique and we think that's visible in the film. Everyone brought their diverse talents together to create something beautiful."

Fashion

Jacquemus x Timberland's "La Bateau"

April 23, 2025

Originally launched in 1978 Timberland’s iconic 3-Eye Lug Boat Shoe—affectionately dubbed “La Bateau” is getting a bold revamp through a new collaboration with French fashion house Jacquemus. Trading out their iconic “construction yellow,” synonymous with their brand and their famous Original Yellow Boot™, for designer Simon Porte Jacquemus’ signature “banana yellow.” Merging rugged New England grit and romantic French Riviera playfulness. The design is effortless, energetic, and just the right amount of unexpected.

Keeping the aspects that have made it a staple for decades, the Timberland & Jacquemus 3-Eye Lug Boat Shoe keeps its premium leather, chunky lug sole, soft lining, cotton laces, but introduces new details like metal lace keepers and squared-off eyelights giving it a more Paris than Portsmouth edge.

The design is stepping far from boat decks and into wardrobes around the world, dropping April 23rd online and select stores.

Text By Rea Brayshaw

Fashion

MM6 Maison Margiela x Salomon Unveil a Bold New Chapter

April 15, 2025

MM6 Maison Margiela and Salomon continue to push boundaries with the latest evolution of their creative partnership — a collaboration rooted in shared innovation and a mutual aptitude for redefining functional fashion.

With a foundation in activewear, the collection reimagines the running wardrobe through a fashion lens. Every piece is built to layer and remix, adapting effortlessly to the fast pace of urban life.

Launching as part of the Spring/Summer 2025 AVP collection, this genderless capsule is a seamless fusion of Salomon’s technical prowess and MM6’s avant-garde sensibility. Dropping in two waves — April 17th and May 8th — the collection blends lightweight performance fabrics with unconventional silhouettes and signature design elements from both houses.

By Dylan Andrews
Photos courtesy of MM6 Maison Margiela

Highlights from the collection include a reworked MA-1 bomber crafted from translucent windproof ripstop and a pair of exaggerated wide shorts, finished with laser-cut edges. Core wardrobe pieces such as tanks, tees, and fitted shorts are elevated with graphic elements that nod to MM6’s irreverent spirit; oversized logos, safety-pin inspired tags, and playful xerox-style sneaker prints. Footwear takes center stage with the return of the XT-4 Mule sneakers in two seasonal colorways and the introduction of Salomon’s Spectur 2 road shoe.

Available online at MM6 Maison Margiela and Salomon’s official websites, in selected flagship stores, and through global multi-brand retailers.