Post Gucci Aria thoughts : The Future and the Past

May 03, 2021

In honor of 100 years of Gucci, Alessandro Michele seemed to time travel with the new Aria collection. And it's quite nostalgic and reminiscent of Gucci's past whilst also progressing to the future — premiering a fashion presentation via Instagram live is definitely post-apocalyptic in many ways. One should be warned though, do not call the Gucci x Balenciaga pieces a “collaboration.” These pieces are what Michele refers to as part of his new “hacking lab,” where he took the “nonconformist rigor of Demna Gvaslia.”

The “hacking lab” produced pieces that took us back in time, while still bringing us into the future with the melding of staples from both fashion houses. Pulling from past Balenciaga collections, Michele took classic Balenciaga forms and brought them back to life in Gucci colors, with a Gucci logo, and even blending the two logos together in Balenciaga’s iconic block lettering. To celebrate the centennial year, Alessandro Michele took us back in time while still pushing us into the future.

Text by Oona Oglesby
Photos courtesy of Gucci

Check out pictures from the collection below.

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*Better With Age Turns Vintage Materials Into Tailoring and Eyewear for FW26

October 08, 2026

*Better With Age is getting a little more dressed up. For Fall/Winter 2026, founder Remy Millchman introduces STOLEN ART, an expanded collection that takes the label’s ongoing obsession with vintage clothing and repurposed materials into more tailored territory.

At the center of the collection is the debut of Atelier by *Better With Age, a new sublabel focused on tailoring, business casual, and formal dressing. The line is built entirely from vintage suiting materials, dress shirts, and archival textiles, with some pieces made as one-offs and others produced in limited runs from surplus fabric rolls. The result is a mix of structured silhouettes and the imperfections that come with working with materials that already have a history.

The same approach extends to the accessories. For FW26, *Better With Age introduces a limited eyewear capsule made using genuine antique silver flatware, repurposed into functional components of the frames. Each style is limited to 50 pieces, with the natural wear and variations of the silver making every pair slightly different.

Text by Dylan Andrews
Photos courtesy of *Better With Age

STOLEN ART ultimately continues what *Better With Age has been doing from the beginning: taking things that already exist and giving them another life. This season, that idea moves beyond reconstructed vintage garments into sharper tailoring and unexpected luxury accessories, without losing the sense of history that defines the label.

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Saucony Goes West With Space Cowboy

October 02, 2026

Saucony is bringing a Western twist to some of its most recognizable silhouettes with Space Cowboy, a new capsule blending performance-driven materials with classic cowboy references. First previewed in Paris in June 2025, the collection has officially now arrived.

Designed by Isaac Neves, Space Cowboy reworks five Saucony silhouettes: the ProGrid Triumph 4, ProGrid V2, 586i, Endorphin Azura, and Endorphin Elite 3. Across the collection, chrome details, brindle cow-print hair-on leather, Western-inspired stitching, and bolo tie-inspired laces bring a distinctly Western feel to the brand’s sportier designs.

“Pop culture’s obsession with the Western aesthetic is continuing to make an impact, becoming the new intersection of music and fashion,” says Brian Moore, Chief Product Officer at Saucony. “Mixed materials like chrome, traditional brindle cow printed hair on leather, Western style stitching details and bolo tie inspired laces round up this collection.”

The capsule taps into the continued crossover between Western style, music, and fashion, balancing familiar cowboy codes with Saucony’s performance-focused aesthetic.