The Dries Finale

and Paris Men's Week & SS25 picks

Jul 01, 2024

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Dries Finale

Dries Van Noten’s final show was one of the highlights from Paris Men’s Week. Some context from the NYT:

Fashion is notoriously bad at retirement and succession planning. Karl Lagerfeld, the designer of Chanel, Fendi and his own label, died in mid-work at age 85 in 2019. Ralph Lauren, 84, and Giorgio Armani, 89, are still firmly in control of the houses they founded. So is Rei Kawakubo, 81; Yohji Yamamoto, 80; and Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli (75 and 78). Jil Sander, who sold her company to Prada in 1999, ended up returning to the brand that bears her name not just once, but twice, before finally cutting the strings.

And:

His team has begun designing the women’s collection for September, and he has caught sight of some samples. “You think, ‘Oh, they’re selecting that color?’ But I can’t say anything.” He snorted at his inability to disengage. “OK, it’s not working completely.”

Some of Raquel’s favorite looks:

The runway was filled with shimmering silver leaf, and Van Noten received a standing ovation when he made his last appearance.

Men’s Week Miscellanea

With Men’s Fashion Week wrapping up in Paris, and couture week starting, we wanted to call out a few micro items that caught our eyes:

Metalwood x adidas:

Umbro chain mail shirt:

story mfg hats + ROA + Asics

CDG Homme Plus x Nike Sense 96

Rick Owens “Hollywood” at the Palais de Tokyo:

Skims has turned into a wildly successful business for Kim Kardashian. I suspect it may be the only product focused-company in the Jenner-Kardashian empire that is performing well and growing. How has Kim succeeded where she (and her sisters) have failed in the past?

Her enormous star power certainly doesn’t hurt, but the marketing team at Skims has done a fantastic job of securing of-the-moment talent to wear the product. Just a few recent examples:

Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan:

Sunisa Lee for Team USA at the upcoming Olympics:

Jude Bellingham for the Euros:

The true stars of White Lotus Season 2:

While Calvin Klein occasionally still commands attention for its marketing, it’s really Skims that is commanding attention in the space. And apparently a big brick & mortar expansion will be rolling out, furthering cementing Skims in the loungewear space.