The Scoop With Nordic Poetry’s Ameli Lindgren: On a Rare Alexander McQueen Piece and Building an Archive
Welcome to The Scoop, a weekly email series in which I quiz fashion insiders on the stories of the week. This week’s guest is Ameli Lindgren, owner of Nordic Poetry, which, according to British Vogue, is one of the best vintage stores in the world and, according to my banking app, is where my son’s […]
Proenza Schouler Is Relaunching the PS1 with Rachel Scott
A New York icon is making a comeback: the Proenza Schouler PS1 returned to the runway at the brand’s New York Fashion Week show on Thursday, with a fresh redesign by creative director Rachel Scott. The new iteration of the bag, called the PS1 Walker, was first released in 2008 by Proenza founders Jack McCollough […]
How Rage Bait Became All the Rage
While some of the collective’s projects have elicited fierce reactions — most notably, Our Cow Angus, in which Mschf bought a real cow and sold tokens representing 1,200 burgers and four leather bags, leaving buyers to decide whether to sacrifice their purchases to save Angus from slaughter — Whaley’s wasn’t trying to make people angry […]
Arab Fashion Council’s Amina Taher on Where Dubai Fashion Week Stands Today
Dubai is often considered the fashion capital of the Gulf region. It was, until recently, a large part of the industry’s highest-growth story, with the Gulf on track to outpace nearly every other market in 2025, according to Bain & Co. Then came the Iran-US conflict, and Dubai found itself exposed. Despite the turmoil, which […]
CEO Graziano de Boni on Building DVF for the Next Generation
CEO Graziano de Boni got the Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) job by way of a recommendation from Domenico De Sole. De Sole told von Furstenberg that she needed a CEO, and that she should talk to de Boni. So she did. This was September 2023, three years after von Furstenberg had outsourced the brand’s management […]
The British Fashion Council Appoints Pavita Cooper as Chair
Longstanding board advisor and diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) specialist Pavita Cooper has been named the British Fashion Council’s (BFC) new chair, following the announcement of David Pemsel’s pending departure. Cooper will assume her new post on October 1, with Pemsel stepping down on September 30 after a decade-long stint on the executive board, with […]
Jonathan Cohen Joins J. Mendel
Jonathan Cohen has a new gig. The New York designer has joined J. Mendel as its first resident designer, as the 156-year-old brand endeavors to make a comeback. He started in August. Though the announcement comes just a day before New York Fashion Week kicks off, Cohen will show his first collection for the brand […]
“Salomon Should Not Be a Fashion Brand”: The New Creative Director Shares His Manifesto
This shift has driven growth. Parent company Amer Sports — which also owns Wilson and Arc’teryx, among others — reached revenues of $6.57 billion in 2025, a 26% year-on-year increase. Salomon was a standout, accounting for more than $2 billion in sales during fiscal 2025’s fourth quarter. For Q1 2026, Amer Sports grew 26% year-on-year […]
New York Fashion Week Cheat Sheet: Spring/Summer 2027
“I don’t know if it’s about February versus September, but we’ve seen a much bigger desire for brands to show up in different ways,” says Izemrane. “We have to always listen to the industry and we always have to make sure that the way we show up is not one-size-fits-all, but as flexible as we […]
A New Luxury Marketplace Is Making Adaptive Fashion More Discoverable
Before her preventative double mastectomy, artist and designer Carly Berlin’s favorite brand to shop was Kallmeyer. Post-double mastectomy, Kallmeyer remained a favorite, thanks to the adaptability of many of the brand’s garments. “Just because something is functional doesn’t mean that it can’t be beautiful. You see that all the time in interior design, but it’s […]