PreFall

LoveShackFancy’s pre-fall 2024 collection notes open as follows: “Summer is our story. It’s the magic of travel and faraway places. It’s hot days and warm nights. It’s the promise of sun-kissed skin and kaleidoscopic skies. It’s candy…

Tibi’s Amy Smilovic is nothing if not practical. Pre-fall is a summer collection, but she’s not making clothes for lounging around the Mediterranean (well, not just for that). “Our customer, she works. Summer is not just on a boat…

“I don’t think there are many designers who can go back to a collection they did for their maison 10 years ago and refer to it in a new collection,” said Olivier Rousteing. He’s right: founder-designers like Giorgo Armani, Stella McCartney,…

“I don’t think there are many designers who can go back to a collection they did for their maison 10 years ago and refer to it in a new collection,” said Olivier Rousteing. He’s right: founder-designers like Giorgo Armani, Stella McCartney,…

Clothes not concepts—or as he puts it, “no bullshit”: that’s what Fausto Puglisi is driven to deliver as his stewardship of Roberto Cavalli canters on. Even at 9 am sharp on a mightily cold Milan morning this week, the fiery Sicilian’s…

Sarah Staudinger christened this summer the “Summer of Staud,” launching swimwear for the first time, and touting the essentials she designs that go with it. This season she continued to riff on the concept. Picture swimwear bottoms paired…

Move over Frankie: It’s Norma’s turn to say “Relax!” Now is the moment “to de-stress, we can’t take it anymore,” said Norma Kamali on a walk-through of her pre-fall 2024 collections which includes many soft jersey knits to wear loose,…

There was no overarching theme or inspiration at Partow this season; just a rack full of solidly wearable clothes. “I feel like the world is in a very sensitive place, so I always think about how people are feeling and what…

Since Jennie McCormick and Kyle Sweeney’s takeover at Rag & Bone, they’ve brought the brand’s focus closer to home. “We’ve been exploring all angles of New York, and what it means to live in New York, and be a New Yorker,” said…

“My whole thing this year has been about securing my customer,” Frederick Anderson said at a preview of this pre-fall collection. “It’s about finding out where they are, what they’re doing, and moving towards them.” Anderson’s customer…