spring 2022 couture

For all the places Area has taken us, around the world and to outer space, the nightclub has strangely never been a stop along the way. It was maybe too obvious to Piotr Panszczyk—Area is a brand rooted on crystal trim and sexy cut-outs.…

Fashion shows have returned in Europe, though the scene is not quite the same. With fewer members of the fashion set traveling, attendance at shows has been whittled down to the double digits in some cases. But while the audience inside the…

We’re two years into the 2020s and “reset” remains the operative M.O. In life—and in fashion—uncertainty is the norm, and that’s eliciting different reactions from designers. Some are countering with exaggeration and fantasy, others are…