Above the Fold

Spring 2026, Michael Rider’s opening act at Celine

Blending his own design lineage with the fashion house’s storied past, Rider lays the groundwork for a new chapter at Celine

by Pedro Vasconcelos

Above the Fold

Second skin: How the leather daddy infiltrated catwalks from club darkrooms

Writer Pedro Vasconcelos traces leather’s journey from underground queer spaces to high-fashion runways, while photographer Jonny Marlow documents the origins of this aesthetic at LA’s...

by Pedro Vasconcelos

Above the Fold

Closed stalls and open doors in Alessandro Michele’s Valentino

For Fall/Winter 2025, the maximalist designer probes community and privacy with a panoptic showcase

by Pedro Vasconcelos

Above the Fold

Haider Ackermann’s Tom Ford is after a different kind of queerness

In his first collection for the house, one writer speculates if the new creative director can live up to the brand's signature sensuality

by Pedro Vasconcelos

Above the Fold

At London Fashion Week, Being British Is Back

For Fall/Winter 2025, British designers aren’t fading—they’re fighting

by Pedro Vasconcelos

Above the Fold

Willy Chavarria’s ‘Tarantula’ brings his America to the French fashion world

For his debut at Paris Men’s Fashion Week, The American designer’s vision blooms in his Fall/Winter 2025 collection

by Pedro Vasconcelos