#womenswear 2015/2016

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Loewe Fall/Winter 2015-2016 Womenswear catalogue

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Fashion In Flux.

As 2022 drew to a close, the tectonics slowly began shifting; now, as we embark into 2023, fashion is finally facing a major vibe shift. 

While the past seven years have been peppered with rising talents and breakout stars, following the last seismic shift, it has undeniably been a two-man race between Gucci’s Alessandro Michele and Balenciaga’s Demna. 

Until it wasn’t. 

Following Michele’s recent announcement that he’d be parting ways with the Italian house, occurring almost simultaneously with Balenciaga-gate, fashion finds itself in a state of flux.

Michele’s appointment as creative director back in 2015 came as something of a surprise – triumphant over more recognisable names including Riccardo Tisci, Christopher Kane, Joseph Altuzarra, and Tom Ford, again – with Kering’s chief François-Henri Pinault tasking the designer with taking the house in a ‘daring direction’ following predecessor Frida Giannini’s early exit. 

It’s a formula we’ve similarly seen strike gold in the years since with Daniel Lee at Bottega Veneta and Daniel Roseberry at Schiaparelli, but it has also been catastrophic, in the case of Justin O’Shea’s breakneck seven-month tenure at Brioni and Lanvin’s seemingly revolving front door.

Revisiting his Autumn/Winter 2015 debut (the unofficial one), Michele’s maximalist magpie tendencies weren’t as grandiose as we’ve come to expect, but his willowy boys with their luscious locks, pussybow blouses, fur-lined slippers, and nerdy, oversized reading glasses were a world away from the stark streetwear we were seeing in menswear at the time. Similarly, his womenswear debut was an entirely different offering to Miuccia Prada’s smart and subversive Prada, Hedi Slimane’s svelte and skanky Saint Laurent, Nicolas Ghesquière’s sleek and chic Louis Vuitton, or Phoebe Philo’s salve for all wounds, Céline – before Slimane later axed the é. 

After presenting four collections – his AW15 menswear and womenswear debuts (presented separately, before the brand went co-ed in 2017) a Resort 2016 show in New York, and a stepped-up sophomore menswear outing – Michele was awarded International Designer of the Year at the 2015 British Fashion Awards for having ‘set the fashion agenda’ and ‘confirming Gucci’s position as a truly directional fashion house.’ 

Meanwhile, Demna, who we now know as the mononymous creative director at Balenciaga, was still somewhat unknown, just beginning to step into the limelight as design lead at Vetements, presenting his sophomore collection during the same season. He would be named as Alexander Wang’s successor seven months later in October 2015. 

In the years that followed, both designers began laying the foundations to create the behemoth brands today, albeit at opposite ends of the spectrum – Balenciaga the dark and dirty counterpart to the romance and nostalgia of Gucci. 

There’s the inescapable assault from both brands as the go-to for your celebrity faves: from Balenciaga’s Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Dua Lipa, Elliot Page, Justin Bieber, Isabelle Huppert, Michaela Coel, Nicole Kidman, and Kylie Jenner to Gucci’s Harry Styles, Jared Leto, Lana Del Rey, Florence Welch, Måneskin, Miley Cyrus, Phoebe Bridgers, Billie Eilish, Dev Hynes, Idris Elba, Janelle Monáe, Julia Garner, Andrew Garfield, Jodie Smith, Jack Grealish – you get it. 

Yet amid standout shows (Autumn/Winter 2018, Spring/Summer 2019, Resort 2020, and Autumn/Winter 2022) meme-orable moments (from severed heads to platform Crocs) and cohort of collaborations (adidas times two, Palace, The Simpsons, Disney, and even each other in fashion’s first multiverse moment) their commonality stretched beyond the creative into their forward-thinking business mindset. Whether partnering with the World Food Programme, aiding employees to find safe abortions, ditching fur, platforming upcoming design talents, hiring diehard stans, or branching into beauty, Demna and Alessandro represented a ‘new’ kind of creative director – simultaneously scrutinising the finer details while taking scope of the bigger picture. 

Yet it’s this painstaking attention to detail that makes Balenciaga’s recent ad scandal even more perplexing. Despite the brand initially blaming production company North Six – with a $25m lawsuit that was swiftly dropped – insiders question, rightfully so, how such images could see the light of day with so many stakeholders involved. 

Regardless of which side of the scandal you find yourself on, it’s impossible to ignore the endurance of this particular controversy. Thanks to the Right’s rebirth of ‘Satanic Panic’, luxury brands are forced to walk an ever-shrinking tightrope to do the ‘right’ thing, not because they want to, but because they have to in order to protect their bottom line. Remember when controversial ads were en vogue? 

Since Balenciaga-gate, Gucci found itself under similar criticism following the release of its ‘HA HA HA’ campaign – featuring Harry Styles wearing a teddy bear t-shirt toting a mattress that denigrators said belonged to a ‘toddler’. In a now deleted TikTok video, Coach was decried for Disney-themed teddy bears in its Sydney store that were described as ‘satanic’ and ‘evil’. 

For Balenciaga, the fallout (still falling) from its Chernobyl has seen Kim Kardashian, the poster child for Demna’s Balenciaga, noticeably out of the brand claiming to be ‘shaken by the disturbing images’ and ‘re-evaluating her relationship with the brand’. After appearing in the brand’s AW22 campaign, Euphoria’s Alexa Demie deleted all Balenciaga images from her Instagram feed and promptly unfollowed for good measure. Then the Business of Fashion rescinded its ‘highest honour’, the Global VOICES award and instead asked the brand representatives to attend to explain the saga – they declined. 

As the brand’s first show post-Balenci-gate approaches, the mind intrigues whether deep-thinking Demna will address the controversy. Amid the storm that has permanently taken root above Balenciaga HQ, the designer and CEO Cédric Charbit seem to be on borrowed time.

So, who does that leave in line to succeed fashion’s Iron Throne? At the end of 2022, Miu Miu took home Lyst’s title of hottest brand of the year for the first time – beating away heavyweights Balenciaga (who has topped the chart six times) and Gucci (topping 10 times and never placing lower than 4th). 

Thanks to its viral micro skirt set – which solidified its status on countless covers and via Shein knock-offs and homemade Halloween costumes – Miuccia trebled down from Spring/Summer 2022 through to Spring/Summer 2023, turning Moo Moo into a cash cow with churning out micro bras and adorable accessories.  

There’s also the new guard of next gen designers invited to make their mark at hallowed houses: Ludovic de Saint Sernin and Harris Reed will shortly present their debuts for Ann Demeulemeester and Nina Ricci respectively, while Maximilian Davis will reveal his sophomore runway collection for Ferragamo. With luck, an exciting opportunity to see what they’ve got, and not another revolving door. Bianca Saunders and Priya Ahluwalia next please! 

Will Matthieu Blazy achieve a hattrick at Bottega Veneta? What has Raf Simons got up his sleeve? What Ever Happened To Phoebe Philo? With heavyweights in limbo – Alessandro Michele, Riccardo Tisci – a hotly anticipated debut from Daniel Lee at Burberry, and open spots at Louis Vuitton menswear and Gucci, the guillotine looks like it’s readying for more chops with LVMH’s recent CEO moves. 

Time to place your bets. 

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Gender

The spring/summer 2018 menswear shows are a prime example of the fashion industry shifting towards a gender-fluid space where skirts are not female wardrobe staples, but a garment to be worn-and enjoyed-by all. In Paris, Thom Browne sent an army of models down the runway in grey pleated skirts that aptly chimed with the newly adopted uniform of the boys in Exeter. At London Collections:Men the skirt offering expanded into highly elaborate dresses at Vivienne Westwood, Charles Jeffrey Loverboy and Edward Crutchley.

Spring 2016 saw Zara launch a 16-piece collection of unisex items, titled “Ungendered”, with males and females modelling all pieces in the campaign images. Selfridges’ concept space “Agender” - a “unique genderless shopping experience across fashion, accessories and beauty” - moves away from a separate “his” and “hers” experience across all brand levels. And ASOS is currently working towards a genderless style offering following the success of ASOS influencers wearing items purchased from both menswear and womenswear lines.

Theodora “Teddy” Quinlivan

Teddy Quinlivan was discovered by Louis Vuitton’s creative director Nicolas Ghesquière in 2015, and came out as transgender two years later. She has since taken the modelling world by storm, with a résumé that includes Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Moschino, Haider Ackermann, Paco Rabanne, and Jeremy Scott.

Nathan Westling

Nathan has previously starred in many major campaigns for designer brands including Dior and Louis Vuitton. In March (two months into his transition), he opened up about the process to CNN Style. When asked about how he saw the future of his career expanding, Nathan told the outlet, “We’ll have to see how this story takes to fashion and how everything takes. I’m not worried about it. I think it’s going to be a good change and I’m excited for it. I’m really, really excited.”

He added, “It’s been an incredible journey, it’s been an incredible process and I’m just really happy to be on this path, and at such a young age, too. That’s such a blessing.”

Vogue reports that Nathan will walk in a handle of more runway shows throughout the month of June as men’s fashion weeks continue internationally.

Noah Carlos

Noah Carlos identifies as a gender non-binary model. Carlos was offered a modelling contract with IMG. Carlos has strutted across quite a few fall catwalks, including Coach, Rick Owens and Self Portrait, and is continually advocating for more non-binary casting on the runways.

Zaïr Cheseaux

The 22-year-old Swiss-Congolese model, who recently transitioned to male, was brought up outside the medieval town of Sion in Switzerland and made his first appearance for KNWLS in 2019. He has since made waves for Richard Quinn. His career highlight was AW22, when he walked for brands such as Hermès, Balmain, Loewe, Stella McCartney, Vetements and Acne Studios. “There’s something unique about Zaïr,” says Ben Grimes. “And it’s not about beauty or proportion, it’s about presence. He’s unabashedly himself.”

Harvard Referencing:

Fig 1. GROSESCU ALBERTO MIHAI/SHUTTERSTOCK. (2019) Teddy Quinlivan during Paris Fashion Week in February 2019. [Photograph] Available from: https://wwd.com/feature/chanel-hires-first-transgender-model-teddy-quinlivan-beauty-campaign-1203245652/ [Accessed: 24th September 2023]

Fig 2. ETHRIDGE,R. (2019) Nathan Westling - winter 2019. [Photograph] Available from: https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/gallery/28187/1/nathan-westling-winter-2019 [Accessed: 24th September 2023]

Fig 3. GHERTNER, Z. (2020) Noah Carlos By Zoe Ghertner For Zara Accessories Fall-Winter 2020 Ad Campaign. [Photograph] Available from: https://fashionfav.com/fashion/zara-accessories-fall-winter-2020-ad-campaign/ [Accessed: 25th September 2023]

Fig 4. MONTAG, I/GORUNWAY.COM. (2022) Model: Zair Cheseaux. [Photograph] Available from: https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2022-ready-to-wear-/hugo-boss/slideshow/collection [Accessed: 27th September 2023]

NEWBOLD, A. (2017) In The Thick Of It: Exploring Cultural Shift Towards Gender Fluidity. [Online] Available from: https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/gender-fluid-fashion [Accessed: 10th September 2023]

REDAÇÃO. (2020) 9 Transgender Models Who Are Changing The Face Of Fashion. [Online] Available from: https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/9-transgender-models-who-are-changing-the-face-of-fashion [Accessed: 22nd September 2023]

RUSSO, G. (2019) Model Nathan Westling Makes Menswear Debut. [Online] Available from: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/model-nathan-westling-makes-menswear-debut-after-transitioning [Accessed: 24th September 2023]

HOLZMAN,S. (2020) The Generation of Models to Watch Right Now. [Online] Available from: https://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/g32801166/top-models-2020/ [Accessed: 25th September 2023]

FINANCIAL TIMES. (2023) The new supers:14 models changing the face of fashion. [Online] Available from: https://www.ft.com/content/6988184e-36df-42b0-ad43-0af66368f15e [Accessed: 25th September 2023]

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NEXTH Season 3: [Legends Never Die.] LIFESTYLE - 72. Brandon Maxwell | Modern and glamorous designs

Brandon Maxwell is an American fashion designer known for his modern and glamorous designs, particularly his eveningwear and red carpet looks. He was born on September 18, 1984, in Longview, Texas, and grew up in a family of six children. Maxwell studied photography at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, before moving to New York City to pursue a career in fashion.

In 2012, Maxwell began working as a stylist, and his first major client was Lady Gaga. He quickly became her go-to stylist and creative director, working on some of her most iconic looks, including the meat dress she wore to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2015, Maxwell launched his eponymous fashion label, which quickly gained critical acclaim for its sleek, sophisticated designs.

Maxwell's designs have been worn by many high-profile celebrities. He has won several awards for his work, including the CFDA Swarovski Award for Womenswear in 2016 and the CFDA Fashion Award for Womenswear Designer of the Year in 2019. In addition to his fashion work, Maxwell is also a judge on the fashion design competition show "Project Runway." He is known for his supportive and empathetic approach to mentoring young designers.

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I just saw the Spring / Summer 2020 runway show video and well, I liked the music from the Spring / Summer 2016 womenswear show better. 

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RIP VIrgil Abloh

Virgil Abloh died on November 28, 2021, after a private battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. He was 41. The Off-White founder and Men’s Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton was most recently seen in Doha, Qatar, at the opening of his exhibition “Figures of Speech.”

Personal Life/A Hero Is Born :

Abloh was born on September 30 outside of Chicago. He and his sister are raised in nearby Rockford, by Ghanaian immigrant parents. Abloh attends the Boylan Catholic High School—official colors green and white—and graduates in 1998. His mother is a seamstress and teaches him the tricks of her trade.

Abloh completes his undergraduate degree in civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. (In 2015, he would return to design commemorative tees for the university.) Rumor has it that on the day of his graduation, he skips his final critique to take a meeting with Kanye West’s then-manager John Monopoly. West and Abloh begin officially working together soon after.

In 2006 Abloh completes his master’s degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology. During his time at IIT, a Rem Koolhaas building is completed, which Abloh says, “piqued my interest and opened my gateway into fashion.”

The Beginning Of A Legend:

In 2009 Abloh and West become interns at Fendi in Rome. Louis Vuitton CEO Michael Burke recently told The New York Times, “I was really impressed with how [Abloh and West] brought a whole new vibe to the studio and were disruptive in the best way. Virgil could create a metaphor and a new vocabulary to describe something as old-school as Fendi. I have been following his career ever since.”

Abloh and West, along with a crew of famous friends, make the rounds at Paris Fashion Week, turning heads in the process. They’re photographed by Tommy Ton for http://Style.com outside of the Comme des Garçons show in what becomes a widely circulated pic. Abloh tells W magazine, “We were a generation that was interested in fashion and weren’t supposed to be there. We saw this as our chance to participate and make current culture. In a lot of ways, it felt like we were bringing more excitement than the industry was.”

In 2010 Abloh officially assumes the role of creative director at Donda, West’s creative agency.

In 2011 Abloh art directs the album Watch the Throne by Jay-Z and West, an achievement that earns him a Grammy nomination. The album cover is designed by Riccardo Tisci, then the creative director of Givenchy, a role Abloh was rumored to be up for after “Tisci’s departure” in 2017.

It’s 2012 Abloh launches his first brand, Pyrex Vision, in New York. He purchased deadstock Ralph Lauren flannel shirts for $40 each, and screen printed them with the word Pyrex and the number 23, an homage to his childhood hero, Michael Jordan. They sell for $550 each.

2013, Abloh shutters Pyrex and founds Off-White, a multi-platform creative endeavor based in Milan. Its main medium is fashion. At Off-White, he combines ideas of streetwear, luxury, art, music, and travel, defining the brand simply as, “the gray area between black and white as the color Off-White.” From the get-go, hovering quotation marks become Abloh’s signature.

In 2014 Abloh launches womenswear for Off-White and begins showing his men’s and women’s collections during Paris Fashion Week.

2015 Abloh’s womenswear operation gains steam when Beyoncé wears a palm-print sweatshirt with the word Nebraska on it, an homage to Raf Simons’s Fall 2002 Virginia Creepers collection, in Nicki Minaj’s video for “Feeling Myself.” That same year, Off-White is named a finalist for the LVMH Prize. He loses the grand prize and special prize to Marques’Almeida and Jacquemus, respectively.

i’m 2016 Abloh opens his first concept store in the Aoyama area of Tokyo. The store features a watercooler with Off-White branded cups that visitors take for free and resell on the secondary market.

Abloh debuts his Grey Area furniture collection in Milan, his first furniture venture under the Off-White brand. It features iron grid chairs, benches, and tables with leather cushions and Carrara marble tops.

In 2017, Even with the announcement of a collaborative exhibition with Takashi Murakami opening at Gagosian; the release of his first song; the opening of his New York store; the British Fashion Award for Urban Luxe Brand; and collaborations with Warby Parker, Jacob the Jeweler, and Jimmy Choo, the biggest news for Abloh in 2017 is The Ten, his sneaker partnership with Nike. Abloh re-creates 10 of Nike’s iconic silhouettes in a work-in-progress style, each adorned with a safety tag around the laces. The limited release leaves the sneaker market hungry for more, and Abloh hosts panels and workshops with Nike and additional releases throughout the year.

17 Year Old Virgil Is Very Proud:

2018 Virgil Abloh is named the artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear collections, stepping into the role vacated by his friend and mentor Kim Jones. “It is an honor for me to accept this position. I find the heritage and creative integrity of the house are key inspirations and will look to reference them both while drawing parallels to modern times,” he says in a statement.

2019. Virgil Alboh’s artworks will be the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and his Ikea collaboration will be released through the brand’s international stores.

Virgil Abloh. A Hero. A Black Superhero. Who Left An Impact In Everyone’s Life, This Is Not The End His Spirit And Kindness Will Roam This Earth Forever. Thank You For Beating The Odds And Making It Possible For Kids Everywhere. We Love You. You Can Now Rest. (9-30-1980)- (11- 28-2021)

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Chalayan

Chalayan rende omaggio allo stile cargo, dando vita a capi versatili e genderless, per lui e per lei, tra cui spiccano jumpsuit in popeline con arricciature e maxi tasche, giacche sahariane e pantaloni, con zip e bottoni, che arrivano non solo a creare ma anche a decorare il capo.

Le forme sono destrutturate, ma sempre secondo un criterio che oltre a essere decorativo è soprattutto utilitaristico, come accade per la blusa e gli shorts. Un discorso che si ripete anche per gli abiti in seta e seta lavata.

Hussein Chalayan reinventa dunque il modo di vestire, dando vita a gonne longuette, minidress, casacche asimmetriche e top con spalline in tessuto tecnico e pelle, grazie anche all’ausilio di pieghe e lacci, spacchi, volumi ampi e morbidi.

Ma anche abbinando il ciclista al bermuda, la gonna pareo agli shorts, creando finti completi con top e bottom ton sur ton, inserendo il cappuccio sulla casacca e riportando in auge la gonna pantalone.

Un gioco che viene ripetuto anche quando gli outfit vengono giocati su stoffe impalpabili con microstampe che sono solo apparentemente giocose. Dando vita ad abiti lunghi e completi attraversati da balze, orli asimmetrici e assemblati al rovescio.

Ad arricchire ulteriormente le creazioni dello stilista di Nicosia, ci pensano gli accostamenti di diverse texture, le trasparenze ed i plissé, le frange ed i tagli, oltre che le paillettes, che offrono luce, femminilità ed eleganza.

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CARA DELEVINGNE - photographed during the Chanel show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2016 on October 6, 2015 in Paris, France.    

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Mr Alber Elbaz (June 12, 1961 - April 24, 2021)

Mr Alber Elbaz, the fashion designer whose ‘powerfully pretty’ style rejuvenated the fortunes of Lanvin, has died. The cause was COVID-19.

Mr Elbaz was born in Casablanca, but the family moved to Israel when the boy was ten. After a stint in the the Israel Defense Force and a course at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Ramat Gan, his mother gave Elbaz $800 to go to New York to pursue a fashion career. 

His first job, in 1985, was at a bridal outfitters before Geoffrey Beene made him his assistant. Moving to Paris in 1996 Elbaz then worked for the French house of Guy Laroche until 1998 when he was appointed creative director of Yves Saint Laurent. After Gucci bought the company and fired him two years later, Elbaz joined Lanvin, his accessible style garnering a 60 percent rise in revenue from 2005 to 2007. 

Alber transformed the house, one of oldest in Paris, into an international brand, shifting focus from menswear to womenswear. Over the following fourteen years until his departure in 2015, Elbaz championed simple elegance balanced with an exuberant use of colour.

In 2016 France awarded him the Légion d’Honneur.

Earlier this year he launched his own label, the size-inclusive AZ Factory, with lines that include ‘engineered knitwear that shapes your silhouette’.

You sought ‘happy moments’ in fashion and you gave us Joy.

You made us dream, you made us think, and now you fly. 

Love, trust and respect, always. 

❤️ Alber, we love you forever

Image Courtesy AZ Factory

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Moschino fall winter 2015- 2016 collection designed by jeremy Scott features womenswear covered in graffiti writing this style of graffiti has been influenced by the changes that graffiti art saw in the 1970s to the 1990s. I feel that this collection was inspired by famous graffiti artists such as Lee Quinones and Dondi white who I have researched.

This collection is very old school vintage inspired and it makes me feel inspired to create my own graffiti inspired piece. The collection makes me think of street wear and ready to wear rather than runway and I feel that this was intentional in the design process. I feel as though this collection is meant to represent the bridge between runway and streetwear as it seems to combine the two.

The graffiti art has been printed onto the pieces in a way that it look as if it has been spray painted or drawn onto the garments. I like the use of textures in the pieces. The way the different textures and materials show of the art is very appealing. The shiny fabric makes the graffiti seem like it is actually glossy and the rougher materials makes the art seem as though it has been drawn on a wall. The use of layering the graffiti is something that has been done very well I would like to incorporate this idea into my own piece.

This work relates to my theme as he has used bigger oversized silhouettes that he has then used the graffiti art all over to create an almost city wall with the garments. This collection has helped to gain recognition to street art to help it gain main stream attention and to help show it off to a different audience. The intended audience for this collection is younger women who are interested in the street art culture and also high end runway garments as this collection combines the ideas.

The use of colour in the dress is very original he has used a lot of black and white backgrounds for the colour tags to sit on top of. The uses of layering the colours and the patterns communicates the idea of an old subway car or a New York wall very well as they have a variety of lettering styles and techniques.

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Christian Dior show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2015/2016 in Paris, France - March 6, 2015

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Wales Bonner Spring 2020 Informed by broad research encompassing critical theory, musical composition, literature and history, WALES BONNER embraces a multiplicity of perspectives, proposing a distinct notion of luxury, via a hybrid of European and Afro-Atlantic approaches.  
Grace Wales Bonner launched her eponymous label in 2014, following her graduation from Central Saint Martins. Established as a menswear brand, Wales Bonner’s soulful tailoring soon expanded to womenswear. In 2015, she was awarded Emerging Menswear Designer at the British Fashion Awards. In 2016, following her first solo runway presentation - Ezekiel, she received the LVMH Young Designer Prize. In 2019, Wales Bonner was invited by Maria Grazia Chiuri to collaborate with Dior to re-interpret their New Look silhouette for the Resort 2020 collection; shortly afterwards, she was announced the winner of the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund.



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NEXTH Season 3: [Legends Never Die.] LIFESTYLE - 72. Brandon Maxwell | Modern and glamorous designs

Brandon Maxwell is an American fashion designer known for his modern and glamorous designs, particularly his eveningwear and red carpet looks. He was born on September 18, 1984, in Longview, Texas, and grew up in a family of six children. Maxwell studied photography at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, before moving to New York City to pursue a career in fashion.

In 2012, Maxwell began working as a stylist, and his first major client was Lady Gaga. He quickly became her go-to stylist and creative director, working on some of her most iconic looks, including the meat dress she wore to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2015, Maxwell launched his eponymous fashion label, which quickly gained critical acclaim for its sleek, sophisticated designs.

Maxwell's designs have been worn by many high-profile celebrities. He has won several awards for his work, including the CFDA Swarovski Award for Womenswear in 2016 and the CFDA Fashion Award for Womenswear Designer of the Year in 2019. In addition to his fashion work, Maxwell is also a judge on the fashion design competition show "Project Runway." He is known for his supportive and empathetic approach to mentoring young designers.

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