Loro Piana AW25 Campaign
I find myself writing this only days after returning from Milan, where the air—still weighted with the residue of late-summer humidity and the faint, persistent tremor of industry anticipation—felt almost eerily aligned with the release of Lord Piana’s latest campaign. It is a campaign that, for reasons both aesthetic and personal, has already been described by several contributing editors as “a soft revolution,” the sort of work that slips in quietly but lingers long after the typical commercial cycle has moved on.
THIS BAG WEIGHS MORE THAN MY EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE!!!!
There’s a kind of poetry in the way we’ve all collectively decided that small bags are, frankly, over. Too delicate. Too curated. Too “I only carry my keys and confidence.” This season, the pendulum has swung hard in the opposite direction—toward the Maxi Bag, that unapologetically oversized emblem of chaos and chic practicality.
Chiara Bardelli Nonino
Oh, fashion. This world where trends change faster than you can blink, where one minute it’s oversized everything, and the next it’s “wait, never mind, we’re back to sleek and tailored.” And in this whirlwind? There are a few rare souls who somehow manage to capture something deeper—something timeless.
Tom Ford SS 2025
Haider Ackermann’s buzz-worthy appointment as creative director of Tom Ford earlier this month may have made the interim, studio-produced collection at Milan feel a little less exciting, but its steady climb in the Vogue Runway rankings shows that the Tom Ford name still holds weight, even without a big-name designer steering the ship.
