…plus more fashion news you missed
When Clarks announced Martine Rose as its first ever guest designer last spring, the world rejoiced. “I’m proud to be working with a company that has such a rich heritage in British and Jamaican street culture,” Rose said in an accompanying release, before debuting some puffed-up Oxfords and bloated loafers at her SS24 show. Fast forward to now, and the designer has just unveiled the next era of her creative directorship at Paris Fashion Week Men’s.
The collaboration, titled Coming Up Roses, had its own dedicated space in Clarks’ Parisian showroom, where Rose put her oddball spin on a handful of classic silhouettes. The humble slingback was cartoonishly engorged and rendered in lilac and tangerine, the Torhill hi boot was re-upped in faux-crocodile and horsehair hide, while a brand new slip-on/sneaker hybrid fell somewhere between Jamaican uncle and the Lost & Found box after PE. Unfortunately, we don’t have an exact release date for the collection, but Clarks have promised that the drop will be “soon”, so keep an eye out.
In other fashion news this week, GmbH closed its Paris Men’s show with an emotional speech calling for a ceasefire in Palestine; John Galliano brought theatre back into fashion with a stunning Maison Margiela Artisanal collection; Marc Jacobs enlisted Juergen Teller for an unsurprisingly weird SS24 campaign; Kiko Kostadinov revisited key themes and silhouettes for his AW24 show; Daniel Roseberry sent an electrode encrusted baby down the runway for Schiapparelli’s latest couture offering; William Wright’s Street Flash magazine returned for a second issue; Kim Kardashian came out of the closet for Balenciaga’s new campaign; plus, Jamie-Maree Shipton captured the kaleidoscopic street style from Paris Fashion Week Men’s. For everything else you might’ve missed, click through the gallery below.
CHARLES JEFFREY SPINS A YARN
This past Paris Fashion Week, Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY debuted its AW24 collection The Curious Case of Moshkirk & Booness via a private screening at Silencio des Prés. In the film, a character by the name of Magnus McPewitt recounts the fictional tale of ‘Moshkirk’, a made up Scottish village that, according to Jeffrey’s story, was cut off from the rest of the world by a meteor strike in 1979. After McPewitt reports that clothes in the town began to come alive, Jeffrey’s eccentric collection makes its entrance, an offering of patchwork suiting, cloven monster footwear, and paint-splotched kilts. For more, head to the Charles Jeffrey website.
PALACE FINDS GOD
Skateboard brand and pop culture behemoth Palace has just unveiled its Spring 2024 lookbook, finding unlikely inspiration in the divine. The new collection features a varsity jacket embroidered with a stained glass Saint, and another sweater with the phrase ‘Palace Amen’ stitched across its front. Elsewhere in the collection, cute little bunnies adorn shirts and trousers, a wet-look spider’s web covers a coat, and Realtree camo pops up throughout. Check out the full collection here.
NICHOLAS DALEY’S HERITAGE CHECK
Nicholas Daley’s AW24 offering, Anansi Rhythm, is all about “preserving culture and memory through the act of storytelling”, inspired by Jamaican poet Louise Bennett, whose signature bandana dress “becomes a potent symbol of unity and defiance.” Named after the Anansi the spider folktale – of which Bennett immortalised in Anancy and Miss Lou – the collection features the bandana print which was used to clothe enslaved people, but reclaimed by Jamaicans in the post-war era as a celebratory act of defiance. For the full collection, head here.
EYTYS FLY CONCORDE
Stockholm brand Eytys has just dropped its brand new lookbook, featuring an AW24 collection called ‘Concorde Social Club’. Shot in what seems to be an abandoned airport, the new images feature models dashing about the place in a selection of slouchy denim, unfastened shirts and spell-out scarves. Also on display is the brand’s consistently strong footwear offering, featuring an assortment of knee high cowboy boots and leather ballet flats. For the full campaign, click here.
GENTLE MONSTER’S NEW LOOK
South Korean sunglasses giant Gentle Monster has just dropped its 2024 collection, and released a new campaign to go along with it. In the otherworldly images, models with glassy skin and razor sharp talons wear an assortment of glittering frames and silver wraparounds, and one of them even emerges from a clam-like husk. The images were lensed by the Russian photographer Elizaveta Porodina, whose work often references mermaids and the occult. For the full collection, click here.
THE V&A GIVES CHANEL AN EXTENSION
Some big news for Cocoheads: V&A’s Gabrielle Chanel exhibition has been extended for two weeks due to overwhelming demand. The exhibition, Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto, was originally meant to run until February 25, but has now been extended until March 10, 2024. Featuring over 200 looks from the House of Chanel, it’s the first time a show solely dedicated to the French designer has been shown in the UK. For tickets to the exhibition, click here.