SHOWnews: Kim Kardashian Versus Family, Damiano Versus Diesel, Burberry Versus Christmas

First Class Louis Vuitton Travel With Alasdair McLellan

To commemorate Paris Photo 2024, Louis Vuitton realigns ancestry with atavism in a new update to their Fashion Eye series featuring Alasdair McLellan’s Scotland edition. Binding a dedicated region to the polyhued gaze of nascent to legendary fashion photographers, Louis Vuitton’s Fashion Eye series is a treasure trove of easter eggs for those who do — or lust over — obsessive rituals of fanciful flight.

We are big, BIG Alasdair McLellan nut jobs at SHOWstudio. Immeasurably sincere, McLellan lets his father’s Gaelic appreciations trickle down into helplessly romantic pictures framing generations, fascinations and (typically McLellan) gestures in understated rebellion. Observe extreme degrees of Alasdair McLellan’s magical landscape realities in sumptuous tug of war. McGregor Red tartan chairs (at least in Scotland's sunlight) create a scanner starkly against a Grey Watch Tartan sky.

One nondescript, beautiful boy in an Edinburgh vest.

Another run of the mill, yet equally enchanting lad framed in forensic McLellan close-up.

Each photo reverberates with the sepia equivalent to McLellan’s light source, his soulful natura-light. His Scotland rendition saturates the actual Scotland using introspective narratives. Deserted docks beneath vivid skies. Overcast heavens mixed with factory smoke, make the spires below enchant with ‘are we sure this isn’t a 2005 Bloc Party album proof’ possibilities.

In those infinite possibilities where mundane environments and adolescent ordinariness are elevated is what Alasdair McLellan best expresses. Life is better with his propensity to implore your eyes to travel. We relish his photographs. And at £46, so can you.

Burberry Will Gift Wrap You Now

The tireless Burberry marketing think tank concepts another heartwarming activation. ‘Wrapped In Burberry’ is less a campaign, much more a series of events, come to think of it. You have three sets of friends and families shot in innocuous holiday happenstance that retain a sense of family in their best moments this holiday season.

The couple, Drs. Herschel and Lilly Stoller, are longtime Burberry clients from the States who exist steadfastly through their prism of Burberry fandom. Their shopping prowess has outlived eras from Christopher Bailey, Riccardo Tisci and will likely do the same with Daniel Lee’s contributions as well. Drs. Herschel and Lilly Stoller, in full Burberry Check regalia, emit the enduring quality of Burberry…Burberry.

Next up are British mates, the actors David Tennant and Alex Hassell. These two are featured, pardon us, wrapped up in trademark Burberry gabardine trenches with umbrellas at the ready to guard against potential rainfall on their professionally wrapped holiday presents.

Lastly are Nigerian-born, London-based artist Slawn, his partner Tallula Christie and their children (Beau and Baby) in a Burberry Classics-meets-holidays tableau that would make Jimothy Lacoste shed a tear. This family represents what comes from Burberry resting inside your gift boxes, wrapping its undeniably British spirit around couples and confidants in classic Burberry scarves this winter.

A full holiday selection is available on Burberry.com.

A Drama-Free Moment With Dolce & Gabbana, Kim & Kourtney

Fashion and family dynamics boomerang once again as Dolce & Gabbana with Kim Kardashian follow their KK-curated S/S 23 partnership with another go ‘round. This time the trio reshapes shapewear for Kim’s SKIMS. ‘We've taken classic Dolce & Gabbana silhouettes and Leopard prints and reimagined them with the incredible fit and comfort that SKIMS is known for,’ Kardashian said.

Kourtney Kardashian Barker, eldest Kardashian sister and self-professed Dolce & Gabbana fanatic, joins her sister in a stirring redaction of their The Kardashians Season 4 story arc. Remember when Kim negotiated the Dolce Gabbana curation deal during Kourtney’s wedding runup? And then that fight?!?!?! For Dolce & Gabbana x SKIMS, the sisters present a united family front in a campaign that recalls when Monica Bellucci and Bianca Balti did the same in 2012. They placed that season's Sicilian Baroque signatures in daily life settings. ‘We hold a genuine affection for Kim and her family,’ Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana said. ‘Our shared bond, rooted in a long-standing friendship, naturally inspired this new collaboration centered on inclusivity and body positivity - values close to our hearts and core to SKIMS.’

The Kardashian family will always reshape their narratives around drama, togetherness and who loved D&G first. Fusing their history with Dolce & Gabbana enhances the essence of curves and comfort in Calabasas.

Damiano David For Diesel Flares Up

The man, the myth, the mustache kept his word: Diesel global ambassador Damiano David has co-designed a genderless capsule collection with creative director Glenn Martens. Etched in style stone when David wore his Diesel suit while girlfriend Dove Cameron wore Diesel chiffon to the Met gala, Damiano David for Diesel is now an outsized reality.

Key looks featuring the construction anatomy of his trademark flares that go tight — contrast coated black denim — then explode in shape and scale — those same contrast denims plus tattoo-printed tops, capes and beyond baggy denim. David is the prototypical new Diesel. Much less Barbie boy machismo than decades before. Increasing the low viscosity, high-octane aspects from their genderfluid, neoclassical moments 10 years before, Diesel and Damiano David liberate with a new Roman attitude that embodies glam for more than just Måneskin now.

The Diesel x Damiano David capsule collection is available now.

A LIMI feu Pop-up Retrospective

For twenty-four years, LIMI feu has used ambiance to imbue a sensitive vision of authenticity that encapsulates the pull of Limi Yamamoto’s fashion articles to her audience. Constructing a fashion echo chamber at a remove from trends and bland partnerships has placed LIMI feu on a level of wordless communication with their clientele. They express their gratitude by existing within the sensual nature of
LIMI-feminine landscapes. And since boyfriends too find themselves borrowing their girlfriends’ LIMI feu, why not launch a pop-up boutique near the store Limi’s dad made famous: the Yohji Yamamoto London flagship.

A curated selection of items from LIMI feu’s history will be on display at the exclusive pop-up. Additionally, the Yohji Yamamoto genderless line, Ground Y, will have bits and pieces on hand to excite your desires. To balance curation with sound installation, Limi Yamamoto picked three Japanese DJs to perform live. From Tokyo to Paris and now, in London, signatures from the father proudly manifest in the daughter on full display.

The LIMI feu Pop-up boutique, located at 54 Conduit Street, will remain open until 9 January, 2025.

Round Two For Coperni And Puma

Puma and Coperni continue with their knack for combining art, science and technology ingredients into a tasty fashion gumbo with their second full collection. Arnaud Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer’s technology-assisted fashion brainchild helps orientate Puma’s reinterpreted T7 tracksuit with high performance fabric solutions. Coperni revisit their aerodynamic formal shoe, the Puma Speedcat, plus the hybrid 90SQR in bold colourways that match the precise performance approximations of a football boot. Vaillant and Meyer are at their best with tech intercepts and product design. Continuity from collection one to two is a focus in observing the clothes. Round two sees jacquard mesh insets and heat transfer functions returning in the ‘Blue Gloss’ Asymmetrical Gown and top options, both crafted from an eco-sustainable techno-fabric used for Olympic performance wear this past summer. Hoodies with cat ears nod to Coperni’s silly fashion tendencies. Hoodies and the Speedcat work well in Puma’s cool athleisure context or combined with Coperni’s casualwear from their Disneyland show last month.

Aries Goes Snowcore With Salomon

Aries continues to find ways that male-centric streetwear sensibilities aren’t as gauche as Nike AF1 low’s and stupid swoosh socks. Honestly it’s an attack of the clones out there. Sofia Prantera’s Aries has made these types of backlot graffiti and skateboard semiotics make sense over fifteen years. Well why not work with outdoors outfitter Salomon on a snow clog that does not remotely conjure up a Swedish sense in the room?

So that is what Aries has done by rethinking the OG Salomon snowclog. It still retains Salomon’s trademark comfort and toothy torsion sole made for climbing (or walking, or snowboarding). Aries makes the shoe soar by turning a slip-on — which it really is time to face is not an actual shoe — into a proper trainer. Rejiggering the upper with fluoro neon airbrushing (who’s humming the Power Rangers theme song?), padded panels marries form with function in harmony that doesn’t appear too gorpy. Go make winter happen on Aries website starting today, but bin those 1’s and socks first!