SHOWnews: Rosé Loves SKIMS, Diesel Loves Timberland, Blumarine Loves Lust

Rosé’s SKIMS Are Red

SKIMS’ Valentine’s Day Shop returns with a BLACKPINK twist this year — the pop star Rosé is in charge as the penultimate Valentine. As campaign star, Rosé promotes SKIMS’ new collection resting at the heart of sweet nothings. Delicate lace, playful heart motifs and a colour palette that feels both refreshing and candy coated classic. Shot by Carin Backoff, Rosé wears SKIMS’ Velvet Lace Slip Dress, the Soft Lounge Hoodie with Boxer Set and the Romance Cami with Short Set in her campaign series. It captures her joy of finding love in every animated detail.

‘Valentine’s Day has always held a special place in my heart. I had an amazing time shooting this campaign, and I hope everyone feels as confident and beautiful in these pieces as I did.’

— Rosé

Rosé means business. Her birthday falls three days before her campaign theme. This adds an astrological lean to the day reserved for love. For Rosé, this year is already coming up — bad pun alert — roses. Her debut album, rosie, was a historic Billboard feat making Rosé the first K-pop soloist to chart a top 50 album on the Billboard 200 for three weeks. Her SKIMS collaboration adds another milestone to her catalogue. glittering career. Available starting 23 January, do not miss a collaboration and collection with unmatched energy and romance.

DIESEL 🖤VES TIMBERLAND

The DIESEL 🖤VES TIMBERLAND collaboration makes canned sustainability much more vital, more practical. Diesel’s continuing DIESEL 🖤VES project hits an eco-conscious crescendo with its second chapter, launched 22 January, 2025. Following the success of DIESEL 🖤VES LEE, historically socially conscious Diesel teams up with Timberland to reimagine deadstock, flipping overproduction on its head. The result is a limited-edition capsule collection that proves fashion should not cost us the planet. Six shirt colorways, half Diesel and half Timberland, merge both household names, blending Diesel’s heritage denim with Timberland’s rugged, inclement elements-ready flannel. Crossing over style and responsibility, a forward-thinking solution to the fashion waste is at the ready.

What Diesel and Timberland have created together manifests purposeful creativity. Deadstock garments renewed to sell celebrate the quality, individuality and a commitment to a sustainable future Diesel and Timberland are recognised for:

‘Even the smallest actions can have a significant impact. DIESEL 🖤VES TIMBERLAND marks the next chapter in our ongoing DIESEL 🖤VES project. Two industry leaders are joining forces to tackle overconsumption and create something meaningful and beautiful together with the will to empower change through a call-to-action.’

— Glenn Martens, creative director for Diesel and the DIESEL 🖤VES program

The limited-edition capsule is sold globally across select Diesel and Timberland stores, plus each website. Whether Timberland plaid or durable Diesel denim, these shirts are the new wave of longevity over trend. Limited edition products from two heritage titans has never been this meaningful.

Blue Balenciaga Monday

Balenciaga takes the concept of daily trainers to yet another level with their new Monday release. Blending nostalgia with a quaint nod to high-performance mall power walking, Monday dropped last Monday (20 January) to freshen up another chapter in Balenciaga's ongoing exploration of lifestyle shoes designed to scale. Raw edges, exposed stitching and a deliberately worn-in vibe feel like a prized find from a cool Parisian flea market circa-2005. Constructed with a leather upper and lightweight rubber sole, the Monday is more than a weekday shoe, it is an homage to everyday.

The Monday channels Balenciaga’s knack for oversized designs, as recalled in the ultra-large occurrences from S/S 25 collection. The expansive, exaggerated shape of the shoe captures an essence of ‘too much being just enough,’ mixing with the House’s playful, DIY-inspired 3B Sports Icon rubber detailing. Available in colours from pristine white to distressed yellow or soccer mum pink, these trainers balance scale and function effortlessly from Monday to Monday.

LGN X Puma Mostro Mule Outkicks The Coverage

This visionary collaboration takes its inspiration from the natural strength and grace of PUMA’s namesake, the ferocious big cat. The PUMA Mostro was originally introduced to the world over 25 years ago, containing design references to vintage track and surfing footwear. Known today for the incomparable look that made it a street-style icon, the silhouette takes its name from the Italian word for “monster.” The PUMA x LGN Mostro Mule will be available in two colourways from 23 January through LGN, and from 25 January at selected retailers.

Perhaps the new collaboration between designer Louis Gabril Nouchi of LGN and Puma is best understood in his own words: I want to go back to the product as much as possible without having too much of an impressive effect. Technologic innovation with an eye to sustainability is also something that I want to develop more. Nouchi puts design hands where his mouth went to debut the new Puma x LGN Mostro Mule. First seen at last summer’s S/S 25 LGN show, the Mostro Mule takes cues from its original rave-inspired ancestor. Nouchi’s updates include rubberised, notable spikes in tonal black and white. About the Mostro outcome, Nouchi basically completed his initial product-minded intentions, explaining after the show:

‘I synthesized the essence of the iconic Mostro shoes into a radical mule design using a single material, transforming it into both a design object and a comfortable sneaker.’

So there you have it straight from the source. This Italian-named ‘monster’ of a mule is careening to selected retailers on 23 January through LGN, then on 25 January at select retailers.

Blumarine Puts Dogs Where The Sun Don’t Shine

If Sabato De Sarno is to be believed, the heart of Milan is a sidewalk style battle between sophistication and chaos. Blumarine's new Pre-Fall collection winks with the charm of a blue raspberry blow pop and the irreverence of a rosary floating in sacramental wine. New creative director David Koma’s debut side steps Milan’s perceived styles with a shove and a soft, sleazy landing. What he’s done mixes an unrepentant Madonna with an editorial dose of sass. And why the hell not?

The real fun starts when textures take over. Koma channels the spirit of the Milanese dog-walkers: Borzois, Beagles and bougie that gets flipside into fashion. Ostrich plume, sheepskin and cow hair goes for fun among slogan tees reading ‘Woof’ and ‘Miao.’ The collection hums with a sense of transformation — business into cheeky casual. A rebellious teen who’s just realised you can weaponise a sense of humor with sass. Koma’s love affair with the rose motif is also here, but reimagined with subtlety. The collection says, ‘We’re luxe, we laugh, we are Italia.’ This is the type of fun you flirt with at Blumarine.

Betsy Johnson Talks Revisions

Creative Director — and Margiela mouth almighty — Betsy Johnson is about to serve a whole new way of observing her creative journey with the release of REVISION, a 152-page hardback that feels like an explosion in art book form. A raw collection of personal works spanning the past six years mixes unreleased projects, notepad scribbles and a curated selection of her most iconic editorials. It is an honest peek behind the curtain of Johnson’s creative process since leaving Grimsby — a journey that shows career paths these days are non-linear. If you've ever wondered how a multidisciplinary talent can navigate identity, class and complex capitalism, REVISION is a look inside Johnson’s world.

Including projects like ‘CHAVITALISM’ and ‘IDEA’ featuring Naomi Campbell, plus her captivating photography work in Ukraine and collaborations with Hugo Comte, Johnson invites us into a whirlwind of unfiltered creativity. Yes it’s a bit messy. Yes, that's the point. To promote REVISION, Betsy is hosting a small installation and panel in Paris about failure, success and the hustle that defines her career. Featuring speakers including Alex Kessler (Vogue, Ssense), Kai-Isaiah Jamal, Corbin Shaw and Fai Khadra, these conversations may be inspirational if you’ve ever found yourself in the morass of creative chaos, making something out of nothing. Come to Paris, meet Betsy, chat a bit, then purchase REVISION.