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Steven Meisel Observes The Model As Muse As Zara Nears 50
Sixteen years ago, I was sitting at a desk sneaking looks at Style dot com. The Steven Meisel feature that week in early May celebrated Model As Muse, the Met 2009 exhibition theme. While the exhibition notably, idiotically, omitted Azzedine Alaïa (therefore those notable Alaïa models Naomi Campbell and Stephanie Seymour boycotted the gala), Style dot com benevolently gifted the Meisel feature. And when you get Meisel, you get Linda…and Stella, and Karen, and Lara, and Aggy, and Guinevere, and Beli, and Stam, and McMenamy. If memory serves, it was from the Steven Meisel-led model themed issue of US Vogue May 2009/fold-out cover including Lara Stone, Anna J, Vodianova, Nat Poly and Jourdan Dunn (Jourdan was everywhere that year and it was glorious). The Meisel feature, which was titled ‘The Godfather’ was a look at the man through his cherished models’ eyes. Stella Tennant’s words about Meisel being a bit of a fairy godfather resonated as much as her squat pose, cinched back hairdo and black Repettos. I adore both Stella Tennant and that moment.
Sixteen years later, Steven Meisel wrangles his model icons back together for Zara’s 50th anniversary film and photo spectacular. Coordinated precisely 50 years on the day Zara’s first shop opened, Meisel with fellow legends Guido Palau, Pat McGrath, Jason Duzansky and Karl Templer reform to gift the Meisel touch to Zara. Energetic relationships pulsate through Zara’s video as icons, supers and well-known girls lip sync to Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love.’ Landmark moments underpin this video: Meisel’s Versace A/W 00 campaign featuring Amber Valetta (and Georgina Grenville); Naomi and McMenamy in Marc Jacobs grunge for US Vogue in 1992; Linda Evangelista in Steven Meisel cosplay for Zara x Steven Meisel in September 2023.
Watch the video that defines every era. Go feel love.
Diesel In Life, Death AnD BeyonD
Diesel marries creative director Glenn Martens to art director Christopher Simmonds to conceive a lifespan in Diesel denim. Diesel reframes an existence spanning birth, first hormones, first love, the first real health scare and yes, death in a campaign brief showing extreme pleasures in opportune moments that wearing Diesel products brings. A teenaged orgy feels less illicit, more flamboyant when Diesel blooms Relaxed Jeans selections in somebody’s bedroom. Accidents become mere incidents when you dress cuter than your bad luck. Diesel intends to stick to your legs even in the great Hereafter. Since the bereaved know what matters in life, they too mourn in Diesel’s Fluid Wash selections. Faded denim as the sun sets on life proves successful living happened, which explains a well-fitted funeral. Diesel A/W 25 embraces certainties in life — taxes, love, personal injury — so when death comes, Diesel walks that afterlife stairway with you.
Marc Jacobs And Doja Cat Play Against Jealous Type
Doja Cat and Marc Jacobs turning heads back to the 1980s at this week’s 2025 Met Gala was a harbinger for collections yet to come. Fresh off the blue carpet, with hairdos reminiscent of Jackée and Prince respectively, the duo reunite for Staycation, Marc Jacobs’ Pre-Fall 2025 campaign video, itself another reverie of 1986. While the fashion product side debuts the new Dual Bag collection, Doja fans get a peek at her new clip for upcoming single, ‘Jealous Type.’ The campaign is an extension of their Met Gala synergy all Peaches & Herb, Ashford & Simpson and the curatorial know how of Chromeo to take styles your parents loved and give the a little rizz…but since we are vibing 80s like, the midas touch.
On the heels of Marc Jacobs’ 40th Anniversary capsules, pre-fall 2025 is a lighthearted tribute to an era that shaped the founder…and Doja Cat’s Met Gala wig. Sublimating an 80s feeling into armor and artifact brings new icons in the Marc Jacobs product universe to the fore. The Quilted Leather J Marc and Denim Chain Sack paired with pastel ready-to-wear that steams city summer into disco heat.
ARMEDANGELS and Wikipedia Launch Fashion With Facts
Sustainable fashion pioneer ARMEDANGELS has partnered with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organisation running Wikipedia, to launch a limited capsule collection that celebrates a freedom we use daily that remains at constant risk: free and open access to knowledge. This partnership upholds truth, transparency, and collective empowerment as a triad.
‘Every piece in this collection carries a message of knowledge, access and impact: from the
freedom to learn, to the responsibility to share information. With clear, wearable statements,
ARMEDANGELS shows that fashion can convey values and be a force for change.’
– Christiane Bördner, Creative Director, ARMEDANGELS.
Each piece in the collection is produced using 100% recycled cotton, sourced through RCO100® technology by Säntis Textiles. True to ARMEDANGELS’ commitment to ethical innovation, the garments blend sustainability into something symbolic using Wikipedia symbols as wearable design elements from a platform that benefits millions globally through freely sourced information.
Proceeds from every purchase go directly to support Wikipedia, ensuring it stays independent, accessible and (best for us fashion fact amnesiacs) ad-free.
MM6 and Salomon Release Chapter 2 For Spring 25
The collaborative partnership between MM6 Maison Margiela and premium outdoors essentials purveyor Salomon marks its sixth edition with renewed perspectives on a collective solution — versatile clothes for modern life. Ordinary functions are sheathed in a thoroughly modern wardrobe befitting MM6’s radical insights on outdoor environments. Salomon stabilises your strides using tactical techniques that control comfort for any activity.
As spring 25 power walks into summer, avant-première strides across metropolises function in MM6 x Salomon seafoam-coloured sportswear. This punctuation of colour exemplifies MM6 stealth radicality bounding across the collection’s sleek running wardrobe styles. Delivery number 2 offers the Spectur 2 trainer (shown in the wild below); the XT-Mule with seafoam cushion lining, maroon upper accented with smurf blue; plus aerated tanks whose screenprinted pocket pattern is stamped with the numeric MM6-meets-Salomon insignia of approval for your urban life today.
