SHOWNews: Rihanna Goes To School, The Celine Woman and More
Rihanna Puts Class ‘In Session’ with Chloe Cherry
School vibes in July is Rihanna’s academic goal with her updated FENTY x PUMA’s Phatty Creeper. FENTY X PUMA has bold design ambitions this school year. The Phatty Creeper’s oversized crepe sole in three different colourways and materials pairs easily with ambitious back-to-school fits for July, August or September. Rihanna’s accompanying campaign parodies nostalgic feelings and academic objects. Anjelica Huston, Euphoria star Chloe Cherry and Austin J. Wilson revolve around Rihanna herself in a cosplay session twisting theater, popularity, teacher’s pet and principal flashbacks. Request your hall pass to buy the new selection, available now at PUMA.com and global retailers.
The Jean-Michel Basquiat Remix by Ev Bravado, Tela D’Amore and H&M
That Ev Bravado and Téla D’Amore have collaborated with the estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat on a capsule collection for H&M makes for an effortless partnership. A magic combination of street art iconography, cross-generational aesthetics and young Black creativity inspires while it empowers. An added bonus are the fits. Bravado and D’Amore have been adjusting attitudes around streetwear since the turn of the 20s with their Who Decides War (WDW) label. Bits of lace get sprinkled into their colourful canvas that incorporates blistered, frayed and patchwork techniques into denim. Skirt styles occasionally pair with diagonal feathers resembling womens’ fur stoles and capelets to reinterpret Black male style codes from the past to reshape the present. The way Bravado and Téla D’Amore remodel streetwear re-fashions Jean-Michel Basquiat’s legacy as a renowned 20th century art icon. And that results in Basquiat, Bravado and D’Amore blurring a vision across 30 items, each pulling old and new legacies together. Distressed denim overprinted with scribbled phrases reflects Basquiat’s ‘Discography,’ but perhaps also Alton Mason’s first look from WDW A/W 23. Embroidered patches of church cathedral windows doused in spray-paint’s expressive imagery represents the new era graffiti binding central visions of Basquiat to Who Decides War. H&M stages the explosion on their global platform showing what results when limitless vision and Black creative spirits flex their muscles. Art becomes wearable on 1 August right here.
Stüssy x Nike Reminisce Across Eras
Have you ever watched the Alasdair McLellan film I’ve Been Trying To Tell You? It was a visual complement to the Saint Etienne album of the same name. Both generate teenage feelings of aimlessness, a nostalgia that drags slowly on lethargic summer days after club nights spent with ‘the one,’ or just being lost in thought on a beach, lovesick over ‘the one’ you long to be with in the dreamiest way possible. If you aren’t familiar with either, definitely check out the video for ‘Pond House.’ It explains everything in the first few seconds, particularly the hot beauty skipping stones across the beachfront. In a way, the McLellan film, Saint Etienne album and video clip all contain a certain ideology behind a non-surf aspect of Stüssy: late-80s beachfront nostalgia. So when you look at the new Nike LD-1000, an updated 1970s release from Nike and Stüssy, the kitch-seeming knit swoosh feels entirely of a different era, an era you can tangibly relate to through the Saint Etienne video. The Phantom colourway pulls you into a moment where NIke swoosh logo socks are not a flex point, so you buy a logoless pair. And you grab those nondescript white socks for your new LD-1000’s to meet your crush for a day at the beach. Not to be actively in love. Just to be near each other in comfortable silence. To quote Saint Etienne, ‘here it comes again.’
Off-White™ Says ‘SWITCH OFF’ To Ibiza For Relaxation In Red
Off-White™ continues its summer theme of wellness massage therapy for our mindsets, going back to a concept they dub ‘IMAGINARY ISLAND.’ The Off-White™ concept borrows the dopamine hit from resort season shopping for a capsule collection that will increase the anticipation for that Ibiza weekend you can’t wait to start…you know the feeling. While ‘IMAGINARY ISLAND’ is a mental state of holiday chill, the Off-White™ selection of Ibiza-inspired sunbeds, towels, umbrellas, swimwear and clothes for Ibiza’s inevitable nightmoves is out to offer peace from that workplace madness whenever you break free this summer. An added incentive from Off-White™ to trigger your ‘out of office’ reply setting is the immersive red scale across the collection from Jondal beach club. The ‘IMAGINARY ISLAND’ is available right now until the end of summer (hint hint). It kinda matches your suddenly open travel plans to Ibiza, where you will be playing bocce ball in your new Off-White™ swimsuit.
VFILES and PUMA Take UK Football To NYC
VFILES looks to increase its reputation as New York’s downtown-meets-global launchpad for now-known creatives like A$AP Rocky, Melitta Baumeister, Kid Super, Matthew M. Williams and Shayne Oliver. The incubator for engaging cultural connectivity extends its reach into football with PUMA in a design tag team of the 2024-25 kits for Barnsley FC. Logic lies within the partnerships here since PUMA is the official athletic partner for Barnsley’s rich legacy and VFILES founder, Julia Anne Quay, co-owns the club. Using powers for positivity is Quay’s consistent theme that symbolises Barnsley FC’s attitude to disrupt to evolve. Whether home or away, each kit references Barnsley archetypes — updating last season’s 21 stars motif, the Yorkshire rose — to keep a foothold in Yorkshire, while the third kit inserts a VFILES spirit as the Barnsley mascot, Toby Tyke, adorns the front and back of each shirt in a stark pink colourway. The accompanying campaign, shot in New York City, reinforces an unlikely pairing with a free-spirited series of images that any football or fashion fan can relate to. In footie terms, this is how VFILES and Barnsley FC just scored a goal.
Meet Givenchy's Latest It-Bag
When it comes to defining 'chic' none of the Parisian houses hold a flame to Givenchy and the latest iteration of their it-bag, the Voyou, is all the proof you need. Making its runway debut at the A/W 23 show, the edgy design has already featured on the crooks of influencer arms and the queen supreme Bella Hadid herself. Now, the maison has introduced a compact version of the bag for those who pack lightly. The meticulously crafted Nano Voyou features all the edgy hardware of its predecessor, including the signature hardware and sleek leather handles. The epitome of cute and convenient, the Nano Voyou comes in three luxurious leather styles and two touchably delightful materials: satin and velvet. Discover it here.
C.P. Company Gets In The Game
C.P. Company proudly reveals its multi-year alliance as the Offical Style Fashionwear Partner for Manchester City's men's first team, starting in the 24/25 season. The collaboration celebrates the rich connection between Manchester and the iconic Italian brand, a relationship that began in the '80s through genuine interactions with fervent football fans. 'Both Manchester City and this esteemed Italian brand are integral to football culture in the UK and internationally, with dedicated fans and a mutual commitment to innovation and setting new trends,' comments Kaitlyn Beale the vice president of global partnership sales at City Football Group. Watch the collaborative fashion film here.
The Celine Girl Is A Changeling
The new Celine campaign for 'La Collection de l'Arc de Triomphe,' reframes Tess Breeden as an austere symbol from creative, artistic and image director Hedi Slimane’s crystalline hall of mirrors for A/W 2024. Breeden is emblematic of the period Slimane once spoke of regarding old couture sensibilities around style, by simply stating ‘The way you wear clothes makes a difference.’ Breeden effortlessly shifts aesthetics from deshabille supernova from the Celine ‘Tomboy’ collection to transmit a magical sophistication for ‘La Collection.’ Breeden represents a captivating mosaic of the past in Parisienne film (1966’s Masculin Feminin), fashion (house founder Celine Vipiana discovering the ‘Triomphe’ chain link logo on the street) and funnily enough sheer coincidence. The very first Celine clients were twin girls! No surprise then why Slimane channeled Breeden’s mutability.
