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6 JACQUEMUS
“Is this the least practical bag made?” reads the head-
line of a leading newspaper. The bag in question: Simon
Porte Jacquemus’s 5cm bite-sized ‘Le Petit Chiquito Mini’
(which literally means “the small tiny mini”) bag. Jacquemus
has shown us time and again that he prescribes to a yo-yo diet
of extreme proportions. His ‘La Bomba’ collection featured a
straw hat big enough to shade two people. Playing with size,
shapes and proportions is at the centre of all that Jacquemus
touches. There’s a shape-shifting, seeing the body as a space
to build around a way of thinking. Mega or micro, isn’t that
maximalism at its sizeable best?—Akanksha Kamath S S ’
ATTICO
In Giorgia Tordini and Gilda Ambrosio’s world, bolder
shoulders, bright plumage and sweetheart necklines are an
instant mood enhancer. If these sound like the main ingre-
dients of an ’80s diva’s look on a Saturday night, you’re not
mistaken. “Our icons are the coolest women from the
’80s—Jane Birkin, Bianca Jagger, Cher, Ali McGraw, Ver-
uschka,” says Ambrosio of their age-of-excess-inspired col-
lections. These women lived life extra-large. They visited
the most decadent discos and matched the dress code in
liquid metal, plush velvet, tiered tassels and marabou by
the metre. “We love vintage, and that’s where everything
starts when we design and create at Attico. We do research
in Los Angeles every season and get lost in fl ea markets
and vintage archives. We think about us and the women of
today and how they would interpret something old in a
new way,” echo the duo. Rightly so, for if everyone remem-
bers, the pair were the OG peacocks of the street-style phe-
nomenon. There are countless images of the twin-set wear-
ing ruched dresses in hitched hemlines and lush velvet
robeslongbeforetheyhadevenlaidthefoundationsfor
theirjointlabel.Dotheylivethelifetheyprescribe?If the
label’sfeather-filledsoiréesattendedbyRosieHuntington-
Whiteleyand fellow front row fixture
Ada Kokosar are anything to go by,
thentheseclothesaremadeforthese-
rialparty-goer.—AkankshaKamath8 MOSCHINO
The Italian house has always been known for its irreverent,
slightly eccentric take on fashion, and in the last six years as its
creative director, Jeremy Scott has continued that legacy with his
own twist, bringing pop culture to high fashion. He’s brought Mc-
Donalds, Barbie and Jackie Kennedy to the runway; collaborated
with H&M on a sellout collection, and for his latest outing turned the
lens back on the grind of the fashion industry in his indomitable way.
Coming down the runway were seemingly incomplete looks replete
with scribbles, sketches et al.—Priyanka Khanna >
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