Fashion Round-Up
Time flies, so to keep you in the loop, we’ve rounded up all the important snippets of fashion news from the past seven days into one neat feature. This week includes A.P.C. x Topologie, Jude Bellingham for Skims and Burberry’s football series.
Burberry’s football portraits
Burberry kicks off this summer’s Euros 2024 with a football portrait series celebrating the house’s long-standing relationship with the beautiful game. Burberry’s front row is often frequented by the likes of Bukayo Saka, Son Heung-Min and Martin Ødegaard, and with the Euros just around the corner, the timing couldn’t be better to kit out some of the Premier League’s most talented players in Burberry check. Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden and Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze are the first to feature in the brand’s campaign photographed by Jack Day.
Photography by Jack Day
LV By the Pool
Louis Vuitton has dropped their LV By the Pool collection for all of you hoping to spend the summer poolside, looking chic. The collection consists of ready-to-wear, bags, shoes, textiles, accessories and more with natural materials and vivid colour. The season’s key prints include the Monogram reimagined as a detailed tile motif, lush botanical graphics that shift between sophisticated and playful and a wicker trompe l’oeil.
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A.P.C. teams up with Topologie
The rope climbing-inspired brand Topologie have teamed up with A.P.C. for their very first capsule collection. Drawing from both brands’ French-Japanese heritage, this project unites A.P.C.’s iconic indigo Japanese denim with Topologie’s hallmark climbing-inspired elements. The collection features five new bags and four accessories with the characteristic details of both brands, as well as pieces with an innovative touch, like the Track backpack, the EW shopper tote and the NS tote bag.
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Wales Bonner’s FW24 drop
Titled Dream Study, Wales Bonner’s latest collection was born from a fascination with Washington D.C.’s Howard University, developing a wardrobe fit for the collegiate experience. Celebrating heritage and classic silhouettes, Bonner turned to yearbooks from the 90s to take inspiration from hip-hop performances, homecoming kings and campus life.
Shop the collection here.
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JW Anderson’s new sunnies
Just when you thought Jonathan Anderson couldn’t possibly do more than he already does, the designer’s eponymous JW Anderson label has dropped their debut eyewear collection. In true Anderson fashion silhouettes are eclectic and available in varying colours with each pair crafted from premium Italian Mazzuchelli Acetate.
Shop the collection here.
Jude Bellingham is the face of SKIMS
If you’ve ever wondered what Jude Bellingham does when he isn’t scoring goals on the football pitch then you’ve finally got your answer, he’s modelling for SKIMS. Now the face of Kim Kardashian’s sellout underwear label, the Real Madrid midfielder is getting his kit off to model the brand’s latest menswear offering.
Courrèges’ new Parisian digs
Following the 2021 debut of its first Marais boutique, Courrèges opened the doors to its second store in the heart of Paris. Designed by Belgian architect Bernard Dubois, the heigh-ceilinged space and pristine white interiors mirror Nicolas Di Felice’s post-modern vision of the French house.
Sabato De Sarno’s debut Gucci menswear campaign
In a series of stylish studio shots by David Sims, Gucci’s FW24 menswear campaign continues Sabato De Sarno’s paring back of the brand to its most essential elements. “An ode to the breadth and beauty of human expression,” the imagery (De Sarno’s debut menswear campaign) spotlights the collection that De Sarno debuted in Milan in January with its bold Ancora reds and lime greens on full display.
Trent Alexander-Arnold for Guess Jeans
With Jude Bellingham becoming the face of Skims and Eberechi Eze and Phil Foden modelling for Burberry just this week, now it’s Trent Alexander-Arnold’s time to swap football for fashion, fronting Guess Jeans’ latest campaign. Joined by Iris Law – already a brand ambassador – and photographed by Rafael Pavarotti, Alexander-Arnold wears denim wardrobe staples that showcase the brand’s Americana roots and relaxed silhouettes.