Pre Fall 2021 News Today

You’re likely to have seen Rejina Pyo’s clothing on your neighborhood sidewalk, at your local café, or at a friend’s dinner party on the back of a chic but warm guest. Pyo’s clothing thrives in the realities of women’s lives, so it’s sort of a surprise that her collections have often been presented on a runway or photographed in an antiseptic studio. For pre-fall 2021 she rectified that, taking her practically minded collection to a location outside London—“someone’s granny�...

Can a designer’s sustainability efforts ever be enough? Is there a point where there’s just nothing left to do, no further improvements to make? It’s tempting to think so—and plenty of designers will have you believe they’ve gotten there. In reality, it’s not yet possible to be 100% sustainable, to check every box on materials, packaging, shipping, labor, traceability, emissions, and so on. That’s one reason Maggie Hewitt (and many of her peers) has lately avoided describing her b...

Emilia Wickstead Pre-Fall 2021 collection, runway looks, beauty, models, and reviews.

Wood Wood's PF21 Collection Is an Expression of Youthfulness: A nod to the umbrellas of Napoli’s rocky beaches.

Rachel Comey Pre-Fall 2021 collection, runway looks, beauty, models, and reviews.

Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim have spent most of the pandemic in New York. As the co–creative directors of two extremely NYC labels, Monse and Oscar de la Renta, skipping town to work remotely wasn’t exactly an option. But after a year of lockdowns, they’re feeling more hopeful about their city than ever. You can glimpse their New York pride—and wear it—in the standout print of their new pre-fall collection. Against white silk, an illustrated scrapbook of New York iconography features...

One of Alexander McQueen’s many dichotomies was to be simultaneously staunchly English and fiercely proud of his Scottish roots. So reviewing any collection made in his name right now creates a tempting peg upon which to contemplate the ironies inherent in the post-Brexit, Union-busting schism that may well lie ahead. Looking at this collection, however, all that hoo-ha flew out the window as serenely as the (Matisse-y) doves that featured on satchels, shirting, and hand-crocheted knits. This...

Pierpaolo Piccioli is busy keeping Valentino’s re-signification going, the line of thought about identity, humanity, and radicalism around which he’s been tailoring his practice since last year. “Today, more than ever, aesthetics are determined by identity,” he said during a Zoom conversation we had about his new pre-fall collection. “To make Valentino’s codes and values pertinent for today, I want to keep a firm hold on its identity while shifting its signifiers, giving them a new ...

Tracy Reese has packed and shipped every Hope for Flowers order that’s gone out in lockdown. After running a global brand for 20 years, start-up life has certainly been an adjustment, but it’s proved invigorating. “I’m having fun again,” she said from her hometown of Detroit. Later this year, Reese will open an H.Q. in the city’s arts district, where she plans to hire and train women of color in the community. The ultimate goal is to shift most of her production from overseas to Det...

Johanna Ortiz gave her new collection a name: Soledad. Solitude is a state of being we’re all too familiar with a year into pandemic lockdowns. Ortiz, a designer known for party dresses based in Cali, Colombia, has had to make accommodations not just in the way she does business, but in her designs themselves. The flounces and flowers that are her signatures have faded temporarily into the background. Her fall collection is earthier than what we’re used to seeing from her; with ikat prints ...