Dance! Eckhaus Latta SS27

September 18, 2026 | Design & Culture by Ed

At MoMA, I watched a group of dancers rehearsing their performance. It was insanely beautiful just to watch them move: so confident in their bodies, full of grace and passion. They were dressed minimally, as dancers tend to be, but in a way that felt almost naked and completely liberating. I thought to myself: this is so Eckhaus Latta.

So when Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta presented their spring-summer 2027 collection, I just knew those MoMA dancers would look sublime in these clothes. Like no one else in New York, the designers make unfussy garments that are intelligent, perfectly made, and deeply body-loving. You simply can’t look unflattering in an Eckhaus Latta dress or knitted top.

Their new-season dresses– with an emphasis on never-vulgar sheerness and cloudlike, weightless shifts – made you want to dance, as did a stunningly simple white peplum top. A white T-shirt and a pair of blue jeans? Revolutionary, actually. All I want to wear this month.

The brand has just wrapped up a successful Mango collaboration, which impressed with its quality; now, they’re premiering their J.Crew collection, all about dissecting the codes of preppiness, the Eckhaus Latta way. Oversaturation? Not really. Both collaborations make tremendous sense and seem to declare one thing: people want Eckhaus Latta.

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Delightfully Eccentric. Tory Burch SS27

September 17, 2026 | Design & Culture by Ed

Of all the fashion capitals, New York seems to appreciate female designers the most. They don’t just flourish creatively here, but also seem to feel at ease. That sense of unstrained playfulness was the driving force behind Tory Burch’s spring-summer 2027 collection.

Even if the silhouettes nodded towards the 1940s – think broad shoulders and high-waisted trousers – the designer wanted to find joy in dressing up, with humor as the secret ingredient. She managed to do that effortlessly with a vintage-y pleated dress accessorized with a feather boa, or with the not-so-prim cardigans embroidered with tiny beads. Then there were scarves adorned with tortoiseshell paillettes, like the ones you might find in Chinatown and throw into an outfit simply to dial down the seriousness of everyday life.

There was something beautifully decaying about the glamour of this collection: a woman who seems aware that she should have been born in a different era, and proudly refuses to conform to the reality she’s living in. Walking the streets of New York this week, I saw many women like this – delightfully eccentric and slightly out of place, and making that their power.

ED’s SELECTION:

Tory Burch Racerback Tank

Tory Burch Waxed Canvas Skirt

Tory Burch Studded Ballet

Tory Burch Suede Jacket

Tory Burch Jacquard Dress

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Greatness. Balenciaga AW04

September 5, 2026September 4, 2026 | Design & Culture by Ed

So I’m back in my Nicolas Ghesquière rabbit hole. Maybe it’s just the way Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Balenciaga is giving me no more hope, and as a coping mechanism I’m looking back at the brand’s age of greatness? Just like in the case of Ghesquière’s beautifully bizarre, acid-trippy autumn-winter 2007 collection I covered back in May (also, can someone explain to me how on earth it’s September?), three years earlier he did another masterpiece. READ MY FULL TEXT HERE.

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This Is Menswear! Gabriela Hearst AW26

August 16, 2026August 15, 2026 | Design & Culture by Ed

Thinking about fall dressing is real. Just as real as the dire need for a big, bushy money tree – all thanks to Gabriela Hearst. I’ll be honest: I’ve been kind of uninvested in what the designer has been doing for a while, and I don’t think her decision to show in Paris has necessarily done the brand any favors. But then, completely out of the blue, the brand released its autumn-winter 2026 menswear lookbook, and I lost my mind. Completely. Photographed by Theo Wenner and styled by Tom Guinness, this menswear collection is just insane in its… wholesomeness? It just looks so damn fine. Like clothes you’ll actually want to wear not for years, but for decades. The vibe is as if Tom Sawyer went Uptown. It’s very gentlemanly, with just the right taste for mischief. READ MY FULL TEXT HERE.

ED’s SELECTION:

Gabriela Hearst Men’s Pyke Cashmere Scarf

Gabriela Hearst Men’s Lawrence Cashmere Sweater

Gabriela Hearst Men’s Shearling Teddy Car Coat

Gabriela Hearst Men’s Wells Cashmere Silk Crewneck Sweater

Gabriela Hearst Leather Phone Pouch

Collage by Edward Kanarecki.
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To Be A Celine Boy. Celine Pre-Fall 2026

August 7, 2026 | Design & Culture by Ed

Maybe the first week of August doesn’t mean the end of summer (a daily reminder that autumn officially begins on 22 September – some people seem strangely determined to forget what they learned in primary school), but there’s something in the air that makes me yearn for clothes. Actual clothes. Not the barely-there variety.

It’s that point in the season when I’m officially over the endless debate about how short shorts can be. (For the record, I adore my slutty little red satin pair, and I genuinely couldn’t care less what anyone thinks.) I want flannels. I want jackets. I want coats. I want substance!

Ever since it was unveiled back in January, I’ve been thinking about Michael Rider’s delightful pre-fall 2026 collection for Celine, which perfectly sums up how I want to look from the moment the temperature drops below 20 degrees Celsius. Dark indigo denim (a genuine plot twist, considering I’m famously allergic to blue jeans), a Charvet-esque shirt, maybe a tie in some delightfully odd retro print… not to mention the cropped trench and that perfect blue chore jacket. I’m officially getting one. READ MY FULL TEXT HERE.