When Dior Designed the Yoga Mat: Haute Wellness and the New Language of Luxury
When one of the world's great couture houses starts designing yoga mats, it is not a diversification. It is a declaration.
Read →Fashion News · MMXXVI
Fashion
News.
The week in fashion — read slowly. Runway notes, designer correspondence, and the quieter dispatches the trade press tends to skip. Filed by Karen Alexandra.
● Latest dispatches
Runway2h ago
Loewe sends only 12 looks. The whisper is louder than ever.
Drops5h ago
Phoebe Philo's third release is now live — and nearly sold through.
Couture8h ago
On Schiaparelli's restraint, and a thesis I keep returning to.
Street11h ago
The Milan crowd is wearing flats again. Read into it.
Critique14h ago
The case against the 'micro-trend' as a category of thinking.
Industry1d ago
What the LVMH numbers don't say about the slow consumer.
N° 02 — Madrid fashion calendar
Upcoming events in the city.
JUN 14
A Mano Pop-Up Market
Pop-up · Lazo, Madrid
JUN 17
Fashion and Business Networking | Elevating Your Potential - Madrid
Event · Areia Club, Madrid
JUN 20
POP UP - Xulo Market @MALASAÑA
Pop-up · Calle de San Andrés, 3, Madrid
JUL 23
Momad
Fair · IFEMA
SEP 14
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid
Show · IFEMA
SEP 24
Bisutex
Fair · IFEMA Madrid
N° 03
The week, in long form.
N° 04 — Karen's staff picks
Most read, this season.
The five letters readers returned to — and the ones I'd ask you to begin with.
01
The case against the 'micro-trend' as a category of thinking.
Read →02Why I'm only buying one bag this year — and which one.
Read →03On the small theatres of an ordinary morning at Paris fashion week.
Read →04A field guide to spring tailoring — six pieces, in order of importance.
Read →05The Loewe whisper, decoded — twelve looks, read in the order shown.
Read →The Friday Briefing
The week in fashion, edited to seven minutes.
A separate dispatch from the Saturday Letter. Runway, drops, and the quiet shifts — every Friday at six.
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