JOSH OLINS “I started to take terrible pictures of my friends skateboarding when I was 16,” British-born photographer Josh Olins, who captured the indomitable Zendaya for the cover of this issue, says of his foray into the industry. “I will always remember the light bulb moment when I realised I could transfer my interest in composition in drawing and painting into photography, which was in my mind filling a frame.” Because Olins is most proud of producing imagery that conjures a sense of feeling, he hopes his work is more than just aesthetically pleasing. “We are saturated with images every second of every day, but I hope to feel that mine are worth spending more than a millisecond looking at.” SLOANE CROSLEY “I don't have business cards, but if I did, they'd probably…

Fine fold Whether floor- or knee-length, the long pleated skirt embodies formality and fun in equal measure. Note the versatility; low-key or dressier pairings shine equally. Scan the QR code to shop Vogue's edit of the trend. À la 90s Minimalist tailoring was at peak power in the 90s and remains a covetable proposition for its ease and polish. Per Dior and Sportmax, pair with bold accessories for an individual twist. Hue dares Consider coloured leather when brokering a transition into autumnal dressing. Clear, bright hues and buttery textures are a tonic for cool-weather blues. Scan the QR code to shop Vogue's edit of the trend. Let loose Kick back in roomy jeans that fit at the waist and play with proportion. They chime with wardrobe essentials by day, and with gossamer party tops for high-low glamour at night. Light touch Lightweight…

In the depths of British winter, Chanel sought out the damp, cloud-cloaked climes of the unlikeliest of places for its Métiers d'art showcase in December. Wittingly or not, creative director Virginie Viard set off a chain of chatter about the chosen Manchester, not least of all among the locals. One, however, presided over all of it with philosophical bearing. “Some of it doesn't make sense, which of course, is actually kind of interesting,” Mancunian Peter Saville says, settled in a corner of Free Trade Hall. Now a hotel, the locale was once the site of the Sex Pistols legendary performance in 1976, and of Bob Dylan's 1966 world-shaking choice to go electric, to which an audience member declared him Judas. Saville, vaunted graphic designer and bellwether extraordinaire, is equipped to evaluate…

Fendi: material future Kim Jones was not deterred by the weight of history at the 1925-founded Roman house of Fendi. Making light work of reinventing Italian aristocratic elegance for now, he let his ideas float: in wafer-thin one-shoulder sheaths and multi-dimensional sequins practically levitating off the surface of skirts and opera gloves. Skilfully, he fused this to the house history hewing close to Fendi's roots as a furrier but, crucially, subbing in animal-friendly, opulent, shaggy textures. Short layered fringe on a petrol blue skirt was a glossy mimicry in metallic fibres. A melange of tufted gold, brown and copper threads read as a decadently ersatz fur coat. Punctuating it all was a classic futurism – not an oxymoron but a compelling mash-up of timeless simplicity and futurism, also true to Fendi's…

Context, location, culture. These are the principles Julia Capp and her team are led by when developing a project, which these days, as the chief executive officer at renowned 1972-founded architecture firm Rena Dumas Architecture Intérieure (RDAI), could be a five-star hotel, an Hermès boutique in an art deco building, or a skyscraper in Taipei. An itinerant creative, the Queensland-trained Capp has the advantage of honing her eye during her travels that have taken her to work in firms in Hong Kong, London and now Paris. The spaces she turns her hand to are disparate, but all connected by a thread of warmth, natural materials and organic, sumptuous curves. As Capp puts it: “Light-filled and comfortable and also to be intriguing, inviting.” One of the firm's most frequent clients is…

Few experiences bond people like a road trip. For designer Jordan Gogos, a jaunt from Sydney to Mudgee in January with Australian creative icon Linda Jackson in the passenger seat of his blue Mini convertible formed the groundwork for an otherworldly collaboration – but first, there was a slight hiccup. “I picked Linda up, and then we get to Mudgee,” he recalls of the four-hour drive from Sydney to the rural New South Wales town. “And then [when we arrived], she says, ‘I forgot my keys!'” Even icons make mistakes. Jackson – whose colourful prints and interpretations of Australian flora and fauna made her one of Australia's most famous designers in the 1970s and 80s – was there to open her off-grid archive of fabrics, bespoke garments, and ephemera for Gogos…

Dion Lee: the corset “Internationally, what's had the most impact on my business has been the jersey corset profiles that we introduced in 2019. We immediately saw celebrity attraction and support for those styles, from Bella Hadid to the Kardashians. The one Taylor Swift wore to the Super Bowl in 2024 was hand-crocheted, a knit version of the same silhouette. I think what really struck a chord with people was this ease and wearability of something that represents female sensuality. Since then, we've introduced profiles that evolved from there to become more unisex, which introduced a whole new customer.” Akira Isogawa: the dress “The textile of this hand-embellished dress from resort '99 was made by an artisan in Bali. The motif of ‘Phoenix in a Summer Garden’ was drawn with a batik technique…

Amy Lawrance Looking at Amy Lawrance's work now, it's hard to imagine the bubblegum brights that rolled off her sewing machine in acid green and Barbie pink during lockdown. Today her pieces are rendered deliberately in the eggshell white of raw silk in sparse, elegantly modular geometry. Barbie though, had a part to play. Fascinated by an old suitcase filled with 1960s dolls’ clothes, and a neighbour's old clothing patterns for children, she began experimenting in lockdown, practising the firsthand construction of cottage industry dressmaking. “My appreciation for the often overlooked and undervalued technical proficiency required to produce a beautiful item of clothing really came to the fore,” she says of the past few years. It's why a spirit of domesticity emanates from her work via slubbed textures on handloomed, unprocessed silk,…

Yes, yes, we all know about The Revenge Dress, but what about Princess Diana's Revenge Necklace? The sevenstrand pearl choker with velvety navy sapphire brooch completed the effect of the fatale LBD – after all anyone can wear a black dress, but would it have been as special if not for the final regal flourish? A bevvy of switched-on modern jewellery lovers seems to think so, too. Susan Caplan, vintage jewellery dealer, who procured a version for The Crown, and who's sourced jewels worn by Beyoncé and Kate Moss, reported a 30 per cent increase in the sale of pearls on her website since the replica took a turn on screens. “And we are continuing to see growing demand,” she reports. While pearls have been enjoying a slow revival, it's specifically the…