All The Vibes: #20
Africa’s fashion scene is thriving, football and fashions love affair continues and AI takes over
Whether it's runway shows, magazine editorials, new trends, fashion news, brand collaborations, fresh collection drops or cool ad campaigns; ‘All The Vibes’ is a place for you to discover all of the fashionable things that should be on your radar.
If you didn’t know you needed to know these fashion tidbits, well, now you know.
So sit back, relax and enjoy! Let’s get into round #20.
Precious Lee photographed by Lacey Lennon in Malibu for i-D is the summer editorial that we all need to bear witness to. It's fresh, simple and straight talking, injected with a little bit of Disney personality and Californian vibes, because why not?
Now I am pumped about this. For its next Metiers D'Art Show on December 7th, Chanel is staging its 2023/24 collection in Manchester. Yes, you read that right, the Northern city of Manchester, a city that has been playing a large part in the British style scene for decades but one that rarely gets enough credit or attention.
How will the SAG-AFTRA Actor's strike affect fashion? And more importantly, what does it mean for the future of the red carpet that's basically a brand's undisputed catwalk? Vanessa Friedman at The New York Times delves into how the strike may have far-reaching implications and consequences for how we watch and consume fashion.
Wauzine is an indie zine spotlighting the vibrancy and diversity of Kenya's fashion scene. Its fourth issue looks at works from Theresia Kyalo, who reinterprets Kenyan aesthetics into contemporary jewellery, Akiba, which rethinks streetwear through afro-futurism and a pop cultural lens, and True Denim Collection, which creates planet positive denim looks.
Set against the landscape of the Salin d'Aigues-Mortes, this editorial spread from i-D is otherworldly, surreal and breathtaking in its simplicity. They really hit it out of the park for their summer 2023 issue.
This is adorable. Designer Joseph Altuzarra is leaving a fashion legacy and creating an archive of pieces for his daughters, Emma and Charlotte, which I'm sure will elicit a little bit of the green-eyed monster from their peers in years to come.
Fashion and film podcast Makeover Montage make a case for the style and aesthetics that contribute to making the horror genre what it is. Because yes, clothes have a big part to play in gorey content. Think: Megan Fox’s shrunken baby hoodies in Jennifer’s Body, Drew Barrymore’s cream Scream sweater and more.
Is anyone else becoming a little bit fed up with all of the ways AI is apparently going to take our jobs? Well, in the realm of fashion, Ssense has launched a generative AI chatbot to help people with their style woes. As an ex-personal stylist and fashion editor, this one feels personal.
Ugh, there it is again. AI talk. But this time, I kind of like what happened here. The campaign for the Aries x Malibu collaboration uses AI imagery to explore Aries at the beach and in the streets, and it's kind of vibey. But I just hope this isn't the route all brands decide to take as you may lose a lot of fashion creativity and nuance in the process.
Fashion and football's love affair continues, and this time major changes are underway signalling a new era of collaboration and creativity. Crystal Palace has become the first club in the Premier League to hire a creative lead to oversee apparel collections and fashion partnerships, with sports marketing veteran Kenny Annan-Jonathan set to launch an apparel collection for the upcoming 2023-2024 season.
Nigeria's streetwear scene is thriving. And we love to see it. Streetwear produced in the region is disrupting the fashion status quo as moving eyes away from the Western gaze, with events like Street Souk becoming the country’s hub for buying and selling streetwear with a local-made twist.
The Adidas and Ye saga continues, but this time the sportswear giant may have come out on top. While most thought that the market for Yeezy's was on a decline, a surge in Yeezy sales helped Adidas shrink its expected operating loss for 2023 from €700 million to €450 million. While no loss would have been ideal, there are lessons to be learnt here — when working with a celeb, a controversial one at that, proceed with caution or it may come back to bite you in the ass.
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