Was Pharrell Williams’s Louis Vuitton menswear debut the most epic fashion show ever to take place in Paris? Or was it the most intimate Jay Z concert of all time? The answer, in 2023, was both. Vogue Runway’s most-read stories of the year were about the intersection of fashion and entertainment, a very busy corner indeed.
Pharrell wasn’t the only A-lister with a fashion project that captivated our readers. Beyoncé’s collaboration with Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing drew eyeballs, even if she didn’t wear anything from the special collection on stage during her record-breaking Renaissance tour. Angelina Jolie’s announcement that she was getting into the rag trade, with a purpose-driven collection named Atelier Jolie, was a top story as well, without so much as a sample or sketch to showcase her vision for the brand.
We suspect that our coverage of newcomer Louis-Gabriel Nouchi’s spring 2024 men’s show in Paris saw uplift from the celebrity cameos by Emily in Paris’s Lucas Bravo and White Lotus’s Stefano Gianino, too. That’s what star power can do. At The Met’s Costume Institute, it’s the clothes that are the celebrities, and with its focus on 250 items from its own vast archives, the upcoming exhibition “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” promises to be big news through the first half of 2024.
Read on to see the full list of Vogue Runway’s most-viewed stories.
Tatjana Patitz, One of the Original Supermodels, Has Died
The untimely passing of the German-Estonian beauty stayed in the news, when her fellow supers were the subjects of a four-part Apple TV+ docuseries.
Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” Is The Costume Institute’s Spring 2024 Exhibition
According to The Met’s CEO Max Hollein, the upcoming show “will heighten our engagement with masterpieces of fashion by evoking how they feel, move, sound, smell, and interact when being worn, offering a deeper appreciation of the integrity, beauty, and artistic brilliance of the works on display.”
Angelina Jolie Is Launching Atelier Jolie, a New Purpose-Driven Brand
The actress, director, and former United Nations goodwill ambassador and special envoy promises the new label will utilize deadstock and tap into the abilities of “refugees and other talented, under-appreciated groups, with positions of dignity based on skill.”
Demna on the Record: The Balenciaga Designer on the Brand’s Controversy and His Path Forward
In his first interview after the advertising campaign imbroglio of 2022, Demna recommits to the work of making clothes. “I reconnected with where I started, and I realized the importance of it to me. It’s a serious job, you know, to make clothes. It’s not about creating image or buzz or any of those things. I am back to making jackets. That’s where this house started, and that’s where I started as a designer.”
Law Roach Opens Up About His Retirement From Celebrity Styling, His Future Plans, and His Dramatic Modeling Debut for Boss
Thirty-six hours after dropping an Instagram post announcing his retirement, citing “politics and false narratives,” the celebrity stylist sat down with Vogue Runway to discuss the reason behind his decision.
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Beyoncé and Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing Have Co-Designed a Collection—Introducing Renaissance Couture
The Balmain designer puts the project in perspective: “This appears to be the first time that a Black woman has overseen the couture offering from an historic Parisian house. And those designs were created in partnership with the first Black man to ever oversee all the collections at an historic Parisian house. Let’s hope those two firsts help inspire plenty of others…”
Davide Renne, the Creative Director of Moschino, Is Dead at 46
Tragically, the Italian designer, a 20 year veteran of Gucci, died 10 days into his new role as creative director of Moschino.
Jeremy Scott Steps Down as Creative Director at Moschino After a Decade
A bold practitioner of the camp themes the house founder established, Scott was born for the Moschino job, and everyone from Lady Gaga to Cardi B to Lizzo found a kindred spirit in the American designer’s irreverent take on culture and fashion at the Italian label.
“I Want People to Feel Like They’re Walking on Stage When They’re Wearing This Brand”—Kid Cudi Brings His Debut Collection to Paris
Vogue Runway’s Amy Verner calls the first collection of Scott Ramón Seguro Mescudi, aka the rapper Kid Cudi, “deeply personal, and packed with ideas that recall his years of sampling and experimenting with fashion and other creative pursuits, including graphic design and animated film.”
Louis-Gabriel Nouchi Hits the Runway With an Assist from Emily In Paris’s Lucas Bravo and White Lotus’s Stefano Gianino
With a perspective on masculinity as singular as it is inclusive, Nouchi’s casts always include men of varied sizes, builds, and chest hair, a radical concept, apparently, for many designers of menswear, where the prevailing model type is young, rail-thin, and depilated.
