Fashion
Grace Wales Bonner Appointed Creative Director of Hermès Menswear
British designer Grace Wales Bonner has been named Creative Director for Hermès menswear. She will take over from Véronique Nichanian, who is stepping down after 37 years with the French house. Nichanian’s final collection will be shown during Paris Men’s Fashion Week in January, while the Spring/Summer 2027 collection will be handled by the in-house studio as Wales Bonner prepares her debut for January 2027.
The 35-year-old designer who has had a long-running collaboration with Adidas, created her own brand, Wales Bonner, in 2014. Sources say she will continue to lead her own brand alongside her new role at Hermès.

Grace Wales Bonner: Instagram
Wales Bonner was born in London to an English mother and Jamaican father. She graduated from Central Saint Martins and founded her menswear label in 2014. Whilst studying at Central Saint Martins, Bonner completed her placement year at Meadham Kirchhoff in London and assisted American Vogue fashion editor Camilla Nickerson in New York. Her graduate collection, titled “Afrique,”featured an all-Black cast of male models and earned her the L’Oréal Professional Talent Award that same year.
Hermès’ general artistic director, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, shared his excitement about Bonner’s appointment, saying, “I am really pleased to welcome Grace to the Hermès Artistic Director family. Her take on contemporary fashion, craft, and culture will contribute to shaping Hermès’ men’s style, meddling the house’s heritage with a confident look on the now. Grace’s appetite and curiosity for artistic practice strongly resonate with Hermès’ creative mindset and approach. We are at the start of an enriching mutual dialogue.”

Grace Wales Bonner: Instagram
Known for telling cultural stories with refined tailoring, Wales Bonner has dressed stars such as Kendrick Lamar and Lewis Hamilton. Winning several awards including the Emerging Menswear Designer at the 2015 British Fashion Awards, the 2016 LVMH Prize for Young Designers, the 2021 CFDA International Men’s Designer of the Year Award, and British Menswear Designer of the Year in 2024.

Grace Wales Bonner: Instagram
“I am deeply honored to be entrusted with the role of creative director of Hermès men’s ready-to-wear, It is a dream realized to embark on this new chapter, following in a lineage of inspired craftspeople and designers. I wish to express my gratitude to Pierre-Alexis Dumas and Axel Dumas for the opportunity to bring my vision to this magical house.” Grace said in a statement.
Wales Bonner is expected to bring her cultural approach to design into Hermès’ world of luxury. Her debut collection in 2027 will be one of the most anticipated moments in the fashion calendar.
Fashion
Dakota Johnson Poses Topless in New Calvin Klein Spring 2026 Campaign
Dakota Johnson appears topless in the Spring 2026 campaign from Calvin Klein, joining the brand’s history of minimal underwear and denim campaigns. Photographed and directed by Gordon von Steiner, the images show Johnson in interior settings that keep attention on denim and underwear from the latest collection. In several images, Johnson wears only jeans or black underwear, with her hair or carefully placed objects covering her chest.

Photo: Gordon Von Steiner
One photograph shows her seated on a grand piano in loose-cut denim, her hair falling forward across her chest. Another frame captures her reclining near a pool, a book resting across her torso. Elsewhere, she appears in straight jeans and in others wearing black underwear pieces from the brand’s Ultralight line.

Photo: Gordon Von Steiner
The campaign continues Calvin Klein’s signature campaign style: minimal styling, loose-fit denim shapes, and close shots that focus on the body and fabric. The collection includes ’90s-inspired jeans alongside lightweight underwear designed for everyday wear.
Johnson’s campaign marks her first with Calvin Klein. In campaign materials, she said the shoot focused on comfort.
Captioned over the images, one quote simply reads: “She’s so… wild.”

Photo: Gordon Von Steiner
Speaking about the brand partnership with ELLE, she was asked what made her say yes to the collaboration, saying:
“Working with Calvin at this moment feels very symbiotic with where I am currently in my life… I’m at a place in my womanhood where I feel quite calm and centered. I spend a lot of time at home, I feel very comfortable in my body… Doing the denim and underwear campaign in the tone of very laid-back sensuality felt like it’s just a sort of truth of where I’m at right now.”

Photo: Gordon Von Steiner
On how she sees sexiness evolve with age, she went on:
“I think the sexiest clothing items are the ones that make you feel good in your body… Feeling good in clothes changes your energy and physicality. Sometimes being in a big ratty T-shirt is the sexiest thing in the world…”
Dakota has previously shared that her self-care routine is central to how she feels and looks, with rest and baths playing a key role in maintaining her well-being.
Fashion
Carolyn Bessette‑Kennedy’s Wedding Dress and How It Changed Bridal Fashion
If you’ve ever imagined wearing a slip dress for your wedding, you share the style sensibility of Carolyn Bessette‑Kennedy. Her simple, silk crepe gown redefined bridal fashion in the 1990s and launched designer Narciso Rodriguez into the spotlight. Decades later, the dress remains a reference point for minimalist elegance and bridal design around the world.
On September 21, 1996, Carolyn Bessette‑Kennedy married John F. Kennedy Jr. on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Her wedding dress, designed by her friend Narciso Rodriguez, notable for its simple, tailored design. Unlike the elaborate, heavily embellished gowns common in the mid‑1990s, the dress was a pearl-white silk crepe slip gown cut on the bias with a cowl neckline. It was tailored to fit her closely and emphasized clean lines.

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Bessette-Kennedy and Rodriguez collaborated closely on the design. She requested a gown that was designed according to her personal preferences. The construction was meticulous, with two couture fittings in Paris before the wedding. Because the gown was bias-cut with no zipper, final adjustments had to be made before the ceremony to ensure proper fit. She completed the ensemble with a sheer silk tulle veil, silk gloves designed by Rodriguez, crystal-beaded sandals, and a hair clip previously worn by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
The gown’s minimalist design was influential in shifting bridal fashion trends away from ornate, traditional gowns toward clean silhouettes, precise tailoring, and minimal elegance. Designers and brides began to favor bias-cut gowns, refined textures, and reduced ornamentation. The dress influenced both high-profile and commercial bridal trends.

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The gown also advanced Narciso Rodriguez’s career. It brought him international attention and helped establish his reputation in American fashion.
Bessette-Kennedy’s gown was a prominent example of a wedding dress designed according to personal preferences. Its impact is evident in today’s bridal trends, particularly in the continued popularity of bias-cut, minimalist gowns.
Fashion
Celebrity Models Take Over the Gucci Runway as Demna Debuts in Milan
For the Fall/Winter 2026 presentation at Gucci during Milan Fashion Week, Demna Gvasalia introduced his first runway collection for the house with a casting lineup built around recognisable cultural figures as much as established runway names. The approach placed celebrity casting at the center of the presentation, highlighting the growing role of celebrities in runway presentations.
The runway featured leading supermodels across different generations. Kate Moss closed the show, while Karlie Kloss returned to the runway for a rare appearance. Emily Ratajkowski and Elsa Hosk added current runway relevance, and Italian runway regular Mariacarla Boscono showed her long-standing presence in Milan runway shows.
The casting also included models known for strong digital followings. Alex Consani and Amelia Gray represented a generation popular through social media and digital campaigns, while Gabbriette Bechtel brought work across music and fashion.

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One of the most discussed debuts came from Vivian Jenna Wilson, reflecting the brand’s continued interest in personalities with public recognition beyond traditional modeling paths.
The lineup also included figures from television and music. British television personality Bobby Brazier and rising rapper Nettspend stepped onto the runway, showing the mix of fashion and entertainment in current runway casting.
The mix of established supermodels with emerging figures from digital media and music, Gucci’s first runway under Demna positioned casting as a clear key element of the house’s evolving audience and current audience reach.

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