The Nike x SKIMS Ballet Sneaker, known as the NikeSKIMS Rift Mesh, has launched. Nike and Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS brand have teamed up for their first sneaker collaboration. It was launched on January 26, 2026, it’s an updated version of Nike’s Air Rift from the ’90s, combining ballet-inspired styling with the shoe’s distinctive split-toe feature.

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The original Nike Air Rift, released in 1996, drew inspiration from the barefoot running techniques of athletes in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, and tabi toe (split toe) that allows natural foot movement – That split-toe feature echoes the famous Maison Margiela Tabi shoes (inspired by traditional Japanese tabi socks).

Key features include:

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•  Tabi toe for split-toe look and natural foot movement.

• Breathable mesh upper (in the initial release) for a close fit.

• Single midfoot strap for easy entry and a secure fit.

• Minimalist midsole that keeps you close to the ground, reflecting to the original Rift’s barefoot design concept.

• Textured logo outsole for subtle grip.

The sneaker is suitable for active wear. Kim Kardashian herself said:

“There’s something so powerful and beautiful about a ballet flat, which is why reimagining the Nike Rift for the first NikeSKIMS sneaker felt perfect. The Rift isn’t just a shoe, it’s a 90s icon that women everywhere have fallen in love with.”

The debut Rift Mesh (in colors like black) released at $150 and sold out quickly at select retailers. Follow-up drops, like the Rift Satin (with satin uppers in black and silt red), are slated for February 5, 2026, as part of SKIMS’ Spring ’26 collection inspired by modern ballerinas (featuring campaigns with BLACKPINK’s LISA). This extends into apparel, accessories, and now footwear.

On January 20, 2026, Pharrell Williams presented the Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2026 men’s collection at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris as part of Paris Men’s Fashion Week. The show also marked the 130th anniversary of the brand’s monogram.

The presentation featured a circular layout with a glass-walled central central installation allowing models to enter and exit around it. The collection combined loose cuts with utilitarian details, in shades ranging from neutral earth tones to selective highlights. Live music, including an orchestra and gospel choir, accompanied the presentation.

The front row included Usher, SZA, Chris Brown, Kaicenat, John Legend, Future, Miles Caton, among others from music and culture. Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton’s menswear creative director since 2023, closed the show and acknowledged attendees.

The presentation used architectural staging, live music, and a curated guest list, positioning the collection within the brand’s heritage.

Here are some of the celebrities who graced the front row.

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Valentino Garavani, the Italian designer whose name was synonymous with couture discipline and colour mastery, has died at the age of 93. He passed away in Rome on January 19, 2026, according to an official statement released by the Valentino Garavani & Giancarlo Giammetti Foundation.

Born Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani in Voghera in 1932, he began his career at a time when elegance was still governed by structured tailoring and formal codes. Trained in Milan and Paris, Valentino returned to Italy in the late 1950s to establish his fashion house in Rome, a city whose grandeur and history would remain central to his design approach.

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By the 1960s, Valentino had had gained international clients, dressing aristocrats, actresses, and first ladies with a carefulness followed strict couture conventions. His work was featured sharp tailoring. Few designers have so successfully balanced excess with discipline, romance with order.

One of his defining signature is the color that became inseparable from his name a distinctive shade of red that was associated with formal evening wear and couture presentation rather than provocation. It was worn by Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Kennedy, Sophia Loren, and later worn by contemporary actresses and public figures extending his cultural relevance across decades of cultural memory.

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His personal and professional partnership with Giancarlo Giammetti, who joined the house in 1960, shaped the business and public image of the house. Together, they built Valentino into one of Italy’s leading Italian couture houses navigating the transition from couture salon to global fashion house while maintaining its couture focus.

Valentino stepped away from active design in 2008, presenting his final collection with a final haute couture collection in Paris that reflected his long-standing emphasis to form and finish. While the house would go on under new creative leadership, his influence remained embedded in its shapes and couture techniques.

Tributes followed from across the fashion industry, film, and global culture, acknowledging not only his aesthetic contributions but his insistence on standards in an increasingly fast-paced industry. Within the fashion industry Valentino represented a belief in fashion as a discipline one shaped by patience, skill, and an understanding of beauty as something constructed, not improvised.

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He is survived by his partner Giancarlo Giammetti. Funeral arrangements will take place in Rome, with plans for a public viewing to be announced. With his passing, fashion loses one of its last true couturiers a designer whose work did not chase relevance, yet never lost it.