Nino Cerruti speaks in perfect French, save for a slight singing accent that reveals his Italian origins. He says that “to build a future, we must respect the past without being stuck in the memory of things.” This embodies the very elegance of his work. At 90 years old today, the designer represents the excellence of luxury that reigns in his eponymous house. Deeply anchored in his roots, Cerruti took over the family fabric mill founded by his grandfather in Biella, Italy in 1881 and went on to open his own Parisian fashion house in 1967. Since then, he’s pioneered an Italian ease of dressing, marked by the unstructured jacket, with a fluidity of design between menswear and womenswear.
Kim Jones, the fashion world’s new made-in-Britain virtuoso, asserts an extravagant but wearable vision that goes beyond established genres, bringing an innovative spirit to customize luxury for all. “I don’t like to use fashion for political ends, but to create a ,” Jones says. “Fashion makes people feel good about themselves. It has that power.” A world traveler, the designer is known as a street-style connoisseur constantly inspired by streetwear subcultures, using that energy to reimagine tailoring and the modern wardrobe. Recalling his childhood, Jones talks about his hydrogeologist father’s nomadism, and of their long journey that took him from Latin America to Africa before Jones made London
