Feminine as can be, the new MAY 85 ankle boots celebrate FREE LANCE’s bootmaking expertise. Perched on an 8.5cm heel with delicate lacing, they are a perfect combination of vintage and contemporary style, thanks to its rounded toe. A desirable silhouette, which can go from everyday wear all the way to the dance floor.

This daring new collection pays homage to the Himalayas. Masterful draping mimics the rolling slopes of mountaintops. Custom made zippers and artful ropes take their inspiration from trekking equipment. And duchess satin in snow white, sky blue, and dark noir bring the serene colors of Mount Everest to the Parisian runway.

Powerful storytelling isn’t the only signature feature of this collection. “Our pieces are built to be timeless, both in fashion & function,” says founder Yara Shoemaker. “We merge the latest innovation in digital technology with handmade craftsmanship to create garments that are heirlooms, timeless in their aesthetic and lifespan.” Fovari has struck a cultural chord, proving that the future of women’s fashion is innovative, ethical, and feminine.

Fovari, is re-inventing couture for the modern woman. Founded in 2021 by designer Yara Shoemaker, Fovari is a sustainably-focused brand. With highly collectible pieces that embody the essence of femininity, Fovari is paving the way for ethical luxury fashion.

PHOTO CREDIT: @FOVARI photos collection couture printemps été spring summer 2023 haute couture Paris Fashion Week 

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Alone, together: Dsquared2 explores companionship, independence and fluidity with its latest campaign for Spring 2023.

For the campaign, the brand reunites with creative director Giovanni Bianco and director Mario Sorrenti, frequent collaborators who continue to bring the Dsquared2 vision to bold and colorful life.

Pairing vibrant color portraits of lone figures side-by-side with intimate black-and-white photographs of couples, the imagery unfolds as a fluid visual dialogue that questions binary opposites. Captured against jewel-tone backdrops, the color photographs emphasize the bright spirit of the collection, which looks to 70s surf movements, beachside bohemianism, and retro pop-culture optimism for its inspiration. Taking in with a vivid chromatic eye the styling that layers together the graphic boldness of vintage sportswear, earthy craft, and sparkling, iridescent elegance, these portraits cast their eclectic and youthful protagonists as liberated, boundary-defying style icons.

Meanwhile, the black-and-white couple portraits offer another distinct perspective on this ethos of decadent freedom that is at once more intimate and more bold. The expressive characters embrace, lean on and support one another, or hold hands – all while turned toward the camera’s frank gaze with quiet confidence, balancing introspection and openness.

Supported by the rich textural interplay of the multilayered styling, these distinct personae that are wholly individual become even stronger in their togetherness, charging the images with a celebration of free love and the power to choose.

Taken together, these dual approaches of vibrant expressiveness and monochromatic intimacy form a visual conversation that reaches across the confines of picture and page and fills the deceptively simple studio minimalism with a striking expression of Dsquared2’s values: self-expression, youth, dynamism and freedom.

CREDITS:
Directed by Mario Sorrenti @ Art Partner
Creative Director: Giovanni Bianco @ GB65
Starring: Abény Nhial, Greta Hofer, Fernando Casablancas, Thatcher Thornton, Javo Raiden
Make Up Artist: Kanako Takase @ Streeters
Hair Artist: Ward Stegerhoek @ Home Agency
Manicurist: Honey @ Exposure NY