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Adut Akech Stuns on Dust Magazine’s Latest Issue, Marc Jacobs Hosts a Three Minute Runway Show & Vetements Debuts a Bold SS ’24 Collection

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1. Adut Akech Stuns on Dust Magazine’s Latest Issue

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2. Marc Jacobs Hosts a There Minute Runway Show

Marc Jacobs may have once been notorious for his shows starting ultra late (while tardiness is part and parcel of the schedule during fashion week, more than a 40 minute delayed is considered a deal breaker, let alone two hours), but last night when the designer showcased his Fall Winter ’23 collection, it was a complete 180. Instead, the whole thing was over in three minutes flat, after models hit the runway all at once and did two finale-style walks.

The show spoke to our consumption habits, and how the breakneck speed of the digital age has exacerbated how we inhale fashion—think of it an IRL realization of the videos we usually see on Instagram Stories sped up to triple time. On that note, ChatGPT and OpenAI were enlisted to create the show summary, utilizing language we’re used to seeing in the context of a collection, but still coming across devoid of any heart and soul when regurgitated on the page. Was it eery? Yeah, you could say that. As for the clothes, which were captured as normal by runway photographer pre-show thankfully, they nodded to a pre-dot com era world, with Eighties-reminiscent styling and silhouettes. As if to drive his point home that we’ve become overfed by fashion, Jacobs opted for a sparing use of color across a neatly-edited assortment of 29 looks that still managed to have something for everyone (a sequin mini for you, an androgynous suit for you.) The irony? By bombarding us with what we’ve become use to in our carpal tunnel-inducing scrolling habits, it was a welcome reminder to slow down, Zoom in, chew, and digest.

3. Vetements Debuts a bold SS ’24 Collection

Since assuming sole creative control of VETEMENTS a few seasons ago, Guram Gvasalia has proven that he can hold his own as a designer. For the brand’s new Spring/Summer 2024 collection, VETEMENTS did not hold a runway show this time around. However, the collection lookbook release is just as captivating due to the sheer elegance of disrupted and exaggerated couture.

Whether it be street-oriented garments or tailored ones fit for a gala, one of the brand’s signature style codes is oversized proportions. But the latest proves that Gvasalia was just warming up as the new direction of oversized proportionality is rather extreme, but captivatingly so. Floor-hugging overcoats, shearling coats, sharp blazers, multicolored tracksuits, jeans and more practically swallow the wearer, which poses the question: How can one move in them? But overt functionality is not the sole purpose as drama takes center stage. Take a look!

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