Jonathan Anderson exits Loewe

After an 11-year run, Jonathan Anderson is leaving Loewe.

The house said on Monday it experienced “exceptional growth” under his direction and, according to chief executive officer Pascale Lepoivre, “has risen to new heights with international recognition”.

“While reflecting on the last 11 years, I have been lucky enough to be surrounded by people with the imagination, the skills, the tenacity and the resourcefulness to find a way to say ‘yes’ to all my wildly ambitious ideas,” Anderson said in a statement. ‘While my chapter draws to a close, Loewe’s story will continue for many years to come, and I will look on with pride, watching it continue to grow, the amazing Spanish brand I once called home.”

Sidney Toledano, adviser to LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault considers Anderson “to be amongst the very best”.

“What he has contributed to Loewe goes beyond creativity. He has built a rich and eclectic world with strong foundations in craft which will enable the house to thrive long after his departure,” Toledano said.

The announcement comes after Loewe’s co-ed presentation took place on 10 March. “If the Loewe show was sorely missed in Paris this season, the lasting impression of walking through this exhibition was of just how much fun Anderson has had,” wrote Vogue Runway’s Sarah Mower. Since the day before his presentation, Anderson has shared a number of retrospective posts on his personal Instagram account that many read as a goodbye to Loewe.

source: voguebusiness.com

JW Anderson unveils a 100% upcycled and genderless capsule collection

The team of JW Anderson came together via phone, email and videoconferencing to create a 100% British wardrobe, throughout the creation process, from the design made in England.

Introducing JW Anderson’s Made In Britain capsule collection: reimagined iconic shapes and silhouettes including oversized shirts, a trench, a cape, a dress and t-shirts made of existing surplus materials. Using signature techniques like patchwork, reverse stitching and raw and exposed seams made the collection instantly recognisable as JW Anderson. Also true to the brand’s DNA, the pieces in the capsule aren’t designed with any gender in mind; the entire collection was shot on both female and male models to reinforce the fluidity of Made in Britain.

One of the main characteristics of it: the Genderless silhouettes


Loewe x Paula's Ibiza: The summer collection we all need

For spring-summer 2020, Loewe is collaborating with Paula's Ibiza (for the 4th time) , the coolest label on the island of the Spanish archipelago, for a vibrant and solar capsule, which expresses the lightness and airy spirit of the Balearic Islands.

This capsule, with its t-shirts in acid colors, its effortless shirts, its fluid shorts and its swimsuits sublimated with tie and dye prints, or its playful accessories like bags in the form of octopuses, dolphins and whales, evokes a veritable “visual celebration”, as Jonathan Anderson said in a press release.

JW Anderson FW2020 menswear show at Paris Fashion Week

Jonathan Anderson is adept at bringing almost-forgotten art to the ambience of his shows—both for his own label and at Loewe.

There were the long, narrow shifts in paisley print carried over from his women’s collections, pleated peplum tops over shorts, skinny knits, and hefty padded coats. With that sure hand he has for eye-catching Instagrammable branding, he accessorized with heavy gilt chains swathed as belts, blown up as shoe-jewelry, and minimized as sewn-on half-necklaces. The JW Anderson anchor-like logo that he invented as a 23-year-old was stenciled into a felted tote bag and worked into a patchwork sweater. vogue.com

JW Anderson is launching new Christmas collaboration

JW Anderson did it again and this time has collaborated with Gilbert & George in a new project for Christmas.

For those who don’t know the artistic duo Gilbert & George, they are renowned for their colorful photomontages. This time they gave their inspirational notes for a JW Anderson arty capsule collection.

Jonathan notes:

“For me, Gilbert & George are the ultimate British Modernists and I am obsessed with their work. I really appreciate both the sense of anarchy and order in what Gilbert & George do and in this way it works perfectly with JW Anderson – it’s a marriage of British eccentricities and traditions.”