Fashion as fantasy: Julian Louie figured out how to wear an entire collection at once
The artist and fashion designer collaged together all the looks from Louis Vuitton's and Dior's mens' Spring/Summer 2019 collections exclusively for Document Online.
Meet New Pandemics, the modeling agency that’s looking to bring queer visibility to the forefront
Janette Beckman photographed New Pandemics Spring/Summer 2019 show package, revealed exclusively on Document Online.
COS head of menswear design Christophe Copin takes the deep dive into movement
Document talks to Christophe Copin and Karin Gustafsson about art, design, dance and the COS x Pitti Uomo Soma Collection.
Pat and Anna Cleveland find the rainbows in family jewels
The mother-daughter duo recount their favorite fashion moments and discuss how their differing personalities come out while modeling together.
What does AI-generated art look like?
An exhibition at Nature Morte in New Dehli showcases the artwork generated not by human hand, but by artificial intelligence.
Hermès and Pierre Charpin join forces for La Serpentine
The French designer and artist collaborated with Hermès to create window displays, scarves, and tabletop items.
Looking back at the ‘Beautiful Losers’
A new exhibition at The Hole celebrates the 10th anniversary of the documentary Beautiful Losers, which celebrated the 'broke artists' of New York's downtown scene...
One artist brings the Acne Studios Manhattan Sneaker on a journey through the ’90s
"Shoes are the first thing I look at when meeting someone."
An authentic look at people with their very own Birkenstocks
The brand tapped Jack Davison to shoot Ryan McGinley, Thomas Südhof, Romany Pajdak and more with their beloved Birkenstocks.
Christelle De Castro zooms in on downtown NYC in ‘Citizens of the Bowery’
Christelle De Castro photographed and documented 60 denizens of the Bowery for the citizenM exhibition and documentary Citizens of the Bowery.
The photographer who made the biggest names of the 20th century beautiful
Portraits of Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Emperor Charles I of Austria taken by Dora Kallmus, or d’Ora, are the subject of an exhibition at...
Fashion Nova on the rise
Document transforms the slinky Instagram clubwear sensation Fashion Nova into an indie punk dream.
Harley Weir directs a new A.P.C. film starring it-model Paul Hameline
Are the words uttered by models-cum-actors Hameline, Sohyun Jung and Aida Blue in Harley Weir's A.P.C. film a Lettrist poem or random musings?
The case for a museum director who isn’t white or male
Did the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles make the right decision in appointing Klaus Biesenbach as its new director?
A new tome traces Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv’s 60 years in logo design
The iconic design firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv is responsible for the most memorable American logos, from the NBC peacock to the Chase Bank...
Robert Wilson remembers the time Pierre Bergé introduced him to French president François Mitterand
The experimental theater director Robert Wilson honored the late Yves Saint Laurent co-founder Pierre Bergé at The 25th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction.
The Missoni family invites you to enjoy their gnocchi verdi
Francesco Maccapani Missoni collected his family recipes for The Missoni Family Cookbook, published by Assouline.
How a bouquet of flowers from Andy Warhol started Peter Marino’s art collection
'To Peter, Andy Warhol.'
Brutalism never felt like this before
Opening this week at the Museum of Modern Art is “Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia," a new exhibition on the cold architectural style.
Gucci and Frieze collaborate on an Italo Disco fantasy
“Distant Planet: The Six Chapters of Simona," directed by Josh Blaaberg, is a call-back to a not-so-distant time.
A meticulous recreation of Giacometti’s studio is now open to the curious
This summer the Giacometti Institute has opened a near-exact recreation of the sculpture's Montparnasse studio.
David Wojnarowicz’s sleepless nights come to the Whitney
The artist and AIDS activist gets the retrospective treatment at the Whitney starting this month.
50 years on, Diptyque celebrates the art of the genderless fragrance
Long before the iconic CK One and the age of gender fluidity, the French perfumer thought that a scent should be like a work of...
Raf Simons gives it the college try in Calvin Klein 205W39NYC’s pre-spring collection
Raf Simons played with the bright hues and nostalgic associations of America's sunniest university, the University of California, in his latest collection for Calvin Klein.
On its 150th birthday, couture is alive, thriving and vital
Embellished, exotic, and exclusive as ever, couture celebrated a century and half of turning heads during Paris Fashion Week.
Vetements’s Spring 2019 collection told the story of Demna Gvasalia’s bared soul
A traumatic and violent youth served as an astonishing storyboard for the Georgian's latest collection.
Rick Owens questions the state of America
Smoke clouds, germ masks and black flags sent a clear message about the state of things in Rick Owen's men's spring 2019 runway collection.
That’s Dior Men not Dior ‘Homme’
Kim Jones' debut collection for the storied house at Paris Fashion Week was a bold announcement of the brand's latest iteration.
The Kanye Effect
After years of collaborating with Kanye West, Virgil Abloh made a splash with Louis Vuitton Men's debut. How much of an impact does the music...
Virgil Abloh’s Louis Vuitton debut is for everyone with a mind to dream
In his first collection for Louis Vuitton Men's, Virgil Abloh announced with color, and confidence, a new era for those who dream of a better...
Why is fashion in such a Georgian state of mind?
Did the "Demna Effect" cause the fashion world to put an international spotlight on Georgia?
This is how Juergen Teller handles his football fanaticism
The vibrant photographer reveals his maniacal love of football just in time for the 2018 World Cup with a new exhibition at the Garage Museum...
Paul Surridge goes wild for his first Cavalli men’s collection
For Paul Surridge’s debut at Cavalli, time was the ultimate luxury on display.
Out of the zen-like garden, Birkenstock shows its youth at Pitti Uomo
The German heritage footwear brand unveiled a number of fresh styles during its Italian menswear show.
Movement becomes fashion in COS’s Pitti Uomo debut
The London-based minimal brand marked Christophe Copin’s debut through a performance choreographed by Wayne McGregor.
Z Zegna’s latest collection pays service to fashion’s love of tennis
For its Spring / Summer 2019 collection, the Italian sportswear label took to the court at Pitti Uomo tapping Alexander Zverev to be the face...
Hunting for Kit Kats in Japan
One writer discovers that a mission to find every last of the whacky, weird Kit Kat flavors native to Japan can easily become an unstoppable...
Goethe goes to the museum
A new group show opening at Sammlung Friedrichshof and Stadtraum in Austria this week uses Goethe's 1809 novel Elective Affinities to examine space of human relationships.
After posing for the $5.2 million George Condo, Natalie White is now her own muse
The photographer has sat for George Condo, Michael Dweck, Peter Beard and more, but now, she's decided to become her own subject.
‘Fashion Unraveled’ reflects on the repurposed, the distressed, and the deconstructed
On view through November at the Museum at FIT, ‘Fashion Unraveled’ looks at imperfections in fashion history from Maison Martin Margiela to Comme des Garçons.
Byredo’s Ben Gorham on making ‘Elevator Music’ with Virgil Abloh
The forward-thinking perfumer’s latest collaboration with the Off-White founder is anything but forgettable.
An exhibit celebrating fashion’s fascination with ‘Heavenly Bodies’
The Met's 2018 Costume Institute exhibition, “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination,” explores the relationship between fashion and Catholicism.
Curating the curator who “didn’t buy the bullshit” of the art world
This past weekend, Frieze New York’s first curated section celebrated the legendary curator Hudson, whose lone vision shaped the contemporary art world as we know...
Ermenegildo Zegna’s visionary entrance into ready-to-wear gets the retrospective treatment
‘Uomini All'Italiana 1968’ marks five decades since the iconic Italian label’s foray into prêt-à-porter—at the expansive tipping point for personal expression in cultures across the globe.
The first day of Frieze was a furnace, making collectors cranky
Record heat hits Frieze New York, affecting not just the mood of fairgoers, but sales as well.
The delirious diary: Art Basel in Hong Kong
At the art world's biggest party in Asia, blue-chip gallery David Zwirner unveiled new work by Wolfgang Tillmans, while luxury brands such as Loro Piana,...
The liberating extravagance of Comme des Garçons’s camp
Rei Kawakubo's Fall/Winter 2018 collection banished seriousness in favor of effusive expressions of form, color, and visual pleasure.
Designers are offering protection from the elements of a harsh world
Bundled wraps, plastic sheets, thick coats—it’s not just layering that's dominating Fall 2018 collections, but a clear need for safety and comfort in times of...
The American politics of the radical presidential portrait
Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald's portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama are the latest entries in a visual tradition defining the politics of the present.
