Author: Lumie
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[Van Cleef & Arpels] Structure Before Ornament: Reading Fleurs de Hawaii
The name promises tropical paradise. What’s actually on the tray at the boutique is something quieter. Van Cleef & Arpels released Fleurs de Hawaii at the start of summer 2025. Of the variations, aquamarine on white gold was the one that made the strongest impression on me — both for its visual clarity and for…
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Dior Spring/Summer 2026 | Jonathan Anderson’s Debut: Relearning Femininity at Dior
Inside Dior Spring/Summer 2026 Jonathan Anderson presented his first Dior womenswear collection on October 1, 2025, in Paris. The show began with a forty-minute prologue film — directed by Adam Curtis — projected over an inverted pyramid screen that stitched fragments from every Dior creative director who came before him. The film opened with a…
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Chanel Spring/Summer 2026 | Matthieu Blazy’s Debut: When Structure Learns to Breathe
Inside Chanel Spring/Summer 2026 Matthieu Blazy presented his first Chanel ready-to-wear collection on October 7, 2025, at the Grand Palais. The collection landed closer to a full reset than to a recalibration. The familiar warmth Chanel has carried for decades — the soft femininity, the emotional polish — was deliberately stripped back. In its place,…
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Cartier The Panthère Mini Semi-Pavé Watch
On Proportion, Craft, and the Watches That Age Better Than We Do The Panthère sits in a rare zone within Cartier’s catalogue — one of the few lines where the boundary between watch and bracelet jewelry actually dissolves on the wrist. That’s why choosing a Panthère starts somewhere different from most watch decisions. The first…
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Dior Pre-Fall 2026 | Preview
Reading Anderson’s First Image Fragments A collection’s direction often shows up earlier than the finished pieces. Especially when the designer is the one posting the fragments — unfinished gestures, close-ups, objects in process — through their personal account. Jonathan Anderson’s recent Instagram feed has been doing exactly that for Dior Pre-Fall 2026. There’s no central…
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On writing things that stay
I’ve written about fashion and jewelry for years —not to keep up, but to understand what stays. This journal isn’t about trends or releases.It’s a place to pause — and look again. I write about clothing, jewelry, and runways —always through structure, material, and proportion. What something is made of.How it’s worn.Why certain forms continue…