How Independent Thinking Powered the Spring/Summer 2027 Shows
The Business of Fashion Podcast

How Independent Thinking Powered the Spring/Summer 2027 Shows

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 9, 20261 hr 8 min

Tim Blanks, editor-at-large at The Business of Fashion, joins Imran Amed for their seasonal review of the Spring/Summer 2027 shows. In London, Simone Rocha and Erdem delivered what Blanks calls career heights, and Christopher Kane made his debut at Mulberry, which brought the label back to the London schedule. In Milan, Demna presented his third show for Gucci, and Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons built Prada’s collection almost entirely around the skirt. In Paris, Anthony Vaccarello staged his final show for Saint Laurent, a collection built around gold. Kering confirmed his departure on Oct. 9. <br...

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Hi, this is Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion. Welcome to the BOF podcast. It's Friday, October 9th. Every season when the last show in Paris is over, I sit down with Tim Blanks to make sense

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of what we've just seen. Tim has been watching and writing about fashion shows for over three decades. This season, he spent time with Mucho Prada, Demna, Rick Owens and Mathieu Blasi. And he can tell you not just what a collection looks like, but what it means.

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In London, two of the city's most established designers, Simone Rocha and Erdem, reached what Tim calls career heights. Christopher Kane returned to the runway this time at Mulberry. In Milan, Demna gave us the clearest picture yet of his Gucci.

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