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ICONS BEHIND THE SCENES

For its latest My Peekaboo campaign, Fendi takes its iconic bag behind the scenes, bringing together Monica Bellucci, Valeria Golino, Tang Yan and Yara Shahidi in a series of cinematic portraits.

Set against the raw atmosphere of a film studio, the images blur the line between fashion campaign and backstage moment. Spotlights, director’s chairs, equipment cases and studio doors become part of the scenery, while the Peekaboo remains a constant presence from one portrait to the next.

Each woman brings a distinct character to the bag, shifting effortlessly between classic elegance and a more intimate, off-duty attitude. Rather than placing the Peekaboo on a conventional stage, Fendi captures it in the moments surrounding one — as if caught somewhere between preparation and performance.

Across generations and personalities, My Peekaboo ultimately turns an icon into something personal: one bag, carried in four different ways.


WHO ARE YOU ?

For its Fall/Winter 2026–27 campaign, Maison Margiela steps into the realm of cinema with ANONYMITY, a film starring Rebecca Hall and directed by Thibaut Grevet. Conceived through the codes of a psychological thriller, the campaign unfolds in a dark, enigmatic atmosphere where fashion and suspense become inseparable.

Hall finds herself confronted by a masked double mirroring her appearance, turning the encounter into an unsettling exploration of identity and perception. Who is real, and how well can we ever truly know ourselves? With its vintage thriller undertones, ANONYMITY transforms these questions into a cinematic tension built around doubles, masks and uncertainty.

The project also continues Maison Margiela’s ongoing dialogue with film, following previous cinematic experiments. Here, the Fall/Winter collection becomes part of the narrative itself, inhabiting a world where appearances deceive and identity is never quite what it seems.


CINEMA OF SENSATION

For the 32nd chapter of Miu Miu Women’s Tales, acclaimed French filmmaker Claire Denis steps behind the camera with Avec Kim, premiering at Venice Film Festival’s Giornate degli Autori on September 5, 2026.

Known for a cinema driven by sensation rather than explanation, Denis brings her deeply physical approach to the long-running film series. Her singular language — sensual, elliptical and instinctive — moves between narrative and abstraction, exploring desire, alienation and the complexities of human connection.

From Chocolat and Beau Travail to High Life and Stars at Noon, Denis has built a body of work defined by intimacy, movement and feeling. With Avec Kim, she joins the distinctive voices that have shaped Miu Miu Women’s Tales across 32 episodes and 16 years, continuing its celebration of female filmmakers and their singular ways of seeing the world.


SAINT LAURENT / PURIENNE

Saint Laurent Rive Droite / Purienne SLRD Editions

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Anthony Vaccarello and photographer Henrik Purienne collaborate exclusively for Saint Laurent Rive Droite.

As part of the Saint Laurent Rive Droite editions, books produced and published for Rive Droite only, Anthony Vaccarello invited Purienne to express his vision through a series of black & white images featuring models wearing Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello collections.

The photos, captured in Paris, are faithful to Purienne’s erotic, playful and sensual aesthetic.

This is the fourth book of the Rive Droite editions, following the exclusive books on Daido Moriyama, Betty Catroux and Gray Sorrenti.

Saint Laurent Rive Droite editions also published their first fanzine with Derek Ridgers in February 2021.

The book is exclusively available at Saint Laurent Rive Droite Paris and Los Angeles stores and on YSL.COM/RIVEDROITE.

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// VVD Works 2009 – 2018 //

Since the release of his first monograph, Vincent Van Duysen has consolidated his reputation for buildings of exceptional spatial mastery and highly refined detailing, and built a growing international following. This beautiful companion volume presents thirty of the Belgian architect’s most recent works produced over the past decade, much of which has been exquisitely captured by renowned photographers Hélène Binet and François Halard. The buildings featured from this latest period include an array of elegant residences in Europe, New York, Paris and The Hamptons, as well as larger-scale commercial and public projects. Product and furniture designs, microcosms of the architect’s rigorous attention to detail, are also featured, including yacht interiors and objets décoratifs.

With foreword by close friend and Academy Award–winning actor Julianne Moore, the broader context of Van Duysen’s contribution to contemporary architecture is provided by architect Nicola di Battista and architecture critic Marc Dubois. An illustrated chronology provides a complete overview of the architect’s recent projects.

Van Duysen has established a reputation as one of the world’s most refined and artful architects. This major new publication will further cement his uncompromising commitment to creating timeless places and spaces.

// COMME DES GARCONS X GUCCI //

COMME DES GARCONS X GUCCI’six limited edition scarves are now available at Dover Street Market New York, London, and Ginza.

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/ by Michael Marson /

// PHREATIC ZONES //

Cristina Iglesias brings the city plaza and London’s river Thames into Marian Goodman’s Gallery with three new horizontal sculptures, lined with bas-reliefs cast in weathered aluminum.

After large scale works in the public realm with Deep Fountain in Antwerp in 1996 and Tres Aguas in Toledo in 2014, she continues to explore the concept of the underground and the well as an allegory of life, sex and death in the contemplative setting of the gallery.

Cristina Iglesias – Phreatic Zones

Marian Goodman Gallery

London

30.10.2015 – 19.12.2015

 

 

© Cristina Iglesias. Courtesy the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery.

 

 

 / by Kim Poorters /