An independent fashion publication that teaches you how to look at clothes: the detail, what it connects to, and why it matters now.https://readthefold.studio/enhttps://readthefold.studio/culture/what-the-looters-took/https://readthefold.studio/culture/what-the-looters-took/On 17 October, half a million people marched in France against the cost of living. That evening, shops from Céline on the avenue Montaigne to a Célio at Porte Saint Denis were stripped. What was taken, how it was passed around, and why clothes sit at the centre of the anger.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCulturehttps://readthefold.studio/culture/the-tabi-code/https://readthefold.studio/culture/the-tabi-code/A shoe that splits opinion started as a Japanese sock, became a work boot for miners and builders, and walked into Paris on a heel in 1988. What the split toe means, and why some people love it and others can't look at it.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCulturehttps://readthefold.studio/culture/who-walks-who-buys/https://readthefold.studio/culture/who-walks-who-buys/The runway is young and very thin. The clients who keep luxury alive are older, richer and wear real sizes. Here is the gap in numbers, and the few SS27 shows that closed it.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCulturehttps://readthefold.studio/shows/this-bag-belonged-to-gabrielle-chanel/https://readthefold.studio/shows/this-bag-belonged-to-gabrielle-chanel/Matthieu Blazy's Spring/Summer 2027 show for Chanel began and ended with the same model carrying the founder's own 2.55, out of the house archive. Unfolded: what the 2.55 is, how it is built, and why her actual bag matters on that runway.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTShowshttps://readthefold.studio/shows/a-dress-with-its-own-trolley/https://readthefold.studio/shows/a-dress-with-its-own-trolley/At her Spring/Summer 2027 show in Paris, Marie Adam-Leenaerdt sent seven looks out pulling a shopping trolley. The Fold Finds on the Belgian designer who won this year's ANDAM Grand Prize, and why the most ordinary object in the room is the point.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTShowshttps://readthefold.studio/trends/second-hand-first/https://readthefold.studio/trends/second-hand-first/Buying used is becoming the normal first step, not the backup plan.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTrendshttps://readthefold.studio/trends/shopping-by-asking/https://readthefold.studio/trends/shopping-by-asking/People are starting to find clothes by asking an AI, not by scrolling a shop.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTrendshttps://readthefold.studio/trends/built-to-be-kept/https://readthefold.studio/trends/built-to-be-kept/Lasting longer is turning into a reason to want something, and soon a rule to prove it.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTrendshttps://readthefold.studio/trends/the-skirt-stays/https://readthefold.studio/trends/the-skirt-stays/Trousers step back. A plain, straight skirt becomes the daily uniform.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTrendshttps://readthefold.studio/craft/a-metal-weight-holds-the-dress/https://readthefold.studio/craft/a-metal-weight-holds-the-dress/At Julie Kegels Summer 2027, Look 17 pins a small spherical metal weight to the hip of a sheer organza dress. The cloth follows. Structure without hidden understructure: fashion as physics.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCrafthttps://readthefold.studio/craft/a-peplum-made-of-stitches/https://readthefold.studio/craft/a-peplum-made-of-stitches/Pierpaolo Piccioli opens Balenciaga Summer 2027 on a white shirt whose peplum is built from rows of stitching. The same structure lands on a T-shirt, then a pink top grows a train over jeans.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCrafthttps://readthefold.studio/culture/dressed-to-think/https://readthefold.studio/culture/dressed-to-think/A famous 2012 experiment said a white lab coat makes you more attentive. The real story is messier, and much more interesting.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCulturehttps://readthefold.studio/craft/paper-into-lacquer/https://readthefold.studio/craft/paper-into-lacquer/Issey Miyake's Urushi Body starts as hand-torn Echizen washi on a 3D-printed mould. Kyoto lacquer turns the paper into a rigid shell.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCrafthttps://readthefold.studio/craft/the-raw-edge/https://readthefold.studio/craft/the-raw-edge/Acne Studios' new capsule with Hussein Chalayan is made of denim that looks torn apart and put back. The frayed seam is the point. It goes back to three Chalayan collections from 2001 to 2003.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCrafthttps://readthefold.studio/news/eighteen-for-both/https://readthefold.studio/news/eighteen-for-both/LVMH and Kering have rewritten the model charter they signed in 2017. The age floor is now 18 across both groups. The rules on nudity, reporting and audits matter more, and the text leaves open who checks them.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://readthefold.studio/news/his-name-again/https://readthefold.studio/news/his-name-again/Kim Jones put his own label away in 2008 to run other people's houses. Eighteen years later it is back, built with Lucy Beeden, priced with a €1,300 ceiling and opening first in Hong Kong. It is a different kind of designer brand, and that is the point.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://readthefold.studio/news/exit-in-black/https://readthefold.studio/news/exit-in-black/Vaccarello's last Saint Laurent show ran 49 looks in gold, then ten in black. Ten days later, Kering confirmed he was leaving.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://readthefold.studio/trends/the-skirt-won/https://readthefold.studio/trends/the-skirt-won/Prada sent out 63 looks and not one pair of trousers. The real story is where the hardware went. Velcro, snaps and crinoline moved to the outside.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTrendshttps://readthefold.studio/craft/cast-not-cut/https://readthefold.studio/craft/cast-not-cut/Issey Miyake borrowed a machine built for bra cups and sprayed a bodice into being. The mould keeps the folds of a garment that was worn once, then frozen.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCrafthttps://readthefold.studio/shows/ss27-superlatives/https://readthefold.studio/shows/ss27-superlatives/Fashion month, graded like a yearbook. Eight awards for the moments that outlasted the shows.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTShows