System Magazine

Curator Olivier Saillard on the Pasolini costume archives and their discreet influence on fashion.

Privateness is possibly the most Venetian quality that the very Venetian jeweller Attilio Codognato possesses.

System invited five current La Cambre Mode[s] students to submit questions to their school’s alumni designers.

At La Cambre Mode[s] fashion school in Brussels, it’s about the Stockman and sewing machine, not the iPad or 3D printer.

For Lucie and Luke Meier, the personal is about process and purity, not shows and spectacles.

Chinese casting director Denise Hu on bridging the gap between local identity and Western model standards.

What happens when Simone Rocha lands upon a collection of conceptual conceptualism.

For 11 seasons, Dennis Freedman and Juergen Teller took Barneys’ catalogues out on the road.

Raul Lopez opens up about the ‘urban dystopia’ of his childhood in 1990s Williamsburg, the salvation he found through the ballroom scene, and how he’s turned Luar into the hottest New York fashion label in years.

Lyle Lindgren and Eddie’s Plein’s Mouth Full Of Golds paints the city of New York gold, diamond and platinum.

To celebrate three decades of Watanabe’s Paris womenswear shows and the continuing power of his runway visions, System selected 10 key collections and asked an all-star cast to discuss them and the designer’s inimitable work.

In a rare interview to mark his eponymous brand’s 30th anniversary, Junya Watanabe reflects on nostalgia, the avant-garde, and his own sense of enigma.

For designer Martine Rose – and her best friend and stylist Tamara Rothstein – inspiration comes from lived experiences, not moodboards.

Following three seasons of digital shows, Casey Cadwallader’s Mugler returns to the runway for the label’s Fall Winter 2022/23 collection, and the lines between IRL and dot-com have never felt so blurred.

Having fought to regain ownership of his name, Haider Ackermann is back, juggling couture and sportswear.

Saint Laurent CEO Francesca Bellettini and creative director Anthony Vaccarello on their ‘never compromise the brand’ strategy.

System launches its Issue 20, featuring Saint Laurent cover stars CEO Francesca Bellettini and creative director Anthony Vaccarello in conversation about the brand’s €3 billion success story.

For Chitose Abe, Sacai is her practical rebellion into a familiar unknown.

Barbara Sturm on the beauty of science and what the skincare industry gets wrong about skin.

Sam Visser discusses celebrity and the beauty of feeling great.

Hair stylist Eugene Souleiman looks back on 40 years of scaring the mainstream.

New Chanel creative partner Valentina Li talks alien sea creatures, the power of being yourself, and navigating her wild visual world.

Thomas de Kluyver on Alessandro and Gucci Beauty, and the importance of always challenging your vision.

After launching their own brands, make-up artist Isamaya Ffrench and hair stylist Cyndia Harvey are ready to shake up the beauty market.

Nail visionary Mei Kawajiri’s creative journey is based on never following the rules.

Designer Pierre Hardy explains his inspiration for the packaging of Hermès Beauty.

Perfume designers Alberto Morillas and Jérôme Epinette discuss the adventure of creating the future of scent.

Michèle Lamy meets art legend Anselm Kiefer to talk Sappho and New Age dentists.

Creams, wrinkles and bedroom furniture with Kim and Michèle.

Fecal Matter on the freedom and frights of revealing their inner selves.