Phew! We’re nonetheless catching our breath from the whirlwind month that has been January. The highest of the 12 months not solely marks the start of the annual award season marathon—and our intensive crimson carpet protection—however it’s additionally the beginning of a months-long vogue week trek, kicking off with the lads’s F/W 2023 exhibits in Milan and Paris and Couture Week. Not that we’re complaining! The four-week stretch presents up a pleasant sartorial platter of noteworthy model moments. And taking us behind the scenes of all of the motion this 12 months is Norwegian mannequin Gustav Magnar Witzøe.
If you’re not conversant in Witzøe but, you’re going to wish to take notice. An rising expertise within the vogue house, the 30-year-old has caught the attention of among the business’s greatest manufacturers and designers, touchdown him front-row seating on the likes of Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Rick Owens, Armani, and Schiaparelli, to call a couple of. After which there’s the not-so-insignificant incontrovertible fact that he’s been working with picture architect Legislation Roach, one of many business’s most influential stylists. Attending the exhibits collectively, the 2 curated a portfolio of dapper appears to be like that showcased the various sides of Witzøe’s private model—suppose drapey fits, acid-wash denim, and avant-garde footwear. With a photographer in tow, Witzøe documented among the highlights from his journey overseas. And fortunate us, we have now the unique.
“Are you able to ever have sufficient footwear for Style Week? First cease: Celine.”
“Probably the most fascinating side of vogue week, for me, is with the ability to get a glimpse into the maddening processes and distinctive approaches that every designer takes with a view to specific their creativity that inevitably results in a set. It’s necessary to me to soak up all of it.”
“It’s all concerning the backdrop.”
“Large Mac eating regimen.”
“Leaving the Giorgio Armani present in a traditional double-breasted swimsuit. Like it!”
“I want to suppose that I wouldn’t break my ankles in these…”
“Rick Owens, everybody. Bravo on a panoramic present that highlighted the genius that has made you a legend.”
“Prepared, set, motion! It’s time for some Louis Vuitton leisure and my final present in Milan earlier than Paris Couture Week. The present was a spectacle; it grew to become obvious immediately that we had been going to be paying homage to traditional types and patterns from Y2K a long time previous. All packaged fantastically with a efficiency by the one and solely Rosalía who exploded onto the runway in a customized LV yellow automotive. I believe I’ll need to look into buying for my very own assortment.”
“It’s not footwear, it’s artwork!”
“Legislation [Roach] and I performing some critical injury collectively.”
“Fittings are important, particularly when you’re investing in a very good swimsuit. An enormous thanks to my prolonged vogue household right here on the ateliers who had me feeling and looking my finest.”
“KidSuper, watch the house… I wager my cash on him.”
“For me, vogue is a method of escapism from my on a regular basis life. I relish within the alternatives afforded to me throughout vogue week(s) to satisfy so many younger, fascinating, and eccentric folks. It’s one of the best type of training and expertise. It’s not simply costume up for me.”
“Matrix meets Mercedes for my last evening out in Paris this season. Cheers!”
Subsequent, Apple Martin made her official debut on the Chanel Couture present.