Fashion
Ralph Rucci Archive at Cornell Reveals Art and Labor of Couture (Wwd)
Summary: Garments from Ralph Rucci’s haute couture and ready-to-wear collections have been brought together for the first time in more than a decade as part of the Cornell Fashion + Textile collection. Documentary materials, including thousands of original sketches, patterns and swatches, are now housed at the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives at Cornell University Library. The archive encompasses works from 1978 to 2015, including nearly 500 items of clothing. The archive is accessible to students, researchers and the public. A retrospective of Rucci’s work, funded in part by the Cornell Council for the Arts, will open at Cornell’s Johnson Museum of Art in spring 2027.
Why it matters: The garments give students an opportunity to study design, construction, material manipulations, fit and movement firsthand, and the paper materials offer insight into the unseen labor behind high-end fashion production in the U.S.
Context: Rucci is the first American fashion designer with a design house established in the U.S. to be invited by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture to show in Paris, and in November 2025, the Council of Fashion Designers of America awarded Rucci the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award.
"These are not garments that can simply be flattened and reproduced at mass scale without losing something. The labor is essential to the design." — WWD
Date: September 15, 2026 08:00 PM ET
URL: https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/ralph-rucci-archive-cornell-art-and-labor-of-couture-1239238887
Generated Analysis Tone: Positive (40%)
Source Registry Score: 10.0/10 — High
Generated text and tone describe the analysis; the source registry score is not a factual truth rating.Nearly 500 garments by designer Ralph Rucci and a large archive of his sketches, patterns and other records are now available through Cornell collections. (Fingerlakes1)
Summary: Nearly 500 garments by designer Ralph Rucci and a large archive of his sketches, patterns and other records are now available through Cornell collections. The archive covers Rucci’s work from 1978 through 2015. Three garments are on display in a campus exhibit through Sept. 16, with a larger retrospective planned for spring 2027. The Kheel Center’s documentary holdings total 125 cubic feet, including approximately 8,000 sketches and 3,000 patterns.
Why it matters: The records also document the labor and production behind high-end fashion, not just the final appearance of a piece. Green said Rucci’s garments depend on handwork and construction choices that cannot be understood from a flat image or simply reproduced at mass scale.
Context: Rucci first held a made-to-order runway show in 1981 after studying at the Fashion Institute of Technology and briefly working for Halston. He launched a ready-to-wear label with a classmate in 1984; it ended after the 1987 stock market crash. He founded Chado Ralph Rucci in 1994, left that label in 2014, launched RR331 two years later and returned to the Paris haute couture calendar in 2019. The Council of Fashion Designers of America gave him its Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2025.
"Nearly 500 garments by designer Ralph Rucci and a large archive of his sketches, patterns and other records are now available through Cornell collections, giving students a way to examine how couture pieces were designed and made." — FINGERLAKES1
Date: September 14, 2026 07:22 PM ET
URL: https://fingerlakes1.com/2026/09/14/ralph-rucci-fashion-archive-opens-to-cornell-students-and-researchers
Generated Analysis Tone: Negative (50%)
Source Registry Score: 10.0/10 — High
Generated text and tone describe the analysis; the source registry score is not a factual truth rating.Roksanda Ilinčić was drawn to Françoise Grossen for her monumental sculptures made of knotted and braided ropes. (Wwd)
Summary: Roksanda Ilinčić was drawn to Françoise Grossen for her monumental sculptures made of knotted and braided ropes. Ilinčić gave a tightly braided spine to a bias-cut gown in brown silk and framed the bustier of her glossy panniered finale dresses with looser braids of a velvety Neoprene. She also used her spring collection to flex her muscles in daywear, at the request of her devoted clients. The venue was the Natural Dye and Wellbeing Garden of the National Theatre, which Ilinčić chose because of her passion for Brutalist architecture.
"“There’s something very earthly, very female about it. You know, women sitting, braiding, braiding hair, braiding dresses, braiding garments,” she enthused backstage before the show." — WWD
Date: September 19, 2026 08:00 PM ET
URL: https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/london/roksanda/review
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Source Registry Score: 10.0/10 — High
Generated text and tone describe the analysis; the source registry score is not a factual truth rating.‘Quiet Luxury Is Out’: Nia Thomas Talks Color, Black Women & Her Spring/Summer 2027 Collection At NYFW (Hellobeautiful)
Summary: Nia Thomas presented her Spring/Summer 2027 collection during New York Fashion Week, featuring natural fibers like cotton, linen, silk, and raffia. She designs with Black women’s bodies and comfort in mind, ensuring clothes flatter and move well. Her garments are produced in Mexico City by female artisans within a five-kilometer radius of her studio. Thomas predicts bold colors and fringe as top trends for Spring/Summer 2027, stating ‘Quiet Luxury is out.’
"I definitely would say color. I think Quiet Luxury is out,” Nia said. “We’re wearing turquoise, we’re wearing salmon pink, we’re wearing buttery yellow… and a beautiful Ferrari red. Head-to-toe dressing in color." — HELLOBEAUTIFUL
Date: September 20, 2026 04:43 PM ET
URL: https://hellobeautiful.com/4603235/nia-thomas-nyfw
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Source Registry Score: 10.0/10 — High
Generated text and tone describe the analysis; the source registry score is not a factual truth rating.Law Roach Named ASOS’s First Stylist-in-Residence (Stylerave)
Summary: ASOS has named Law Roach its first-ever Stylist-in-Residence. Roach will shape seasonal campaigns, direct trend content, and bring his creative perspective to ASOS’s customer base. The immediate deliverable is the relaunch of ASOS Magazine as a quarterly digital publication on Substack with limited print editions. Roach has styled six covers for the inaugural issue, each linked to a shoppable edit on the ASOS website. The partnership also brings in Pat McGrath as guest beauty curator and Elias Medini as contributing editor.
Why it matters: The appointment forms part of a broader strategic repositioning called The Stylist, built around research showing that 68 percent of consumers find it easier to know what to buy than how to wear it. Roach is being brought in to help ASOS close the gap between buying clothes and knowing how to style them.
"Roach will shape seasonal campaigns, direct trend content, and bring his creative perspective to a customer base that ASOS describes as fashion-loving and value-driven." — STYLERAVE
Date: September 19, 2026 03:37 PM ET
URL: https://stylerave.com/law-roach-asos-stylist-in-residence
Generated Analysis Tone: Negative (75%)
Source Registry Score: 7.0/10 — Medium
Generated text and tone describe the analysis; the source registry score is not a factual truth rating.The Best Looks From London Fashion Week Spring 2027 (Wmagazine)
Summary: McQueen is bringing the brand back to London after 25 years of showing in Paris, with creative director Seán McGirr. Spring 2027 will also see Mulberry on the calendar after a six-year hiatus, now with Christopher Kane at the helm. The British Fashion Council’s Newgen initiative is allowing many fledgling brands a chance to show at fashion week. The week will close on September 21 with Burberry.
Why it matters: It’s a major coup for the British Fashion Council and chief executive officer Laura Weir, who has been trying to get McQueen back to London since she took the job last April.
"It’s a major coup for the British Fashion Council and chief executive officer Laura Weir, who has been trying to get McQueen back to London since she took the job last April." — WMAGAZINE
Date: September 19, 2026 09:10 AM ET
URL: https://wmagazine.com/fashion/london-fashion-week-spring-2027-best-runway-looks-photos
Generated Analysis Tone: Negative (50%)
Source Registry Score: 10.0/10 — High
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