Coperni says 'I'm baby!' in its new campaign, and more news you missed – Dazed

Coperni loves a gag: from crafting handbags from glass to spraying a liquid latex dress onto Bella Hadid in real time, designers Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant have proven that fashion is important because of – not despite – it being fun and frivolous. Heralding its AW22 collection, the duo have just released a new campaign shot by Oliver Hadlee Pearch, shrinking its clothing down to newborn size on a cast of little babies. Just as the cult of youth was beginning to lose its shine – think The Row, Bottega Veneta, etc – the Parisian duo have skewed even more juvenile. Titled Coming of Age, the campaign is “an ode to youth and its evolution,” as Meyer and Vaillant say. “It echoes the fashion show, which paid tribute to teenagehood, but the concept is pushed to paroxysm here, looking at the first stage of evolution and of our coming of age: a childhood memory. The video reminds us of 90s TV commercials.” See more of that here.
In other fashion news this week, Julia Fox became the new face of KNWLS, Martine Rose was announced as Pitti Uomo’s next guest designer, Kiko Kostadinov launched a collab with Hysteric Glamour, and adidas finally cut ties with Kanye West. For everything else you may have missed, click through the gallery below.
Ashish is launching an exclusive pre-Christmas capsule with Matches on November 3. Photographed by Manglien S Gangte – a self-taught stylist from Lamka in India – the collection includes 11 pieces that run the gamut of glitz: sequined, polka-dot gowns, bricolage cardigans, and degradé columns. Shot on a cast of social workers and sociology students helping to destigmatise AIDS/HIV in the country, head over to Matches to see more. 
Dovetailing with a new exhibition in Doha, Valentino has just published a book exploring its relationship with the colour red. Travelling over 50 years of heritage, it features 550 shades spanning Garavani to Piccioli. Not so much a retrospective, but an unpacking of its obsession with the colour, the book reaches more than 300 pages, with more than 180 iconic Valentino gowns and accessories. See here for more.
Less than a year since the designer’s untimely passing, Dover Street Market Ginza is staging a special, one-off sale commemorating Virgil Abloh’s four years at Louis Vuitton. The exact pieces are yet-to-be-revealed but the installation will run from October 29 to November 16.
Francesco Risso and the collective behind No Vacancy Inn – Tremaine Emory, Ade “Acyde” Odunlami, and Brock Korsan – are collaborating on a capsule collection comprising men’s, women’s, shoes, and accessories. Think silk capes, crocheted sneakers, and letterman jeans. The collection will land in April 2023 in Marni outposts worldwide.
Vivienne Westwood has been making accessories in Kenya since 2010 – a collaboration with the ​​Ethical Fashion Initiative of the International Trade Centre – supporting 1,270 artisans. For its AW22 collection, the brand repurposed waste materials from markets in Mitumba, upcycling second-hand denim into bags and accessories. Take a look at the Made in Kenya offering over here.
It wasn’t all that long ago that Frank Ocean unleashed his cock ring onto the internet, garnering more attention for his jewellery brand than Riccardo Tisci did for his Instagram account when posting a suggestive “Please don’t go……..” photo the night after the Met Gala. Anyway, the musician-turned director has just launched his XXXL: When A Dog Comes To Stay poster book, alongside a couple of new products from his Sphere collection. Check it out here.

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