That whole thing about necessity and invention, well, it turns out it has legs. Case in point: the earliest collections from legendary French designer and Balenciaga disciple, Hubert de Givenchy. He may have been born into nobility—he’s technically a count—but … read more →

It’s hard to compete with the cultural caché of a Vespa. Dapper Brit Mods and Gregory Peck packing Audrey Hepburn around the streets of Rome immediately come to mind. Yet beyond timeless Italian cool there lies actually functionality. Any Roman, … read more →