Julien d ys vogue williams

There are collaborations, and then there are collaborations. In fashion, one of the most outstanding and long-lasting is that between Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo and multidisciplinary artist Julien d’Ys. The pair, based in Tokyo and Paris, respectively, seem to work by a process close to osmosis.

After Kawakubo shares her theme with the hairstylist—which might be communicated by a single word—she leaves d’Ys to do his thing. The big reveal comes at the preshow fittings: Only then does the one see what the other has done. This collective leap of faith, repeated season after season, has resulted in some extraordinary pairings. Nothing less would do for “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between,” so d’Ys set up temporary quarters in Manhattan and let the magic happen. Happily, Ilker Akyol was on hand to document their legerdemain and here shares an intimate look at the hirsute pursuits of d’Ys and team.

Vogue Williams and her husband Spencer have made the most of their sunny trip away and it looks like they had a very fun - and very stylish - time.

The presenter admitted that she was suffering from 'mum guilt' after arriving in Italy but has made sure to lap up every second of quality time with her other half.

Sharing snaps on Wednesday, Vogue rocked a fun patterned midi dress that would be a great addition to our suitcases.

Vogue looked fabulous in the cream ensemble that was covered in red, yellow, and green patterns. She twisted the straps to make them smaller and accessorised with several rings and bracelets.

If you love Vogue's dress and would like to add one to your own holiday wardrobe, then good news as it appears to be from the brand Kitri.

The Talitha Pastel Floral Knit Midi Dress is described as being 'not-your-average knitted dress' with a 'flattering and figure-hugging' fit and fringing on the bottom for a little bit of added 'fancy'.

The dress is priced at £225 (approx €270) and the brand ships to Ireland. If you love the pattern but aren't sure about the length, then Arnotts does have a similar dress by the brand.

The Gretchen Jacquard Floral Mini Dress (€225) is made from a similar material but has a high neckline and on-trend bow fastenings down the front.

Sharing her pictures, Vogue wrote: 'A trip away for both of our birthdays. We have had the best time ever… we have both always wanted to come here together. It’s a great time to come, still quite busy but not crazy busy and the weather is gorgeous.

'We stayed @anantaraconventodiamalfi in Amalfi and loved it, v close to a beach, town and the ferries! One day we got a ferry to Positano for lunch and that was BUSY!

'Then we went to Capri another day on the ferry which was so gorgeous too. The food is amazing, Italian people are so sound and very easy going. 10/10 all round.' We're not jeal

There are hairstylists, and then there is Julien d’Ys. Born in Brittany, the art school graduate can paint, sculpt, collage, and draw, among other things—hobbies that stem from a desire to create from a young age. There is one thing d’Ys wasn’t all that interested in growing up, though: “I never wanted to be a hairstylist,” he says on a rainy afternoon in Paris a few days after the Fall 2017 Comme de Garçons show, where he took kitchen staple Brillo-like pads and painstakingly fashioned them into coiled tendrils. “It cut all my fingers,” d’Ys reveals of molding the springy, metallic threads into individual headpieces. He flips past a pair of silver-stained cotton gloves that have been taped down onto a single page in a hardbound scrapbook. Shelves of these archival volumes, which d’Ys meticulously fills with colorful pieces of tape, hand-drawn sketches, reference images, and fabric samples after each show as a way of documenting his inspiration and process, line the back room of his 17th-century studio in the Marais. There’s a single book for every season over the last four decades that he has worked with designer Rei Kawakubo.

“She gives me only one word,” the ponytailed Frenchman explains, outlining the relationship that he has cultivated with Kawakubo over the years—a word that often differs from the enigmatic titles Kawakubo assigns to her collections. It’s a purposeful move meant to coax a beauty look that compliments, rather than directly mirrors her clothes. “The word for this season was silver,” he explains of the starting point for the curl patterns he cultivated above models’ bare skin (d’Ys often does the backstage makeup for Kawakubo as well). But it’s how he defines and processes these adjectives and nouns that have made d’Ys one of fashion’s reigning avant-gardists in his own right. Consider Comme’s Fall 1997 show: with only the word bird as his guide, d’Ys achieved one of his most extraordinary endeavors to date—black-tinted Mohawk ridges