W Department

Curated, Not Stocked

A considered selection of designer clothing presented alongside ancient and contemporary art, challenging the distinction between art, craft, and design, between gallery and boutique.

Recent Obsessions

The Library

Recent musings, suggestions, pictures, stories… just stuff we generally like and want to share.

An illuminated black blade sign reading ANN DEMEULEMEESTER, mounted beside the black-framed glass of the new Paris store at the Palais Royal.

From Ghost Ranch to the Palais Royal

Notes from the opening of the new Ann Demeulemeester store on the Palais Royal in Paris, and why an Antwerp house made sense at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico.

Several pairs of black shoes gathered on a white leather chair: padded leather thong sandals, a lace-up boot, and low suede sneakers.

the Wardrobe as a collection

How to build a wardrobe the way a collection is built: slowly, with intention, each piece earning its place. On 3sixteen, Studio Nicholson, and patience.

A model in a black wide-brim hat, black snap-front shirt, and waxed wide-leg trousers, photographed against a pale grey studio backdrop.

How We Look at Clothes

How we look at clothes, and why some take years to reveal themselves: Lemaire, Label Under Construction, Massimo Alba, Harris Wharf London, and Rick Owens.

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