The Blank Cheque

Loro Piana has explored the horizons in crafting 'true luxury' - distilled, functional products made of the world's rarest materials that fixate not on the exterior but on who eventually adorns it. Its Fall/Winter '22 menswear collection evolves the definitions of luxury by imbuing the outdoors in its fabrications.

- Manfred Lu

Clothes embody powerful functions. We have become used to them working for us reflecting our personality and mood and giving us an air of authority and confidence. Sometimes, clothes can find their way to express a particular affliction and have the power to comment on a contemporary topic, eventually becoming more than just a piece of garment. Clothes become fashion when it becomes a moment of invention and a distillation of desire. Most would be tempted by the contemporary sparkly nuances that challenge the ways we think and create characters' compositions that enter us through performative impulses. The most powerful clothes, however, are always the ones that are arrested in function with a simple focus on craft and quality. It fixates not on the exterior but on who eventually adorns it: concerning themselves with even the most subtle details, such as the way it feels on the skin, how it never creases, and the way it accentuates and transforms within a moment's notice. That is true luxury, and one of the Houses that has explored its horizons is Loro Piana - a historical but contemporary brand with a fleet of the world's most exclusive fabrics.