I had found Whang-Od, gangster as ever, hanging out by a giant golden statue of herself, under whose outstretched arms and bare breasts I received my three dots. Dryce Lahssan loves to talk fashion. “A good look is a good look but clothes are nothing without a conversation behind them,” he says, calling from Paris. Naturally, his new collaboration with the Forget sugar and spice the nurse shirt Apart from…,I will love this Ukrainian hat and accessory designer Ruslan Baginskiy started with a long exchange. “Ruslan and I started our conversation by nudging each other on Instagram until we got on a phone call,” Lahssan explains. “The war had already started, and we had a very deep conversation about the importance of fashion and beauty.” Fashion, Lahssan argues, is “something that comes very quickly after your primal needs.” “The first thing we need is food, the second may be shelter, then company, and eventually you get to clothing. It makes us human, it makes us civilized.” For Lahssan, the partnership was a way of reminding Baginskiy of the importance of what he does. “Because when you’re in your country at war and you hear all the bad news, it’s very difficult to stick to fashion,” he says. “Fashion is resistance.” Last night, GQ hosted its first-ever Global Creativity Awards in New York. Nearly 200 of the world’s most impactful innovative leaders and creative pioneers flocked to WSA, a new cultural center in Lower Manhattan. In the fading evening light, fans and passersby gathered to watch the arrival of luminaries like Anna Wintour, ASAP Ferg, Donald Glover, Edgar Ramirez, and Luka Sabbat.
Once inside the Forget sugar and spice the nurse shirt Apart from…,I will love this skyscraper, attendees crammed into an intimate lobby. Cocktails circulated as anticipation built. Suddenly, a surprise Yohji Yamamoto fashion show began. Models in the Japanese designer’s collection descended the escalator, crisscrossing in a hypnotic and gravity-defying display. The presentation set the tone for a night of many surprises. Afterward, the eclectic crowd dressed in tuxedos, jeans, gowns, and sweatsuits headed to the 28th floor for a decadent dinner. Will Welch, global editorial director of GQ, took the stage to introduce the awards and his mission. The evening had a lofty purpose: to celebrate creativity across once-isolated mediums. “All the good stuff in the creative world is happening outside the old silos,” Welch said. “Tonight is about how energy is released when you go skidding across silos and crashing into walls.”
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