T’s Aug. 20 Women’s Fashion Issue

Highlights

Sharp Men’s Wear Silhouettes, Tailored for the Female Form
We photographed the season’s crisp shirting and men’s-style suiting for the cover of T’s new Women’s Fashion issue.

CreditPhotograph by Patrick Demarchelier. Styled by Marie-Amélie Sauvé
Jun Takahashi, the Sorcerer of Fashion
The Japanese designer has developed a singular, theatrical vision. T goes inside his strange, beautiful world.
By Gaby Wood
CreditPhilip-Lorca diCorcia
The Other Side of the Wall: A New Generation of Latino Art
Borders of all kinds have become touchstones for a new crop of artists.
By Kirstin Valdez Quade
CreditAliza Nisenbaum, ‘‘The History Lesson,‘‘ 2017, oil on linen, image courtesy the artist and Mary Mary, Glasgow
The Season’s Most Elegant Black Dresses
When paired with tough boots or crisp shirting, these pieces can carry you through the fall season.
By T Magazine
CreditPhotograph by Collier Schorr. Styled by Suzanne Koller

An Architect and an Artist Walk Into a Barn
On a former horse farm in New Jersey, Frank Gehry built Cai Guo-Qiang’s dream home.
By M.H. Miller
CreditStefan Ruiz
Sweets as Poignant as Poetry
One writer considers wagashi, Japanese tea-ceremony treats, as bittersweet pleasures for stressful times.
By Ligaya Mishan
CreditAnthony Cotsifas. Styled by Michael Reynolds
Memphis in Paris: A Classic French Home Filled With Sottsass
The late designer may be finally getting his due, but his most passionate collector refuses to take him too seriously — just as Sottsass himself would have wanted.
By Nancy Hass
CreditHenry Bourne
The Last Days of Wicker
Just a handful of Europe's rattan ateliers are still in operation. The three finest have been weaving furniture according to ancient techniques for the last hundred years.
By Deborah Needleman
CreditDanilo Scarpati
The Rooms Where Writers Work
Javier Zamora, Danzy Senna and Camille Bordas on place and process.
By Kate Guadagnino
CreditSean Donnola

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Editor’s Letter
T’s Women’s Fashion Issue: Editor’s Letter
Of all the ways in which art and design test our understanding of the world, one of the most important is how they make us question what exactly beauty is.
By Hanya Yanagihara
In the Air
The Beauty of Impermanence
A visual diary in celebration of the melancholy of things that cannot stay, like the sweet ache of summer’s end.
Things That Cannot Stay
In T’s Fall Women’s issue, we celebrate the beauty of impermanence.
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How To | Make a Gunpowder Painting
From sketch to explosion, a close look at the artist Cai Guo-Qiang's process.
By Jason Schmidt
Market Report
Eight Working Tote Bags for Fall
This season, oversize carryalls with subtle details and shapely construction are practical magic.
Inside Jun Takahashi’s World — and Studio
How the shoot and story came together with the enigmatic Japanese designer of Undercover.
By Isabel Wilkinson
From Miniature Art to an Intimate New Hotel, New Things on T’s Radar
Judy Chicago gets her due, painted earrings, Coqui Coqui in Bora Bora — and more.
By T Magazine
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On Set | Jun Takahashi of Undercover
Behind the scenes at a photo shoot in Tokyo with the designer Jun Takahashi of Undercover.
By Niels Alpert and Philip-Lorca Dicorcia
Cover Story: A Gentlewomen’s Agreement
This season’s sharp men’s wear silhouettes are tailored to fit the female form.
Why Are So Many Artists Making Work That Lies on the Floor?
The sculptures tend to appear at moments of political turmoil and social upheaval. But they don’t exactly symbolize defeat.
By Christine Smallwood