What Sold in 2022

What Sold in 2022? Well, if the verdicts of the following six retailers from around the world are anything to go by, you likely went out, a lot, you dressed up, you got a leg up (heels are on the rise, again) and you timewarped back to the ’90s, complete with Gaultier, Mugler, Blumarine, vintage Gucci, and Diesel Glenn Martens’s reimagining of the playfully poppish Italian jeans label has ticked the boxes for an awful lot of you.

And how else did the last twelve months play out? It was a year for being in the [hot] pink, courtesy of Pierpaolo Piccioli at Valentino going head to toe in Diesel denim slouching on the oversized, relaxed, and androgyne tailoring from newer names like The Frankie Shop, and investing in the likes of Dior (Maria Grazia Chiuri can do no wrong, it seems) or splurging on Rick Owens (like MGC at Dior, another powerhouse), or falling for the big shouldered vibe courtesy of Anthony Vaccarello at Saint Laurent (ditto). In other words: It’s a world where going all-out is as considered and styled as the moments spent lying low. It’s drama and casual in equal and impactful measure.
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