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21 Jun

EXCLUSIVE: Antik Batik Expands Into Menswear

PARIS — Antik Batik has been creating boho chic ready-to-wear for ladies for the past three many years. Pieces equivalent to airy linen shirts and ’70s-inspired embellished vests proved popular enough that men were snapping them up for their very own closets. Now, following the brand’s thirtieth anniversary and just in time for Paris Men’s Fashion Week, founder and designer Gabriella Cortese is presenting the brand’s first men’s collection for spring 2024. “We had numerous men who were buying the ladies’s pieces, so I made a decision to make a dedicated collection for men,” Cortese said. “It just felt like the fitting time.” Enter Paris Opera Ballet principal dancer Germain Louvet. The 2 were introduced by a mutual friend, and he became a...
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29 Aug

Antik Batik Celebrates Thirtieth Anniversary With Capsule Collection, Revamped Strategy

PARIS — Antik Batik, the boho brand that gave birth to the hippie chic craze back within the early Aughts, is celebrating its Thirtieth birthday with a capsule collection that drops Sept. 23. The ten latest pieces play like a biggest hits of the brand, an homage to the Beatles with ’70s style in shearling vests and flowing dresses, festival fashion in high-waisted short shorts embellished with hand-embroidered paillettes, panty shorts inspired by Crazy Horse cabaret dancers, plus remakes of pieces once worn by Jennifer Lopez — and all handmade by a team of artisans in India. The most important milestone collection marks not only the brand’s birthday, but a complete rebirth for founder Gabriella Cortese following a three-year hiatus for the...
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