Alexander Fury

London

Fashion Features Director at AnOther Magazine

Fashion Features Director of AnOther Magazine, Men's Critic of the Financial Times newspaper. Fashion journalist and author.

Articles

“Expect Perfection”: Martine Rose’s Oddly Compelling London Show

1 week ago | anothermag.com | Alexander Fury

Held in a derelict job centre in North West London off the Edgware Road, Martine Rose’s Spring/Summer 2026 show was a slipstreaming of masc and femme, lingerie and fratboy, that was oddly compelling Lead Image “Expect perfection”. That’s the slogan Martine Rose has used on her clothes for a few seasons – but I’m never quite sure if it‘s a challenge Rose is throwing down to herself, or a reflection of the demands placed on young designers.
Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior Cruise Show Was an Emotional Love Letter to Rome

1 month ago | anothermag.com | Alexander Fury

Mixing ready-to-wear and haute couture, Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior cruise 2026 show was a love letter to Rome, rich and emotionally resonantLead Image Maria Grazia Chiuri brought Dior home – to her home, and her home means Rome. She last staged a show here a decade ago, while working as co-creative director of the house of Valentino with Pierpaolo Piccioli (newly ensconced at Balenciaga). But this was the first time, ever, she brought her Dior show here – and it meant something.
Louis Vuitton Cruise: Medieval Clothing Made Genuinely Modern

1 month ago | anothermag.com | Alexander Fury

At Louis Vuitton’s exceptional cruise 2026 show, Nicolas Ghesquière leapt all the way back to medieval times, and medieval garb, which was in essence the start of fashion as we know itLead Image You couldn’t imagine any place more alien to Nicolas Ghesquière’s progressive, decidedly modernist vision of fashion than the Palais des Papes in Avignon, a towering medieval edifice on which construction began in 1335.
Gucci Returns to Its Roots with a Cruise Show in Florence

1 month ago | anothermag.com | Alexander Fury

Staged in a 15th-century mansion in the heart of Florence that holds Gucci’s archive, the brand’s Cruise 2026 show highlighted a dialogue between the past and futureLead Image Gucci came up with a clever idea for its latest Cruise 2026 collection: stage it in the archive. It’s a simple, ingenious and literal notion that makes you wonder why no brand has thought of it before.
The Englishman who invented haute couture

1 month ago | ft.com | Alexander Fury

Bar hardcore fashion geeks and 19th-century history buffs, few have probably heard of Charles Frederick Worth.
Why the dandy is central to the history of Black male style

1 month ago | ft.com | Alexander Fury

“Dandy” is a word that’s being thrown around a great deal at the moment.
Christian Lacroix: “I Have This Utopian Idea That the Past Can Come Back”

2 months ago | anothermag.com | Alexander Fury |TextAlexander Fury

In the latest issue of AnOther Magazine, the costume designer talks to Alexander Fury about the history of fashion This article is taken from the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of AnOther Magazine:“I didn’t want to be a couturier at first, I wanted to design for the stage. When I was a child I was drawn not to women’s fashion but the history of fashion. If I have had one thing in mind my whole life, it’s this utopian idea that the past can come back.
How Michel Gaubert Became Fashion’s Most Prolific Sound Director

2 months ago | anothermag.com | Alexander Fury

As his memoir Remixed is published, Michel Gaubert talks to Alexander Fury about why fashion and music are inextricable, and his iconic collaborations with Karl Lagerfeld Lead Image How do you commit sound to paper? If you’re not adroit at reading music, it’s a tricky endeavour.
The shoulder pad is back

2 months ago | ft.com | Alexander Fury

Here’s a phrase that will fill some with glee, and many with dread: the shoulder pad is back.
Cartier: A Precise History of the World’s Most Famous Jewellery Company

Mar 28, 2025 | anothermag.com | Matthieu Lavanchy |Alexander Fury |TextAlexander Fury

PhotographyMatthieu LavanchyTextAlexander FuryLead Image This story is taken from the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of AnOther Magazine:Cartier is probably the most famous jewellery company in the world. That’s because its name means more than just diamonds and pearls – it’s part of history. Established in 1847, the house had only been in business a year when the July Monarchy was deposed in France’s February Revolution; the foundation of Napoleon III’s Second Empire came in 1852, barely five years in.