One of our favorite shows in Paris is always Raf Simons, the designer who intuitively knows what we want to wear and which references lurk in our collective subconsciousness that are ready for renewal. This season, Simons did not disappoint, resurrecting some of the early post-Y2K hair trending of his earlier collections, alongside tailored and somewhat oversized suiting to invigorating effect. The materials seemed at once breezy and protective, spanning both rainproof and teddybear ends of Simons’s great spectrum. Sonny Vandevelde was, of course, backstage capturing the looks before and after they hit the runway, and VMAN has a gallery of the images available to be gawked upon, HERE.

KEYWORDS: BACKSTAGE, Fall 2012, paris fashion week, Raf Simons, Sonny Vandevelde

Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky continues to exemplify what is “Wassup” in his new video by that name, produced in conjunction with VICE in the style of Scarface, Belly, Enter the Dragon, The Warriors, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Always the pinnacle of taste, Rocky and co. don such fashion in this clip as Versace for H&M, Comme des Fuckdown, Hood By Air, and a Y-3 beanie. Check out the video below, held together with the glue of an atmospheric groove by New Jersey producer Clams Casino:

KEYWORDS: A$AP Rocky, H&M, hood by air, VERSACE, Vice

Sonny Vandevelde captured all of the stars, stripes, and silver septum jewelry at Riccardo Tisci’s Fall 2012 mens Givenchy show in Paris this past week. For more photos from backstage, CLICK HERE.

KEYWORDS: Fall 2012, Givenchy, paris fashion week, Riccardo Tisci, Sonny Vandevelde

Recent Twitter activity from Light Asylum and their label, Mexican Summer, has verified that the Brooklyn duo are finalizing mixing and mastering on their debut LP for a spring release. As if this news in and of itself could not be exciting enough, the band has just released this darkly beautiful, apocalyptic video for their hyper-industrial drum-fueled jam “Skull Fuct,” off of last year’s cleverly titled In Tension EP. Smart move. In case you forgot who to watch over your shoulder for in the year of the Mayan apocalypse, the video—directed by Emilxa Xuryłowicz and Cezary Zacharewicz, try pronouncing that—should serve as an ominous warning shot.

Above photos by Christelle de Castro

KEYWORDS: Christelle de Castro, last super, light asylum, Mexican Summer, Music Videos

Creative director Nicola Formichetti and designer Romain Kremer presented an energetic yet sleek Fall collection for Mugler in Paris on Wednesday, putting forth what we can only refer to as a techno-sophistication: a marvelously tailored projection of a new silhouette on the classic suit. Sonny Vandevelde was backstage to capture Paris’s first menswear show of the season, which featured an alternately flirtatious and rapid-fire surprise track from emerging hip-hop star Azealia Banks. To view a gallery of what went on behind the scenes, CLICK HERE.

KEYWORDS: Azealia Banks, Fall 2012, MUGLER, nicola formichetti, paris fashion week, Romain Kremer