Logo-laden Karl Lagerfeld; NFT overdrive
This season, when it came to clothes and accessories, logos were pretty much everywhere at Karl Lagerfeld. This past week the house dropped the latest NFT digitally rendered avatar of...
This season, when it came to clothes and accessories, logos were pretty much everywhere at Karl Lagerfeld. This past week the house dropped the latest NFT digitally rendered avatar of...
A major injection of hipness into Hermès this season, and all the better for it. Almost as if the Hermès lady had moved to a loft in Brooklyn or an art gallery in Hackney, or was working...
Fashion models rarely look more proud than in Yohji Yamamoto shows, especially when the Japanese designer produces one of his vintage performances, which is what his latest collection was.
In recent years, Valentino has staged its collections in a Rothschild mansion or behind Napoleon’s Tomb. On Friday, it took its collection onto the streets of funky eastern Paris.
The rain from the Bay of Biscay may have engulfed the City of Light, but the mood was sunny and optimistic at Isabel Marant and Leonard, quietly confident at Moynat and effervescent at...
Possibly no designer today has quite so many ideas as Jonathan Anderson, who presented a striking, surreal and yet subtle collection for the house of Loewe on a chilly Friday morning in...
One collab’ that seems destined to become a must-have is the link up between Frame and the Ritz. Named 'Frame x Ritz Paris', it debuted in Paris on Thursday.
The problem with deconstruction, a huge movement in fashion, is that while it looks great on runways, it tends to frighten consumers on a clothes rack. Not at Rokh, which staged a great...
Always admirable to see a great designer celebrate his muse, as Rick Owens did Thursday, opening his show with Michèle Lamy, Rick’s wife, aesthete and one of France’s greatest living...
“We are obsessed with technology and all its benefits,” said Sébastien Meyer, one half of the duo that created Coperni. So much so that Meyer and partner Arnaud Vaillant even cast Steve...
Dior went into full court press in the first 48 hours of Paris Fashion Week – unveiling its new Cheval Blanc spa, feting its Dior Home and Kids creator Cordelia de Castellane, and...
Paris is all about contrasts, as Patou went for a voluminous Puss-in-Boots-meets-d’Artagnan, while Acne Studios riffed on innerwear as outerwear in the latest bodycon statement this season.
Balmain feted Olivier Rousteing’s 10 years at the house on the banks of the Seine on Wednesday night with an all-star cast, over a hundred looks and a multi-set live band concert...
Paris’ big debut this season was Charles de Vilmorin at Rochas, the current enfant terrible of French fashion. He made his Wednesday debut with a striking fashion statement, each ensemble...
Leave it to Maria Grazia Chiuri to invent a new take on her feminist fashion with an intensely sporty, hyper graphic Dior collection for next spring, unveiled Tuesday in Paris, the first...
Zara, a democratic brand delivering cash-register-friendly fashion, has always been democratic. Its new concept collection, Zara Origins, which opened a pop-up for Paris Fashion Week,...
It says a great deal about the openness of Paris to fresh ideas when the opening show of the city’s biggest fashion week – women’s ready-to-wear - is given over to a young designer like...
AZ Factory reveals the names of designers participating in Alber Elbaz's memorial - like Giambattista Valli, Giorgio Armani and Jean Paul Gaultier, alongside Matthew Williams of Givenchy...
In a season where Milan fashion began rebounding from the pandemic, there was plenty to see away from the catwalk. We caught up with three young designers thinking way out of the box.
In a busy Saturday in Milan, Giorgio went Zen master in his private palazzo, Dolce & Gabbana presented disco damsels, Ermanno Scervino refocused with force and Salvatore Ferragamo had a...
The odd thing about attending Versace’s runway show at Milan Fashion Week on Friday night was that all anyone could talk about was what Donatella was going to announce on Sunday evening.
The season’s biggest runway debut in Milan was Raf Simons in tandem with Miuccia Prada, a show staged Friday afternoon CET time in the brand’s foundation, and simultaneously in Shanghai.
Friday morning in Milan was all about two labels built on Italian savoir-faire – Tod’s and Missoni, but where the former staged its best-ever ready-to-wear collection; the latter lost its...
The key fashion moment of Milan Fashion Week so far was the 40th anniversary Emporio Armani show on Thursday, a rich and varied collection that was followed by a brand retrospective...
Day Two at Milan Fashion Week opened with a smooth and subtle collection of post-lockdown clothes at Max Mara, inspired by the great feminist and existentialist novel Bonjour Tristesse.
Alberta Ferretti and Fausto Puglisi for Cavalli showed contrasting visions of femininity; one based on crochet and craftsmanship, the other on posh-punk rebellion, as Milan Fashion Week...
Once, certain fashion designers created to empower women. Others to exalt them or make them beautiful. Today, many creators seem to have a new target in mind – pleasing the personal shopper.
The fashion industry has responded with overwhelming expressions of affection at the loss of Richard Buckley, one of its most esteemed editors. Buckley passed away aged 72 on Sunday in...
Jean-Marc Loubier has returned to Delvaux as CEO, re-joining the luxury Belgian bag-maker just three months after it was acquired by Richemont.
No show from Victoria Beckham, but at least a collection presented in digital form - in a lookbook embargoed until noon on Tuesday, the last day of London Fashion Week.