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Chanel’s Spring-Summer 2023 Haute Couture collection
Wednesday, March 22, 2023For Chanel’s Spring-Summer 2023 Haute Couture collection, Virginie Viyard and Xavier Veilhan headed to Gabrielle Chanel’s apartment at 31, Rue Cambon and found inspiration in the collection of objects, sculptures, drawings representing lions, does, stags, birds and camels displayed at this emblematic address. Reinterpreting the apartment’s bestiary in an exquisite way fit for a Couture… Chanel’s Spring-Summer 2023 Haute Couture collection
Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2023
Monday, February 13, 2023In 1308, the poet Dante Alighieri began what would be his masterwork, The Divine Comedy, a 14,233-line poem divided into three books: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. We all know this work, by name if not by heart. And yet when I revisited it recently, I was struck by something I’d missed when I first encountered… Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2023
The tree of life in Dior’s Haute Couture FW22
Monday, December 12, 2022The tree of life is the starting point for the Dior Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2022-2023 collection, imagined by Maria Grazia Chiuri, Artistic Director of the Maison. This Dior collection is composed of a series of pieces through which folkloric imaginations resonate. A vision that freely invests several models thanks to the profusion of embroidery, made… The tree of life in Dior’s Haute Couture FW22
Michael Kors Fall 2022: A lot of statement outerwear
Thursday, October 6, 2022Kors leaned into what he does best, classic tailoring for dressing up during day, draped and asymmetrically cut jersey sequin gowns, dynamic knits, and lots and lots of statement outerwear. “When I think about New York, it’s the stride, it’s always the stride,” said Michael Kors, previewing his fall collection about stepping out and turning… Michael Kors Fall 2022: A lot of statement outerwear
Valentino: Anatomy of Couture
Friday, May 27, 2022The body, that of women in particular, is both a matter of fact and a cultural construct, of which beauty canons change over time, imposing now tense verticality, now soft horizontality, celebrating certain parts of the anatomy over others. In the system of Haute Couture this drive to idealization materializes in the body of the… Valentino: Anatomy of Couture
Dior Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2022
Friday, April 15, 2022By definition, haute couture is handmade, from start to finish. The labor-intensive process is hidden in the details, and to the untrained eye, all there is to see is exquisite runway plastered with detailed embroidery, fancy embellishments, and expertise in textile manipulation. But what we rarely think about is the time that goes into it.… Dior Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2022
Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Spring/Summer 2022 by Glenn Martens
Thursday, March 24, 2022Glenn Martens unveils his vision of Gaultier haute couture – the second designer to do so, after Chitose Abe of Sacai last season – Martens was doing what he does so well: exuding grace and humor under pressure. And make no mistake, the pressure is indeed on. “Apparently, with couture, you finish it the minute… Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Spring/Summer 2022 by Glenn Martens
Viktor & Rolf explores the world’s obsession with royalty
Thursday, February 17, 2022As reticent as Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren are, they indubitably know something that the rest of us don’t or they frame the expected in ways that make us reconsider it. That is certainly the case with their latest collection, which at first glance, might seem to tread familiar ground, with coat shapes resembling those… Viktor & Rolf explores the world’s obsession with royalty
Dolce & Gabbana: Digital transformation of fashion
Monday, December 13, 2021No need “to celebrate the excellence”, as there’s no such thing as perfection. Although there’s indeed very important research related to artificial intelligence, new technologies in general which became a part of fashion, shown by models. Dolce & Gabbana and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in this Fall Winter 2021-2022 show brought up research… Dolce & Gabbana: Digital transformation of fashion
Zuhair Murad Haute Couture FW 2021 inspired by Venetian spirit
Monday, October 4, 2021The long months of mask-wearing that followed the burst of the pandemic inspired Zuhair Murad to create a collection instilled with the spirit of the city where masks are quintessential: Venice. For Winter 2022, the couturier is reinventing the flamboyance of the Serenissima where subtle Oriental influences prevail. He pays tribute to the City of… Zuhair Murad Haute Couture FW 2021 inspired by Venetian spirit
