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Jean Paul Gaultier x Ludovic de Saint Sernin: Couture Spring/Summer 2025
Tuesday, June 3, 2025Fashion knows how to tell fairy tales — especially when Ludovic de Saint Sernin takes the helm. For the Spring/Summer 2025 couture season, the young Belgian designer stepped in as guest couturier at the House of Jean Paul Gaultier, joining a lineage of creative talents like Simone Rocha and Haider Ackermann. His offering, titled Le… Jean Paul Gaultier x Ludovic de Saint Sernin: Couture Spring/Summer 2025
Valentino’s ‘Vertigineux’ Blurs History, Fantasy, and Haute Couture
Tuesday, May 6, 2025Valentino’s Spring/Summer 2025 Haute Couture collection, titled “Vertigineux”, marked Alessandro Michele’s debut at the helm of the storied Italian fashion house. Presented at Palais Brongniart during Paris Haute Couture Week, the 48-look show was a maximalist spectacle that blended historical opulence with cinematic fantasy. Michele drew inspiration from Umberto Eco’s exploration of lists as both… Valentino’s ‘Vertigineux’ Blurs History, Fantasy, and Haute Couture
Spring/Summer 2025 collections: From power dressing to nostalgic youth
Tuesday, February 11, 2025The spring/summer 2025 ready-to-wear season has officially concluded, with collections presented over the past month in New York, London, and Milan, followed by the final stretch in Paris. Here, we round up everything you need to know about the new season, from iconic A-list model moments (featuring the Hadid sisters, Naomi Campbell, Alexa Chung, and… Spring/Summer 2025 collections: From power dressing to nostalgic youth
Alessandro Michele’s Valentino Debut: Pavillon des Folies
Thursday, December 5, 2024At Valentino, a new era is unfolding. Marked by a familiar exploration of times past, endless frills and flounces, and an unmistakable maximalist air recognizable from miles away, newly appointed creative director Alessandro Michele finds his spot at the house for his very first runway show this Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2025. Entitled “Pavillon des… Alessandro Michele’s Valentino Debut: Pavillon des Folies
Chanel Fall-Winter 2024/25 Haute Couture
Wednesday, July 31, 2024Presented by the Fashion Creation Studio, the CHANEL Fall-Winter 2024/25 Haute Couture collection pays tribute to the Palais Garnier, in Paris. Playing a key role ever since its creation, in both the history of fashion and the House, this hotspot of performance and elegance, where everything is about glances, gazes and putting oneself on display,… Chanel Fall-Winter 2024/25 Haute Couture
Milan Fashion Week 2024: Focus on awareness
Tuesday, May 21, 2024At the latest Milan Fashion Week runways designers were striking a more serious note that encouraged investment buying. Bold new directions appeared to be on pause, as fashion houses doubled-down on signatures that sell. A celebration of fashion it was not – rather a moment of reflection. The schedule’s top-billing designers took the mic to… Milan Fashion Week 2024: Focus on awareness
Gaurav Gupta ‘Aarohanam’ at Paris Couture Week
Tuesday, April 2, 2024Aarohanam is ascension. A Sanskrit word that has a deep spiritual significance marking the journey of a being from the gross to the subtle, from solid to sublime, from darkness to light. This phenomenon inspires the collection. It portrays elevation from reason to innocence, letting go of every construct to become one with the natural… Gaurav Gupta ‘Aarohanam’ at Paris Couture Week
Schiaparelli: An Everyday Sensation
Tuesday, February 13, 2024In her private album, the actress Marisa Berenson describes a pivotal moment in the early career of her grandmother Elsa Schiaparelli. It was 1927, and Elsa was admiring a friend’s sweater. Upon learning it was made by some Armenian knitters, she tracked them down and commissioned a sweater of her own, which, Berenson writes, “she… Schiaparelli: An Everyday Sensation
Max Mara Resort 2024 takes a fresh look at florals
Wednesday, January 31, 2024When the weather map turns from yellow to orange to deep, deep red, smart travellers look north for the cool spots. Max Mara feels right at home in Scandinavia, thanks to its hip metropolises and the accessibility of Nordic design. But epic natural landscapes and a folklore redolent of mystery and magic offer Max Mara… Max Mara Resort 2024 takes a fresh look at florals
Valentino Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023-24
Tuesday, August 15, 2023For the Valentino Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023-24 Valentino show, a Château is, to Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli, a metaphysical entity, a context that can itself be recontextualized. Witness to a past time, a space bears traces of the lives lived within it – formerly emblematic of notions of elitism and status, a Château can today… Valentino Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023-24
