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Fendi Haute Couture FW 17/18
Tuesday, December 26, 2017As the curtains parted at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, revealing a set of screens hand-painted with trees, the strains of Claude Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” filled the air. You half expected Vaslav Nijinsky to come bounding out of the wings. The Russian ballet dancer has been closely associated with… Fendi Haute Couture FW 17/18
Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda FW 17/18
Tuesday, December 26, 2017Around 430 clients, many of them new, travelled from across the world to the Sicilian capital of Palermo to experience the 126-look swoon that was Dolce & Gabbana’s latest Alta Moda show last night. And at Alta Moda, personal security detachments are ten a penny: The wealth that enables these super shoppers to spend hundreds of thousands… Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda FW 17/18
Gucci pre-fall 2017
Tuesday, October 10, 2017When Gucci teased its Pre-Fall 2017 campaign at the beginning of the year with a series of elusive casting videos, featuring only models of color, we didn’t know exactly what to expect — aside from the possibility that these individuals, who auditioned with Midland Agency in London, would likely dance and channel their inner spirit animal for the… Gucci pre-fall 2017
Ralph & Russo Haute Couture FW 2017/18
Wednesday, September 13, 2017A portrait of women, the Ralph & Russo Autumn Winter 2017/2018 collection takes inspiration from the identity and natural beauty captured by the grand masters Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton & Norman Parkinson. Enthused by light and animation, this season’s palette is iridescent; a flash of ice mints and pearlescent lavenders, aqua blue double satins and… Ralph & Russo Haute Couture FW 2017/18
Valentino Haute Couture SS17
Wednesday, May 31, 2017Essence and truth. For this Valentino haute couture collection, Pierpaolo Piccioli interprets fashion to perfection. “As Shakespeare says, we are made of the same material as dreams,” says the designer a few hours before the show. “Dreams bring everybody together, because they are timeless, just like the haute couture.” Piccioli loves art, music, poetry and… Valentino Haute Couture SS17
Alexander McQueen SS 2017
Tuesday, May 23, 2017The wild and magical coastal landscapes of the Shetland Islands were the origin of this collection. Their natural beauty has inspired local artisans who have passed their skills down through generations of women for centuries. In particular, gossamer fine Shetland Lace, worn by crofters’ daughters and royalty alike, woven with indigenous flora and fauna–wild heather,… Alexander McQueen SS 2017
Haute Couture SS17 Report
Sunday, April 2, 2017In many ways, Paris Haute Couture shared several characteristics with the women’s marches that took place around the world last weekend: both included prolonged periods of standing around outside in frigid temperatures, both engendered a female majority interest and one-of-a-kind ensembles featuring the colour pink, and both were attacked by sideline critics insisting they were… Haute Couture SS17 Report
Jean Paul Gaultier: Haute Couture FW16/17
Monday, November 28, 2016Jean Paul Gaultier took us into the woods with his couture collection. It was an unusual setup for JPG. He’s more likely to summon the ghosts of Paris’s legendary nightclub Le Palace, or re-create Dancing with the Stars with a supermodel cast and an all-star jury. Gaultier’s never struck anybody as the outdoorsy type, has he? He’s a… Jean Paul Gaultier: Haute Couture FW16/17
Valentino Haute Couture FW 2016-17
Sunday, November 13, 2016The world as a stage, on which each individual represents himself, driven by passions, feelings, and by emotions that are infinite shades of living and being there. In the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli explore the idea of theatrum mundi for the Valentino Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-17 Collection.… Valentino Haute Couture FW 2016-17
Atelier Versace SS 2016
Thursday, June 9, 2016Clothes like seduction weapons, sartorial masterpieces that reveal the body. Donatella Versace keeps conveying her personal interpretation of haute couture and carries Atelier Versace towards a modern elegance, an almost dream-like elegance, with a haute couture-like perfection. Evening dresses and tuxedos, deconstructed and reassembled, kept in place by silicon bands or colored crystal ropes. Perforated… Atelier Versace SS 2016
