In 1977, the Tod’s adventure began. While attending an auto rally in the US, the young Diego Della Valle, then 24 years old, developed a passion for the drivers’ shoes. These shoes, odd little moccasins equipped with rubber pebbles, would become the iconic Gomminos. 15 years after the sportswear wave, the president of Tod’s, known...
The 60s were a revolutionary phase in fashion design. The image of the woman borrowed from the 50s, with very clear forms, was thrown out in favor of a flat and more geometric silhouette. Traditionalists would hesitate to call him a couturier. He was nicknamed “the fashion bomber” or “the metallurgist”. Paco Rabanne was the...
It’s by taking inspiration from a bold move made by the “dame aux camélias“ herself in 1932 that the Chanel studios are today presenting something brand new. A collection of jewelry where white gold and black ceramic come together in a dazzling sprinkling of diamonds. The legacy left behind by Gabrielle Chanel is ever so...
The collection was called “Classically Bohemian“ by Burberry’s creative director Christopher Bailey. The man behind the concept has long been taken with the way Bohemians manage to turn the classics on their heads, but when it comes to introducing this effortless sleight of hand into Burberry’s legacy, the designer looks far and wide into distant...
She follows only the beating of her heart, listens to but a single song, and in the end incarnates a free and adventurous heroine. This “she” is Catherine, Christian Dior’s younger sister. After the darkest hours of the war, she chose to be full of life and desires. With the New Look, Christian Dior wanted...
Tod’s newest designer, Alessandra Facchinetti has created a soft and graphic collection for next season, tender and jarring all at once. Her street cred comes from her work at Prada, alongside Muccia, before fine-tuning her skills with Gucci and Valentino. But for Tod’s, Alessandra Facchinetti seems to have found a natural fit, the perfect union...
New designer at Tod’s, Alessandra Facchinetti signs for next season a soft and graphic collection, tender and pop. His feats of arms, Alessandra Facchinetti can boast of having done them at Prada, alongside Muccia, before sharpening his silhouette at Gucci or Valentino. But at Tod’s, Alessandra Facchinetti seems to have found the natural harmony essential...
Among other styles would appear the little white trapeze dress, like a stick of dynamite in the bourgeois wardrobe. It took the opposite approach to traditional silhouettes of the previous decade. But what made it special? A structured trapeze cut that freed the hips and revealed the legs above the knee. The dress’s flat, geometric...
The man behind the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Canadian-American master of “deconstructivism” Frank Gehry imagined the Fondation Louis Vuitton like a submerged iceberg made of steel and wood, a building floating on water. On water? Yes, the waters of childhoods gone by have been a recurring theme at the Fondation Louis Vuitton since October 20th....
An elegant black tie has wrapped itself around these bottles since 1886. Moët & Chandon has an unparalleled chic when it comes to capturing its millésime champagne. Once again this year, or should we say, even better this year, the brand’s iconic rosé champagne is integrating a wide variety of grapes, all the richness of its land,...
