Circles, crescents, and triangles. Azzedine Alaïa has long projected these motifs onto his couture creations. Whether on a dress, a shirt lining, or encrusted on a clutch or a bag, the perforated motif is the couturier’s signature seal – his clothes are practically spangled with them so that the skin can be hinted at. Now...
“It’s hard to imagine how much savoir-faire and precision a perfume requires. The creative process is so sweeping, so demanding, that I feel like I’m just as much a Perfumer as a Couturier.” In 1947, Christian Dior turned the rules of silhouettes upside down with his first couture collection. In that same year, the clothing...
It didn’t take long for this cream to take off: in 2002, the Strivectin SD intensive concentrate for stretch marks and wrinkles was an instant success and became a phenomenon that was as promising as it was effective. The miraculous process actually starts with a patented molecule, NIA-114, rigorously tested through a number of strict...
The history of the Poison collection begins in 1985, year when the house at 30 avenue Montaigne released a perfume with a slightly provocative allure. First of all there’s the name: Poison, already a foreboding omen. Then there’s the flask: a concoction captured in an apple-shaped bottle, the very archetype of the forbidden fruit. It...
Yanina couture is grandiose in that it enjoys a unique charm and an aura imbued with mystery – but without founder Yulia Yanina, there would be none of this. Imbued with the essence of the great Russia of yesteryear, poets and choreographers today seem to guide her hand towards an inordinate love for beautiful fabrics....
Audacious Chance by Chanel is indeed. Coco herself never ceased to evoke it: good luck only comes to those who know how to recognize it and grab it for themselves. Just like this perfume, good luck or Chance acts like a blast of optimism, a whirlwind of happiness with a hint of mystery. This is...
Traveling the world over, criss-crossing different regions in search of the most beautiful flowers… “Creation a perfume takes time,” confides François Demachy, the nose for Dior. “But especially being stimulated by your travels, coming face-to-face with lands and people that bring them to life, that preserve them.” This is how François Demachy explores rare lands...
State of Gold was imagined for the type of woman who has a magnetic aura, a woman who can turn the world upside down with but a gaze, with elegance, grace, and confidence. This woman is the one for whom Peter Philips created this precious Dior gold palette this Christmas. For this modern heroine, the...
State of Gold was imagined for the type of woman who has a magnetic aura, a woman who can turn the world upside down with but a gaze, with elegance, grace, and confidence. This woman is the one for whom Peter Philips created this precious Dior gold palette this Christmas. For this modern heroine, the...
There’s a brand new substance behind the new Dior Prestige duo: from cell to cell, from the depths of the skin to the epidermal surface, this Granville rose Nectar diffuses itself and takes time to act – a luxury of formulation. Dior seems to be infusing all the savoir-faire of the legendary brand into this...
