Just a few hours away from Milan, in Brancadoro, a few kilometers from Ancone, also called “the shoe district” in Italy, you’ll find the Tod’s factory, where the entirety of the brand’s shoes are produced. The first ateliers saw the light of day in 1978; they are now integrated into a huge complex that still favors...
Thomas Burberry was 21 years old when he founded his couture house. In 1909, he chose Paris a the place to open up a second boutique; 8 Boulevard Malesherbes has hosted Burberry’s Parisian store ever since. So, when Printemps called out to a select few British designers, it was only natural that they entrusted the...
Little is known about the encounter that led to them, but the first painting was signed off on in 1967 while Californian painter Marion Pike was in Paris for a few months; Chanel was 84 years old. Marion Pike delicately set her nascent friendship with the Dame aux Camélias into a portrait that opens the...
Tilda Swinton wears a Valentino coat from the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 couture collection to attend a press conference for her new film The Zero Theorem in Seoul.
It is in this Second Empire-style manor in Paris’ 16th arrondissement that the myth of one of the boldest French couturiers began. With an averted eye, Yves Saint Laurent had that ever so coveted ability – he could sense, well before others, the fashion of tomorrow. Confiding management of his talents to Pierre Bergé, his...
Natalie Portman wears a Christian Dior Cruise 2014 dress to attend the Dance Project Benefit gala in Los Angeles.
While French fashion of the Second Empire was triumphing and high-form hats were king, one hatter created a small revolution in Italy. After working in the hatter Camagna, then paying his dues in Paris, Giuseppe Borsalino founded his own atelier in 1857 in Alessandria, south of Turin. There he conceived a hat who’s felt was...
Scarlett Johansson wears a floral print dress from Versace’s Cruise 2014 collection for the “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” press conference at Comic Con 2013 in San Diego.
