When he founded his couture house, Christian Dior had a splendid atmosphere and a refined and elegant harmony in mind, as if they could still emanate from the days of Marie Antoinette’s court. His unique regard, his sure taste and avant-garde spirit came together in what would later be called the esprit Dior. Ceaselessly pushing...
AD: Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, Model: Fei Fei Sun (ELITE), Look #41
Ever since the creation of her eponymous brand, Sonia Rykiel has been imagining clothes that are multipliable, infinitely combinable. The clientele, freed from traditional fashion mechanisms, adjusts the vocabulary proposed to suit their wardrobe. Rykiel is “anti-fashion”. The designer never ceased to talk about unique shapes, and sizes too. “The important thing is to light...
Flaviana Matata & Ajak Deng at the Australian Fashion Foundation’s annual party, NYC.
The bikini first appeared in Roman times, more than 1,500 years ago. Re-instituted in 1946 by Louis Réart, its path was one fraught with tensions, love, and disaffection. Louis Réart, the creator of this swimsuit, conceived the bikini by finalizing the work of Jacques Heim, the inventor of the smallest swimsuit in the world: the...
Ever since their creation in 1873, Levi’s’ 501 jeans have led an existence of their own: revered as an icon of cool and style. In this new volume, there are a multitude of scenarios set in backgrounds ranging from a library to a basketball court and the streets in between. A selection of the most...
It is Irène Leroux who, upon taking over the family enterprise, modernized its creations. In the midst of the libertarian tempest of May 1968, she took the side of the protesters, seeking out the sand of the beach mentioned in their infamous slogan “Sous les pavés, la plage!” (“Under the paving stones, the beach!”) In...
On the Piazza Umberto, a cult classic of the little Italian island where Hollywood stars from Liz Taylor to Rita Hayworth once came to get away, the Tod’s boutique is enthroned. Starting this month, the label is presenting a limited edition revisited version of its Gommini moccasins – their original moccasin with 133 rubber pebbles...
Zhang Ziyi wears Giambattista Valli Fall 2013 Couture at Le Grand Bal De La Comédie Française, Paris.
