For Miuccia Prada, it’s all about women. Through her work, she exhibits female strength and power and plays with the stereotypes of the “lesser sex”, which she clearly doesn’t consider to be so. This year, she’s taken things to the next level with her Spring/Summer 2012 collection. This season’s biggest triumphs – lace, silk, and...
Is Carven’s zig zag shirt too well-behaved? That’s not what Guillaume Henry, creative director for the brand, thinks: “You have to play with the rules of harshness and consistency by preserving its fragility and revealing the body’s more delicate attachments, ankles, wrists… The unspoken is the most infernal.” he asserts. Even buttoned up to the collar, the...
Certain may say that a Ferragamo exhibit at the Ferragamo museum is nothing out of the ordinary. Others will call it the most modern and avant-garde exhibit at the moment. The exhibit “The Amazing Shoemaker” retraces Salvatore Ferragamo’s epic story from his origins to his arrival to the United States. Enchanting and imaginary are the...
The exhibit “Punk: Chaos to Couture” will be on from May 9th to August 14th at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It takes a look back in images and music on the influence that punk culture has had on the fashion industry. To understand the fashion of...
Shoes have never been so sassy, so iconic, so flamboyant, as the ones at Prada. For several seasons now, they’ve been surprising and ravishing journalists and customers alike with their artistic reinterpretations and aesthetic balance. First it was brogues, with their elegant leather and gigantic rubber sole, that attracted the attention of the entire world....
From the girl next door to the rich and famous, Billy has been seen with different women all around the world. The mastermind behind the Billy bag is Parisian designer, Jérôme Dreyfuss. Jérôme is known for his wildly beloved accessory line, of which the most popular of all is the renowned Billy bag. The inspiration for...
For its Spring/Summer 2013 collection, Charlotte Olympia is signing off on a clutch purse inspired by Chanel N°5 that’s already making tongues wag: Yellow Scent. Ever since her very first collection, Charlotte Olympia has garnered unanimous praise from journalists and her 5th Avenue customers. Since 2007, she’s been sharpening her genius in refining the...
For the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Coco Chanel’s first boutique in Deauville, designer Karl Lagerfeld is signing off on an homage in the form of a short film, modestly “Once Upon A Time”. Illustrating the love between the famed couturier/designer and Boy Capel, polo player who financed the Deauville boutique, this film...
Tod’s moccasins are both a best seller for the brand and a classic standard in shoemaking. With 133 rubber pebbles on the sole, the Gommino has made its CEO Diego Della Valle proud. Indeed, Diego is an all-American success story. The story behind Tod’s is that of a simple shoemaker’s grandson who one day became...
This Wednesday, “The Great Gatsby” is set to open the 66th Cannes Film Festival. The costumes for this film, adapted from the eponymous F. Scott Fitzgerald novel for the screen by Baz Luhrmann, were imagined by Miuccia Prada, creative director for the brands Prada and Miu Miu. In collaboration with talented costumier (and wife of...
