Dior introduced the Lady Art project in November 2016 at Art Basel Miami. This iconic bag, first bequeathed to Princess Diana on a visit to Paris, would be revisited by a number of renowned artists. The fine arts have long been at the heart of Dior’s creations – Monsieur Dior counted a number of friends in his inner circle...
It was out of respect to a man as classy as he was bold that one of Guccio Gucci’s sons decided to forge his initials into the heart of the label. The double G was born – and the fact that the letters are interlaced is no accident. This signature indeed symbolizes the original desire of the...
Last May, Dior presented their 2018 Cruise collection in California’s Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve. “For this cruise collection, we took off from a 1951 Christian Dior collection that reinterpreted the paintings in the Lascaux caves. It was an unexpected reference and an extraordinary collection that is still relatively unknown. Then we transposed this attitude here,...
Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi presented a colorful collection in Milan, and a bold one at that! A special triangulation is immediately apparent: a fabric, organza; a motif, crossed stripes borrowed from tartan; and a tropical palette. The starting point for this Spring/Summer 2018 is Italian futurism, an artistic movement that seeks to depict...
The editor of Vogue Japan, Anna dello Russo, is signing off on a capsule collection that’s just like her own personality: chic and off-kilter. By bringing things into the beautiful circus universe, the Italian fashion editor composed a series of pieces as funny as they are desirable – this limited edition was made especially for Christmas. Anna...
Fusalp is a brand as innovative as it is stylish – thanks to them, the very first ski suit hit the slopes during the Portillo world alpine ski championship. The year was 1966, and France alone brought home 16 medals including 7 out of the 8 gold up for grabs. This was the moment when skiing...
Fashion for Armando Costa is one of the only forms of expression capable of filling the infinite gap of infinity. First winner of the Istituto Marangoni in Milan’s very first sponsorship prize, the designer introduced his first collection during the Spring/Summer 2018 Fashion Week. This young man graduated from the Istituto in 2006 – hence the initial...
“New York has become almost as familiar to me as Paris”, wrote Christian Dior in 1957 in his autobiography “Christian Dior & Moi”. The couturier did indeed have a long standing relationship with the United States. Today, in the hands of Maria Grazia Chiuri, the New Look that made Dior famous on the other side...
After the departure of Anthony Vaccarello for the creative direction of Saint Laurent, Donatella Versace decided to take back the reins of her own brand. Launched by Gianni Versace in 1989 to allow his sister to express her vision for the body and garments, the Versus line has gradually emerged from the shadow of Versace....
‘The Modernity of Antiquity’ is what Karl Lagerfeld entitled Chanel’s Cruise 2018 collection. Composed like a return to origins, supple drapings and the elegance of fluid lines caressed silhouettes of tweed and jersey, linen and silk, all imagined by the Kaiser. “The beauty standards of Archaic and Classical Greece are still valid. There never were more...
