Hussein Chalayan is one of the most accomplished designers of his generation – a designer who very early on mixed high tech with fashion in pieces with an undeniable commercial success. At the beginning of the 21st century, Time magazine placed him among the 100 most influential innovators of the new century – he was the only...
At age 54, Marc Jacobs is entering into his 25th year of fashion activity, and he’s celebrating the event through a medley collection. For Spring/Summer 2018, the designer is offering a daydream that takes place far away from New York. Somewhere is the name of this new collection that’s billed as “a reimagining of past seasons”. But...
For London Fashion Week, Burberry presented its much-awaited see-now/buy-now runway. Taking over the Old Sessions House, a prison that’s been closed to the public for over a century, the label decided to go back to the very essence of Great Britain: a carefully disrupted style. Within this fashion made of textures, colors, and silhouettes...
Helmut Lang is one of the rare names in fashion to be associated with key moments in history – this isn’t saying much when learning that the brand was active from 1986 to 2005. Before incarnating his own emblematic label in the 90s, Helmut Lang was first a self-taught Austrian designer who made fashion his...
Diane Von Furstenberg imagined the wrap dress for special occasions, and its story has been undeniably linked to the jet setting chic of the 70s ever since. Thought to be the ultimate piece to bring a woman from the office to a dinner party, the wrap dress would soon become an emblem of modern day...
Chanel boots long held a special place in the Mademoiselle’s wardrobe. This couturier sought to impose a dress code filled with simplicity throughout her entire career. Within this sleek and inspired elegance, Coco Chanel thought of each curve, each stitch, each color for herself before imagining it on others. When Mademoiselle Chanel came back to...
Louis Vuitton both revolutionized and prospered with a new art of travel. Founded in the midst of a number of technical advances brought on by the Industrial Revolution, the original trunkmaker grew in his genius and persevered when it came to his instincts. He saw the potential for flat trunks, but it was his love...
This brand on 44 rue François 1er would quickly become one of the paragons of French couture. At the dawning of a new modernity, Pierre Balmain designed the silhouette of a powerful and curvy woman in on-point and elaborate volumes. Shoulder pads, a belt, a cinched waist – the elements for the Balmain equation are...
Many are unaware that Pierre Balmain was a fervent traveller – the couturier took his inspirations from the four corners of the Earth. In Australia, the U.S., South America, and Africa, the world was an ideal terrain for Pierre Balmain’s creativity to explore. Safari jackets, cargo vests, and military uniforms all inspired him, and in...
Louis Vuitton has been considered the King of trunkmaking since the 19th century, but it wouldn’t be until the 21st century that the label’s magic and savoir-faire would take on ready-to-wear. It was the arrival of American designer Marc Jacobs in 1997 that initiated the brand’s first female wardrobe – he had free reign to...
