Pop icon, gay icon, fashion icon. George Michael, who passed away last year, left behind him an entire section of music history along with his looks that had a style all their own. An essential figure of the 80s, the George Michael look meant sexy and rebellious elegance. George took leather and the perfecto from...
Fashion doesn’t work without the notions of temporary, new, the latest thing. This is how pre-collections have become an essential indicator of trends for the coming season. Far from the spectacular action on the runway, these intermediary lines have the advantage of presenting a brand’s quintessential style in a more intimate setting. When it comes...
This summer, the story between the most followed fashion blogger on the planet and Diego della Valle’s brand is continuing on the Amalfi Coast. Since the month of July, two of the brand’s iconic pieces have been on sale in Tod’s boutiques with a special twist from Chiara Ferragni. The legendary Double T moccasins and...
Before being one of the most hyped and creative figures in the fashion sphere these past few years, Alessandro Michele was in charge of creating accessories for Gucci. He’s banked 14 years at the Florentine brand, including 8 with his predecessor Frida Giannini. When Michele was named creative director for the brand in 2015, he...
We get the picture: each detail of the Chanel brand was inspired by one of the major events in the life of Coco, and tweed is no exception. This trans-Channel fabric came from the man she shared her life with: the Duke of Westminster. The richest man in England, with a British elegance to match...
He never stops working – far from the spotlight, Azzedine Alaïa nevertheless didn’t abandon his passion and his couture. In over 40 years of career, this couturier with his eternal Chinese get-ups is today considered as the last real couturier. With his style against the grain of time and trends, with the rebellious spirit that...
Meyrowitz Opticien is a brand as old as its tradition, founded in 1875 by Emil Bruno Meyrowitz, who was winding through the streets of New York as a traveling merchant back then. In 1922 he would anchor his name near the Place Vendôme, at 5 rue de Castiglione in Paris. The brand would soon be...
It’s the most glamorous accessory in history. The trench coat has appeared in both men’s and women’s wardrobes alike, but it’s in the hands of the ladies that the piece has been earning its pedigree for over a century. It’s enough to see it worn by Catherine Deneuve or Brigitte Bardot to realize what the...
Ten years ago Iris Van Herpen founded her eponymous label. The year was 2007, and the Dutch designer was already attracting the attention of the entire profession. A short time later, she would be invited to Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week; a number of critics decried the use of 3D technology in the institution that...
Within the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Fendi’s beauties took off on a recomposition of Debussy’s L’Après-midi d’un Faune. For this ‘Haute Fourrure’ Fall/Winter 2017 collection, Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi made the flower their favored motif. Often paired with summer ornamentation, the flower is transformed into a winter motif as Fendi crafts its petals out of...
