With the Donna Summer track Bad Girls playing, Jean-Paul Gaultier’s women seemed to celebrate elegance, fun, and style on the ski slopes. Jean-Paul Gaultier himself is playing with the entire category: “Even skiing, perched on feather boots, you can be glamorous and dignified.” His Fall/Winter 2017 couture collection celebrates winter sports and everything to do with a...
The companion booklet indicated: “Haute couture expresses a sacred notion made to be perceived as something that goes beyond reality.” Pierpaolo Piccioli, the brand’s creative director, thus introduced a FallWinter 2018 couture collection with a sometimes ascetic elegance that’s tinged with Valentino’s incredible craftsmanship when it comes to working with embroidered dresses. In Paris, the...
A Paris, la maison Schiaparelli nouvellement ressuscitée grâce à l’entreprise de Diego Della Valle, offrait un spectacle si digne de la mode que plus d’une de ses pièces entreront assurément dans le Panthéon des icônes de la profession. A la tête de la direction artistique, Bertrand Guyon s’applique en effet à actualiser avec tous les...
In the heart of Paris, at L’Orangerie du Sénat, creative director Sarah Burton chose to present Alexander McQueen’s Spring/Summer 2018 men’s collection. In her post since the founder’s death in 2010, Sarah Burton was the designer’s right-hand assistant before that. For the Spring/Summer 2018 collection, she brings a number of the aesthetic and technical rules...
Fendi is leaving behind its attraction for Fun Fur and opting for a reflection on the traditional garb of the future for Spring/Summer 2018. The men’s collection unveiled in Milan last week started with a clear-cut idea: “Many jobs are disappearing. But new ones will soon emerge,” explained Silvia Fendi. By starting with the idea...
At the Invalides, artist Pietro Ruffo imagined a decor based on the African savannah. Within the Cour Vauban in the Hôtel des Invalides, a luxuriant garden was recreated after a 1957 engraving by Albert Decaris that was found in the brand’s archives. This engraving was the starting point for Maria Grazia Chiuri to compose her...
This summer 2017, Tod’s chose to celebrate their absolute icon. With My Gommino, Diego della Valle’s brand is giving clients an ultra-personalization service that allows them to create their own unique version of the legendary moccasin that’s the stuff dreams are made of. A series of pop-up stores has thus appeared in the brand’s most...
Beneath the glass and steel dome of the Grand Palais, an emblematic location for Chanel’s runways, Karl Lagerfeld dared to build a miniature version of the Eiffel Tower. 38 meters high, the ‘Dame de Fer’ rose up to the third floor before disappearing beneath a white cloud. Renamed the Chanel Tower just for the occasion,...
Carol Lim and Humberto Leon did a 360° upon taking over at the head of Kenzo. By updating the legacy of founder Kenzo Takada and bringing in an unexpected dose of American urban cool, the duo used their Spring/Summer 2018 collection as the occasion to highlight all the strengths of Kenzo’s style in Paris last...
Dior’s Spring/Summer 2018 collection was special for a number of reasons. First of all, 2017 marks the beginning of the celebration of 70 years of Monsieur Dior’s brand. Then, by coincidence, it’s also the 10th anniversary of Kris Van Assche as creative director of Dior Homme. When the brand on 30 Avenue Montaigne honors its...
