Straight out of the retro-futuristic universe of the 90s, the Fall/Winter 2015-2016 collection from the MM6 line ends up like a complicated chemical experience. Throughout the runway, very technical but still poetic pieces are to be discovered. By concentrating the DNA of the collection around the notion of survival, the MM6 Martin Margiela line couldn’t...
We already know about Dries Van Noten’s love for ancient times and different cultures; we know of his nameless sophistication and rare wit. By imagining what icons of yesteryear would wear today, Dries Van Noten composed a winter wardrobe made of brocades, carpet motifs, velvet, sequins, and gold details. An audacious mixture of Eastern influences...
A blue carpet runway, carmen lips and grapes print, for her second runway at the head of the chic Parisian label, Julie de Libran imagined a collection with Nouvelle Vague influences. Combining fun with chic, classicism with futurism, the new creative director for Rykiel ordered pretty silhouettes that functioned without an ounce of preciosity. And,...
Ever since her arrival at the head of the Parisian fashion house, Phoebe Philo has been unequalled for turning around or even opposing aesthetic orthodoxies. The consecration of a minimalist gimmick is thus being eliminated today to surprise us by fusing glamour and conceptual grammar. This is how 38 different looks were featured during Paris...
Julien Dossena is the same age as the girl he’s creating for, and it’s without a doubt thanks to this that he knows what she wants so well. Subtleties that characterize the style of post-modern women, Julien Dossena gives off a vibe rather than a look, adeptly bringing Paco Rabanne’s tried and true tricks into...
We already know, Hedi Slimane has given himself the mission of mixing music with art and fashion. And next winter, on the Saint Laurent runway, the rock universe is meeting that of femininity. Just like the founder cherishing the effervescence of Parisian nights, Saint Laurent’s beauties thus become birds of the night; a bit punk,...
Things are kept modest at Chanel, just like the Mademoiselle would have wanted. That’s why the Kaiser’s creative profusion is often expressed in the elaboration of spectacular runways that are more enthralling each season. This season, it was the brasserie Gabrielle that got recreated beneath the glass dome of the Grand Palais. From the checked...
Artisan of ultra-chic minimalism, Thomas Maier will be celebrating his 15th year with Bottega Veneta next year. It’s only natural than that Maier is opting for a Fall/Winter 2015-2016 season that’s anchored in a male/female attitude, graciously oscillating between vintage and modernity. His stylistic equation conveys a “sense of nonchalant style”; the cause may just...
Roberto Cavalli remains loyal to his DNA by presenting resolutely seductive silhouettes. The Italian designer resists the call of the 70s, preferring rather to exalt the foreign. With a pretext of a journey to elsewhere, or more precisely to Asia, the Cavalli collection harbors a number of Chinese influences. That’s why the designer glorifies prints...
The “Viva la mamma” collection brings elegant and enchanting silhouettes to next winter. What’s more, the designer duo wants to talk about love. They’re pursuing their veneration for the Italian woman by anchoring their new collection in an undying love. This is translated all throughout a composition imbued with softness and poetry, infiltrated by lace,...
