Christopher Bailey did more than just dig back in the brand’s archives this year to find the perfect formula for the era – for several seasons now, through constant reinventions of the brand’s codes, Bailey has today been able to bring the time-told trench as imagined by Thomas Burberry over a century ago back into...
As time went by, hemlines would rise more and more. Skirts were called “mini” if they showed at least the knee and at most the buttocks. In the mid-60s, the English royal family declared that at court, skirts would have to fall at least 7 cm above the knee. Even though Princess Diana was in...
Opening Ceremony gets its name from the legendary Olympics opening ceremony. A name borrowed from something that itself is a metaphor for openness to the world, Opening Ceremony is out to conquer new cultures, mixing art with fashion with absolute modernness. The bicephalous creativity of this New York-based fashion house is enamored with the photographic...
It’s said that Peter Dundas took inspiration for his Fall/Winter 2015-2016 collection from his time spent watching the stars. It’s no doubt for this reason that he declared it to be a “very personal collection”. Indeed, from way up there among the brilliant orbs and the mysterious Milky Way, Dundas managed to come up with...
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...
It’s no secret: Christopher Bailey is fascinated by the speed with which the world is changing. But now the Burberry creative director is taking a certain pleasure in the idea of slowing down the world’s breakneck rhythm – at least at his own level. The collection is called Patchwork, Pattern, and Prints… This is how...
Very discretely, Karl Lagerfeld presented his 50th collection for Fendi last week: a collection with a little something special, as the pieces borrow their structured lines from the architecture of the Palazzo della Civilta Italiana. The analogy may be surprising, but in reality, the edifice is today home to Fendi. So forget about the past,...
Made famous by Coco Chanel in the 50s, the skirt suit knew its first successes in a tweed version braided with ribbons; these timeless little trimmings in contrasting colors were a Chanel signature that would become an often-copied iconic classic as well. Madame Pouzieux and Coco Chanel shared a passion for horse-riding, as well as...
From the hills of Sommerset, where the brand’s manufacturer has been based since its creation by Roger Saul in 1971, Mulberry distills an English spirit that lies between chic and fantasy the world over. Johnny Coca won’t take over as new creative director for the brand until next year. In the meantime, the team currently...
Herminie Cadolle, who’d resided in Paris with her husband since 1860, was a corset manufacturer in one of the workshops that was then the backbone of Parisian fashion. During the Paris Commune of 1871, she participated in one of the first movements that claimed to be feminist: the Union of Women for the Defense of...
