There was poetry in the dry colors and hand-designed titles given to these old book covers. On the trench coat, this is translated by a new silhouette: fluid and slender. Like a successful crossbreed of a regimented coat and a safari vest, this softly belted trench coat made of cotton canvas brings history back to...
This year, creative director Christopher Bailey imagined a collection inspired by poetry and British book covers from a century gone by. A mixture of genres and fabrics, Burberry surprises with a contrast between respect for tradition and sizable innovation. It’s a veritable mixture of genres: a multitude of materials and fabrics, notably pieces made of...
The first crocodile shirts appeared on the courts in the 30s. Success would soon follow, and the L1212 polo would become the brand’s mainstay piece. Today, the Lacoste polo is much more than a worldwide best seller. It’s the symbol of casual elegance, perfectly incarnating “easy chic”. It’s so appreciated that it has never ceased...
1926: the style invented by Coco Chanel went for the essential. The cut was simple, the sleeves long, and the length to the knees. This monastic character made the dress a revolutionary fashion piece, completely against the tide. 2014: the piece gains even more tact and coquettishness to be worthy of a distant Orient. For...
The Chanel collection in Dubai combines Western couture with Eastern inspirations. The result: rich and feminine outfits, fantastic and creative. Oriental art is worked in a contemporary, even futuristic way. An immediate challenge to one’s immediate perception arises upon seeing the handling of the fabric: clusters of pearls, tridimensional geometries, making for decomposed lines in...
“New York has become almost as familiar to me as Paris”, wrote Christian Dior in 1957 in his autobiography “Christian Dior & Moi”. The couturier did indeed have a long standing relationship with the United States. Today, in the hands of Raf Simons, the New Look that made Dior famous on the other side of...
The one for whom “lipstick is makeup that makes one beautiful” is introducing a new way to enjoy his creations. Garavani Valentino had the idea for poppy rouge one day in his box at the Barcelona Opera, where he was attending a show, when the flower baskets grabbed his attention. His very first Rouge creation:...
