Tod’s has gradually established itself as the centennial brand of last century. With their workshops currently overseeing design, Tod’s is centering their Spring/Summer 2017 collection on the “Double T” bag, the cornerstone piece in the Fall/Winter 2017 campaign, and on the iconic Gomminos. The brand is placing a timeless lifestyle at the heart of their...
If there were a list of “need to have” items in every woman’s wardrobe, Saint Laurent’s Le Smoking would be at the top. As the master of French elegance himself proclaimed “For a woman, Le Smoking is an indispensable garment with which she’ll always be in fashion, because it’s all about style, not fashion. Fashions...
This wardrobe is très French, made for the Parisian woman and those who aspire to be like her. The pieces presented in the Jardin des Plantes gave off a very Marant-esque sense of detachment. Romantic but precise, pure in their inspiration, the Fall/Winter 2017 collection is for a woman that’s out of this world. Made sensual in...
‘The Modernity of Antiquity’ is what Karl Lagerfeld entitled Chanel’s Cruise 2018 collection. Composed like a return to origins, supple drapings and the elegance of fluid lines caressed silhouettes of tweed and jersey, linen and silk, all imagined by the Kaiser. “The beauty standards of Archaic and Classical Greece are still valid. There never were more...
Freywille is one jewelry brand that’s different from the rest. Founded in 1951 by Michaela Frey and Doctor Friedrich Wille, the brand is committed to combining ancient techniques of working enamel with a very current and desirable aesthetic. A pioneer in the creation of art jewelry and precious enamel, the Austrian brand was built with...
Chic and rebelliousness: Coco was never able to pick one. A paradoxical woman, a woman of taste, a business woman, she led her life the way she wanted to without ever forgetting to love. Guided by instinct rather than reason, Chanel burned with passion, animated by a breed of disobedience as charming as it was...
Ann Demeulemeester is no longer at the head of her brand, but her label has lived on by exploring emotions and dreams through the hands of Sébastien Meunier, ever since 2013. By pursuing a pragmatic composition of poetry and romanticism, the designer works with a personal approach – after all, Demeulemeester is a designer label...
Since occupying the head of creative direction at Courrèges, Sebastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillent seem to have re-injected an effective dose of avant-garde and style into the brand’s iconic codes. With experimentation, sci-fi, and a love of clothing and fabrics, the designer duo is committed to going beyond the limits of the body to invent...
The Victorian era and the Memphis Group. These are the two antagonisms that Pier Paolo Piccioli tried to bring together within his Fall/Winter 2017-2018 collection imagined for Valentino. The gap is indeed wide – without going into details, the creative director for this Rome-based brand brought together the softness and monochrome of ancient lines with...
We already know the Céline woman is cerebral, someone who pushes intellectualism into the very stitches of her clothing. This is femininity as defined by Phoebe Philo, or rather, the attitude of acting just as one sees fit, outside of trends and categories. For Fall/Winter 2017-2018, a pure collection mixing a masterful maximalism went down...
