Balenciaga’s runways have long been the occasion for reinventions. In the Nicolas Ghesquière era and now up to the Demna Gvasalia days, the label’s star pieces have always been reinvented with new avant-garde flair. For next season, the brand’s 100th anniversary, everything begins with a gesture – a gesture taken from archive photos. The creative...
“I wanted to be remembered for introducing a British touch to this French brand. They’ve always had English designers, but I wanted to bring the influences and cultural references that I grew up with. I came today with the athletic pants, the lumberjack shirts and the musical references that matter in England. I wanted all...
Dries Van Noten’s Fall/Winter 2017-2018 collection was anything bit a nostalgic reflex for the label’s 100th runway. On the catwalk: Kirsten Owen, Guinevere van Seenus, Tasha Tilberg, Trish Goff, Carolyn Murphy, and Michelle Hicks were all called upon by the designer personally, seeking to capture and honor the past of one of the most inspired...
Since Paco Rabanne’s heritage resides in an intellectual curiosity and a certain enthusiasm when it comes to exploring fabrics; who else could be up to the task of composing a coherent wardrobe for Fall 2017 with an experimental and naive 60s-esque base. The brand’s new creative director rises to the challenge of avoiding cliché, and...
The new collection was dubbed ‘Chanel Ground Control’ – the immense glass dome of the Grand Palais was indeed able to take on airs of a launchpad. But this is first and foremost about fashion and not technology; Karl Lagerfeld thus reached for the stars and all their poetry to bring out this Fall/Winter 2017-2018...
Next season, Chanel is literally going to space – Karl Lagerfeld even thought of the rocket. After his Data Center collection for Spring/Summer 2017, the idea of a Chanel woman in space lit up the creative director’s imagination. Within the decor of N°5’s launch center at the heart of the Grand Palais, at the foot...
Once more, Chanel’s runway closed Paris Fashion Week by moving many an onlooker. Beneath the glass dome of the Grand Palais, Karl Lagerfeld set off a rocket to close this Fall/Winter 2017-2018 runway. The installation of an immaculate 37 meter-tall PVC space engine was inspired by a mission carried out by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet...
Nicolas Ghesquière announced that he wanted to “take on every border and bring the wardrobe into a nomadic spirit” – loyal to the heritage of Louis Vuitton, a heritage strong in travel-based inspiration, the label’s creative director has delivered a sparse collection for Fall/Winter 2017-2018 that focuses on contrasts. By further abolishing the distinction between...
Glamour and sexiness have long been the go-to concepts for Balmain. Ultra-tailored, ultra-short, ultra-architectural, these dresses imagined by Olivier Rousteing are today finding a particular echo in the lyrics of Nirvana. “The Balmain woman is a modern day adventurer,” Olivier Rousteing highlighted backstage. Thus it was to the sounds of I Feel Stupid by Nirvana, the cult...
Beneath the glass dome of the Grand Palais, the house on rue Cambon brought their audience on an intergalactic journey. Inspired by the International Space Station’s current mission, Karl Lagerfeld composed a wardrobe that’s more than modern with silhouettes made for today, but inspired by the voyages of tomorrow. Just as the first trips to...
