Artistic Director Walter Chiapponi has placed Gommino Tod in the aesthetic footsteps of artist Peter Beard – in a collection that blends savannah with the sensuality of Italian summer! “I imagined an Italian holiday in August, when it is very hot in the Soyleone and the light is so bright it almost blinding. This is...
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The Givenchy Logo, a Seal between Tradition and Modernity
“I started working at Jacques Fath’s when I was seventeen. The six years that followed I had the pleasure of joining Robert Piguet’s, then Lelong and Madame Schiaparelli for four years. My goal was to have my own fashion house. I did not intend to compete with other creative greats but rather to make what...
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Tod’s Italian Dream for Spring/Summer 2018
The Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea looked like the seaside last week. For their runway, Tod’s brought the scent of days past onto the airy mountainous slopes of the Italian peninsula. Diego Della Valle understands this Italy as being venerated and enchanted, just like the filmmakers and actors that have ceded to its grandeur. The beauties on...
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Bamboo, Jungle Jap, and Kenzo Spring/Summer 2018
At the Trianon last week, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim introduced what seems to be their justified fantasy vision of Japanese theater. Dubbed Collection Memento No. 2, it introduces the Kenzo look for Spring/Summer 2018 like an ode to travel – a tale founded on that of the founder Kenzo Takada, originally from Himeji but...
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The Fendi Fun Fur Coat for Spring/Summer 2018
Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi presented a colorful collection in Milan, and a bold one at that! A special triangulation is immediately apparent: a fabric, organza; a motif, crossed stripes borrowed from tartan; and a tropical palette. The starting point for this Spring/Summer 2018 is Italian futurism, an artistic movement that seeks to depict...
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The Damier Motif, a Louis Vuitton Exclusive
In 1889, all of Paris was abuzz with the approaching Universal Exposition that would be held that year from May 5 to October 31. This would be a special one; for the centennial of the French Revolution, Parisians and visitors were promised unparalleled novelties. An art nouveau iron construction would soon tower over Paris. It...
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Lace, Balenciaga’s Favorite Material
The use of lace in Cristóbal Balenciaga’s majestic work was honored with a 2015 retrospective at the Cité de la Dentelle et de la Mode in Calais, France. The “magician of lace” that Balenciaga was never ceased to experiment with the preciousness, delicateness, and charm of this material in his visionary fashion. Like a number...
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The Floral Fur Dress by Fendi
Within the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Fendi’s beauties took off on a recomposition of Debussy’s L’Après-midi d’un Faune. For this ‘Haute Fourrure’ Fall/Winter 2017 collection, Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi made the flower their favored motif. Often paired with summer ornamentation, the flower is transformed into a winter motif as Fendi crafts its petals out of...
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The Jungle Jap Printed Dress by Kenzo
Carol Lim and Humberto Leon did a 360° upon taking over at the head of Kenzo. By updating the legacy of founder Kenzo Takada and bringing in an unexpected dose of American urban cool, the duo used their Spring/Summer 2018 collection as the occasion to highlight all the strengths of Kenzo’s style in Paris last...
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Issey Miyake: Pleats and Pants for Spring/Summer 2018
Entitled “À Travers le Désert”, Issey Miyake is introducing its vision for Spring/Summer 2018 beneath a blazing sun. On the grand stairway of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie – a place that fits the theme which, according to Yusuke Takahashi “looks like a dune” – the Miyake man is taking on a number of...