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...
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...
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...
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...
This is a story where a legend meets the present. In 1933, René Lacoste, nicknamed “the Crocodile” by the American press for his tenacity on the courts, revolutionized the sportswear world by creating the Lacoste L.12.12 polo. This garment used an innovative fabric – its piqué cotton allowed for greater freedom of movement for tennis...
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...
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...
With a new calendar based on a see-now buy-now concept, Burberry unveiled its collection for Fall/Winter 2017-2018 at London Fashion Week. By anchoring his work in that of sculptor Henry Moore, Christopher Bailey introduced a collection with asymmetric accumulations of twirling frills in various fabrics alongside original and convoluted cuts. This perfect juxtaposition of contrasts proves...
With iridescent colors and a brand new character, Jonathan Saunders seems to be playing with the founder’s groovy past to bring her legendary wrap dress into contact with rebelliousness. The result? Stripes, animal prints, and electrifying colors like turquoise, orange, and gold motifs – these pieces will surely appeal to a new DVF generation. Even...
It was a lightning strike, an illumination, a revelation – an inspiration. Valentino Garavani was literally dazzled. “I had one of the biggest shocks of my life in Barcelona: as a student I was invited to the Barcelona Opera and, enthralled, I saw a woman with grey hair in one of the boxes, very beautiful,...
