IT'S BEEN A WHILE since our last instalment of Things We Loved this Week. This one includes balloon curtains and beautiful haute couture, a review on the Netflix documentary White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch and more...
IT FELT STRANGE and wonderful to see fashion filling our social media feeds once again, after so much time away. Some shows were projected to our screens in the form of live video streams, some were artistic films, while others still were small live shows in front of Parisian audiences for the first time in ages. Fashion always makes us dream, which is a lovely thing during these uncertain times, and dream we did. Here are a few of our favourite settings, thoughts, and looks from the Fall 2021 haute couture season ...
It has been a while since the city has been so busy and filled with joy and laughter and traffic. And this change is in part thanks to the fashion community, who are finally back in the city to celebrate being back with their colleagues again, to reconnect with designers and P.R. and to assist with the shows ...
HIGH UP ON THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS IN LA, large tents were set-up, and a bonfire burnt as two hot air balloons branded Sauvage settled in the sunset. An unlikely location for a Christian Dior show, but a reasoned one. Mr. Christian Dior, after all, visited Los Angeles in 1947, while today, the house has formed relationships with many Hollywood stars, who appear frequently on the red carpet costumed in Chiuri’s signature taffeta gowns.
DIOR EST UNE FEMME is the rather appropriate title given to an editorial shoot for Vogue Paris, with Bella Hadid outfitted in none other than ensembles from the debut collection of Maria Grazia Chiuri for the house of Dior. But fashion houses have new creative directors all the time, one might say.
From the implications of the digital revolution on fashion’s production cycle and the publishing industry, to the debut of new designers at Dior and Valentino, 2016 was an eventful year in the fashion industry. Here are our top 20 fashion moments of 2016, in no particular order…
“Lightness suggests movement and a touching imperfection pervades all in a harmony of delicate colors.” Maria Grazia Chiuri and...
PLEATS AND GILDED HEADDRESSES, tulle and lace, the Valentino Fall 2015 Couture collection was an ode to Rome and the designers’ Italian...
[Slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] THE SPRING CAMPAIGNS are beginning to arrive, and so far, Valentino...
[Slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] WHILE THE WORLD HAS BEEN caught up in a flurry of...
. . . said to be a fairytale told in dresses — alice in wonderland, the little red riding hood,...
. . . beautiful fabrics and delicate embroidery, intricate beading and brocade — the valentino spring collection was all exquisite...
The runways of Paris were filled with the soft, fluttering tones of nude, rose, lavender, grey and gold of Milan,...
