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Louis Vuitton checks in for spring, closes Paris shows
Oct 16th
PARIS, Oct 03, 2012 (AFP) – Two by two, Louis Vuitton’s models glided down a row of elevators onto a giant checked runway, as the luxury house headlined the last day of Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday with a look fed by conceptual art.
Louis Vuitton – SS 2013 / More >
Paris takes lesson in seduction from Valentino
Oct 16th
How to skim a curve, flatter a neckline and suggest a brooding sensuality: Valentino brought Paris a new lesson in seduction on Tuesday, with a spring line-up of morning till night elegance.
Valentino – SS 2013 / Photo: PixelFormula
Demure-cut dresses in black or midnight blue adorned shyly romantic creatures — More >
Honeybees, with a sting, at McQueen show in Paris
Oct 16th
Honeycomb dresses, insect-like visors and caramel corsets cinching their waists, designer Sarah Burton sent a procession of queen bees buzzing into Paris at the Alexander McQueen spring-summer show on Tuesday.
A model presents a creation for Alexander McQueen (AFP, Francois Guillot)
Guests waiting for the show to begin were greeted by More >
Style with a conscience at Maiyet show in Paris
Oct 16th
PARIS – The silk was from Varanasi, the jewellery from Kenya, and the look right on trend as Maiyet — a socially-conscious new luxury brand — showed its latest ready-to-wear line at Paris Fashion Week on Monday.
Maiyet – SS 2013 / Photo: PixelFormula
Embroidered silks, block prints, fluid pants, coloured More >
Slimane brings rock ‘n’ roll to YSL at Paris fashion
Oct 16th
PARIS – Tuxedos, safari jackets and chiffon gowns: the cult designer Hedi Slimane made his hotly-awaited debut for Yves Saint Laurent on Monday with a modern, rock ‘n’ roll take on the house’s iconic silhouette.
Slimane’s YSL debut had been billed as a duel with another top designer, Raf Simons, More >
Hakaan cancels Paris show after collection disappears
Oct 16th
Turkish designer Hakaan Yildirim was forced to cancel his Paris fashion week show on Tuesday after his entire collection mysteriously disappeared in transit, his press service said.
No other details about the loss were provided.
Such problems are extremely rare, though Marc Jacobs’s 2012 Spring/Summer collection was stolen en route to More >
Summer comes to Paris with Kenzo, Kayrouz and Celine
Oct 16th
PARIS, Sept 30, 2012 (AFP) – Bare feet, flip flops, sand, sun and tropical heat: Celine, Kenzo and Rabih Kayrouz brought a generous dose of summer to the Paris catwalks on Sunday, on day six of Paris Fashion Week.
Lebanon’s Kayrouz dubbed his latest ready-to-wear line simply “Summertime”, sending out More >
Virginal chic at Givenchy in Paris
Oct 16th
PARIS – Givenchy unveiled a summer collection of near-monastic simplicity, both demurely chic and deeply luxurious, as it closed day six of Paris Fashion Week on Sunday.
With a giant church organ in the heart of the venue, and the scent of myrrh in the air, designer Riccardo Tisci — More >
Madonna to Grace Jones: Gaultier fetes 80s icons in Paris
Oct 15th
PARIS – From Madonna to Michael Jackson, Grace Jones to Sade: Jean-Paul Gaultier feted the pop and style icons of the 1980s on Saturday with a rebelliously joyful collection for next spring.
Jean Paul Gaultier – SS 2013 / Photo: PixelFormula
“Just because there’s an economic crisis, doesn’t mean we all More >
Rochas collection fetches 15.7 mn euros at Paris auction
Oct 15th
The private collection of French fashion icon Helene Rochas featuring works by Kandinsky, Balthus and Picasso fetched 15.7 million euros ($20 million) at a Paris auction, Christie’s said on Friday.
Helene Rochas died in 2011 at the age of 84 (AFP/File, Pierre Giullaud)
The total was double the estimate for the More >
Tilda Swinton steps into ‘Impossible Wardrobe’ in Paris
Oct 15th
PARIS, Sept 30, 2012 (AFP) – Tilda Swinton solemnly unspooled a pair of century-old silk stockings from a dust cover, placed one in each gloved hand and strode down the room — before a spellbound Paris art and fashion crowd.
British actress Tilda Swinton presents a Delphos dress created by More >
‘Ishkq in Paris’ soundtrack reflects varying moods of love
Sep 30th
Film: “Ishkq in Paris”Music Director: Sajid-WajidLyricist: Jalees Sherwani, Prasoon Joshi, Kumaar, Kausar Munir, Sophie Choudry, Priya PanchalSingers: Sunidhi Chauhan, Sophie Choudry, Rahul Vaidya, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Wajid, Rahat Fateh Ali KhanRating:
Inspired by the romantic classic “Before Sunrise”, “Ishkq in Paris” is being touted as actress Preity Zinta’s comeback film, after she took a More >
High drama from Britain’s Gareth Pugh at Paris fashion
Sep 29th
Black veils, cock fighting, a soaring a capella soundtrack and torrents of rain beating on the roof: the mood could hardly have been more dramatic at Gareth Pugh’s Paris fashion show Wednesday.
Gareth Pugh – SS 2013 / Photo: Pixel Formula
The British designer said he drew inspiration from the worlds More >
Lady Gaga sends Paris new rap song
Sep 29th
Lady Gaga has sent a musical message to the Paris fashion crowd on Wednesday night, giving a preview of her first rap song at the Mugler show by Nicola Formichetti, who is also her personal stylist. Mugles – SS 2013 / Photo: Pixel Formula
Entitled “Cake”, the track — on which More >
It’s a boy-girl thing at Paris fashion shows
Sep 29th
PARIS – Tartan checks, boxy shorts and perfecto jackets met sheer silks and fluid silhouettes in Paris on Wednesday as designers played a boy-girl game with their looks for next spring.
The Belgian Dries Van Noten, who drew a glitterati crowd as the first big name of the nine-day Paris More >
Balenciaga brings grace, stars to Paris fashion
Sep 29th
PARIS – Balenciaga struck a high note at Paris Fashion Week Thursday, sending out a couture-inspired look part pure and part playful, under the gaze of Twilight’s Kristen Stewart and Vogue’s style priestess Anna Wintour.
Stewart — who is the face of the brand’s latest perfume — took her place More >
Le Labo opens olfactory showcase in Paris
Sep 29th
“Born in Grasse, raised in New York” — such is the tagline of Le Labo, a fragrance brand created in France’s perfume capital Grasse, launching with a first store in New York in 2006.
The brand is the brainchild of the duo Fabrice Penot and Edouard Roschi, who just opened More >
Young designers kick off Paris Fashion Week
Sep 27th
A hidden walkway, high up behind the clock of the Gare de l’Est station, was the unlikely setting for the first show of Paris Fashion Week, as Impasse de la Defense kicked off the nine-day rollercoaster. A model presents a creation by Impasse de la Defense during the Spring/Summer 2013 More >
Impressionists’ passion for fashion on show in Paris
Sep 27th
PARIS – You can almost hear the dresses rustle as you walk by: a major Paris show from Tuesday explores how the Impressionist painters captured the dawn of modern fashion at the end of the 19th century. Édouard Manet (1832-1883) Le Balcon, 1868-69 Oil, 170 x 124,5 cm Paris, Musée More >
INTERVIEW: Paul Smith to keep men’s show in Paris
Sep 24th
Paul Smith talks to FashionMag.com, reflecting on his relationship to education, Paris and the British fashion Council several minutes after having presented his Spring-Summer 2013, which was characterized by graphic prints and a patchwork of textures, stripes and plenty of silk in a rich palette of colors, dominated by red, More >
Slimane comeback to headline Paris Fashion Week
Sep 23rd
Paris Fashion Week kicks off Tuesday with a buzz over the debut of cult designer Hedi Slimane at Yves Saint Laurent, and whispers that the disgraced John Galliano could be poised for a comeback.
Eighteen months after the flamboyant Briton was sacked by Dior over a racist outburst in a More >
INTERVIEW: Paul Smith to keep men’s show in Paris
Sep 19th
Paul Smith talks to FashionMag.com, reflecting on his relationship to education, Paris and the British fashion Council several minutes after having presented his Spring-Summer 2013, which was characterized by graphic prints and a patchwork of textures, stripes and plenty of silk in a rich palette of colors, dominated by red, More >
Salman launches the music of Preity Zinta’s Ishkq in Paris
Sep 19th
Salman Khan unveiled the music of his friend Preity Zinta’s Ishkq in Paris in which the Tiger has done a special song Kudiya Di Kurti.
Preity Zinta’s niece plays child Preity in ‘Ishkq In Paris’
Sep 19th
Preity Zinta found a perfect mini version of herself in her niece Maya for a role in “Ishkq In Paris”.
Preity had initially launched an online search for a young girl with a dimpled right cheek, who could play her younger version in “Ishkq In Paris”. But she found a young More >
Dubai retailer Paris Gallery plans IPO
Sep 18th
DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai group Paris Gallery, which stocks a $300,000 perfume among its luxury products, is planning an initial public offering it said would provide a “safety net” for the family-owned business and help it expand beyond the Gulf. Photo: Paris Gallery
Chief executive Mohammed Al-Fahim told the Reuters Retail More >
Kissing missing from ‘Ishkq In Paris’: Preity Zinta
Sep 18th
“Ishkq In Paris” is a fresh and young romantic film, but minus any kissing scene, says actress Preity Zinta, who has turned producer with the movie.
“Kissing is missing in the film. Kissing is not necessary to show the romance in the film. Romance is in the heart. It’s a rom-com More >
What to Do, What to Wear: Museums
Aug 26th
Written by Danielle – Duquesne University
Left: National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Right: Louvre Museum in Paris, France.With school already started or just around the corner, the anticipation of learning new things should be filling you with excitement! (I am a teacher at heart, you know.) But More >
Spring-Summer 2013: the male liberated in Paris
Jul 11th
If love lasts three years, so do trends. But both always return and designers presenting their men’s collections in Paris last week demonstrated the fact with daring and freshness. Here, a shortlist of the main trends observed last week by FashionMag.com.
Thom Browne and Louis Vuitton (PixelFormula)One thing is clear: More >
Spring-Summer 2013: the male liberated in Paris
Jul 9th
If love lasts three years, so do trends. But both always return and designers presenting their men’s collections in Paris last week demonstrated the fact with daring and freshness. Here, a shortlist of the main trends observed last week by FashionMag.com.
Thom Browne and Louis Vuitton (PixelFormula)One thing is clear: More >
Who’s Next PAP Paris: more foreigners, less French
Jul 9th
The just ended Who’s Next Prêt-à-porter Paris garnered a mixed review, following the move to change show dates from September to late June. Overall, the show lost 4% of visitors compared to the September 2011 edition, which was considered transitional.
The official number of visitors is 47,064, 36% of whom More >
Elie Saab channels inner sultan at Paris fashion week
Jul 9th
Byzantine opulence and splendour worthy of a sultan’s harem greeted guests at Elie Saab’s fashion show on Wednesday, as the Lebanese designer beloved of the Hollywood set presented a fantasy collection spun from embroidered tulle and lace. Elie Saab – Haute Couture AW 2012-13 / Photo: Pixel FormulaSaab, who is More >
Call girl lingerie quickens pulses at Paris couture
Jul 4th
A one-time call-girl got the Paris fashion pack hot under the collar with a delectably naughty lingerie line unveiled on the sidelines of the haute couture shows.
Zahia Dehar made global headlines in 2010 when it emerged the French-Algerian was offered up for sex with the footballer Franck Ribery and More >
Band of Outsiders’ Paris marathon
Jun 20th
“The longest show ever”, this is the ambitious project by Scott Sternberg for the next men’s fashion week in Paris. His men’s label, Band of Outsiders is going to be found from the 27th to the 29th of June in a Parisian art gallery yet to be announced, where it More >
Hugo Boss reveals its new store on the Champs-Elysées, Paris
Jun 9th
It’s a huge event for Hugo Boss, and justifiably so. The German label has just unveiled the new concept for its future global flagship stores in Paris. The CEO of Hugo Boss, Claus-Dietrich Lahrs – who knows Paris well from his time as director of Christian Dior Couture – highlighted More >
The After Hrs reveiw: London, Paris, New York
Mar 18th
A scene from London, Paris, New York
Film: London, Paris, New YorkDirector: Anu MenonCast: Ali Zafar, Aditi Rao HydariRating: **
The film starts off with a debutant filmmaker Nikhil Chopra (Ali) being interviewed in New York and thereafter it’s all flashback leading up to that day. Several years back, Nikhil and Lalitha More >
