Visits: 24 Forget quiet luxury. Maison Margiela, Fendi and Valentino offer some singular propositions. The night of the wolf moon — the first full moon of the new year — also happened to be the last night of the couture, …
The Gray Suit Takes Center Stage
Visits: 28 Thom Browne makes his couture debut, while Schiaparelli, Dior and Iris Van Herpen spin their own dreamy tales. In 1955 the idea of the gray flannel suit as the symbol of the soul-deadened corporate drone entered the American …
Rahul Mishra’s Ethos Is ‘Slow Fashion’
Visits: 41 It took Rahul Mishra six years to sell his first bridal lehenga, a three-piece skirt, blouse and scarf ensemble from the Indian subcontinent. That was in 2017. Now, there’s an almost five-month wait to buy one. In April, …
Can Fashion Still Shock?
Visits: 26 From trompe l’oeil to the metaverse, Schiaparelli, Dior and Iris van Herpen offer some answers. PARIS — What’s shocking now? There are many possible answers to that question, though few of them, probably, have to do with fashion. …
When the Czarinas Ruled the Front Row
Visits: 22 A group of Russian women were once the hottest things at couture, embraced not just by fashion, but by the watching world. Where are they now? Around this time just over a decade ago something happened in fashion …
When the Romance Ends, but the Brand Goes On
Visits: 26 Normally in January, Tamara Ralph presents a runway extravaganza as part of Paris couture week. This year, however, Ms. Ralph, the creative director of Ralph & Russo, alongside her longtime partner in life and business, Michael Russo, decided …
Alber Elbaz Has a New Answer for What Women Want
Visits: 23 “If it goes well, we can repeat,” Mr. Elbaz said. “If it doesn’t, we stop.” But, he said, “the idea is, by the end of the year, you have everything you need.” Kay Barron, the fashion director of …
Digital Dior. Remote Chanel. What’s Couture With No Runway?
Visits: 41 Is this a front row anyone really wants to join? After three days seated at my dining room table, watching what was effectively Quibi for fashion — which is to say, the first streamed digital couture “shows,” forced …
Watch: Live Video of Paris Couture Fashion Shows
Visits: 49 Ralph & Russo Azzaro Couture Antonio Grimaldi Giambattista Valli Georges Hobeika Schiaparelli Ulyana Sergeenko Iris Van Herpen Maurizio Galante Maison Rabih Kayrouz The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode is the presenting body of the …
Couture Fashion: Here’s What Happened
Visits: 41 In a pre-coronavirus world, hundreds of editors, clients, stylists and celebrities would have converged on Paris this weekend, clacking over the cobblestones in their kitten heels for the couture shows. Those singular displays of fashion art — handmade …