The face of the sky is gray, the ground shimmers in the rain, a dark rain that falls from the ceiling as if to illuminate fashion. Unquestionably the cuts, which appear, are perfectly executed, and even if the leather is not worn in the rain, we have a collection as a whole that flirts with luxury. Continue reading
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IRIS APFEL LAST SHOW FOR NEW YORK
Iris Apfel, super eccentric New York fashion icon, Instagram star and high priestess before the eternal, died Friday at the age of 102. With 3 million followers on Instagram, the centenarian still attended the presentations of great fashion designers, in a wheelchair. Born in Queens, Queen Iris Apfel had studied art history, making her the cultured aging bimbo extremely rare in the profession.
An interior designer, she participated in renovations to the White House for nine presidents, from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton. For decades, she had amassed clothes from the greatest designers of the 20th century, which fill two floors of her Park Avenue apartment. She used to say that someone had said to her one day. »You’re not pretty and you never will be, but that’s okay. You have something much more important: you have style.” So do it…
LOEWE IN CHANTILLY
SCHIAPARELLI PARIS THE APOTHEOTICS
GERMANIER IN PARIS
Central Saint Martins graduate Kevin Germanier’s eponymous label: Germanier. The focus is on luxury upcycled fabrics with arresting details, such as discarded beads that the designer found during a work placement in Hong Kong, a prize for winning the Redress Award in 2015. Continue reading
YSL DIFFRACTION OF FASHION
The “Transparences” exhibition currently taking place at the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris is recording record attendance, a funny coincidence. On Tuesday evening, Anthony Vaccarello, constructed almost his entire fall collection with flimsy silk hosiery fabrics, which he said were a nightmare to produce.
Saint Laurent via a sensual nude outfit, while exalting the master’s legacy of transgression, liberation and empowerment of women. The models’ heads were covered in bonnets and their wrists covered with large transparent bracelets, as well as jewelry on their backs.
Vaccarello said he had the idea for this pure extravagance before the YSL museum revealed the theme of its spring exhibition, sure!. But I think it’s good that there is this link with the foundation also to make it clear that here it is also a house of transparency. Really very, very transparent in fact.
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DIOR PARIS 2024
BOTTEGA VENETIA
GIORGIO ARMANI BLACK AND FLOWERS
The inky shade appeared on a boxy jacket with an oversize pocket and a velvet mandarin collar; a floor-length coat dotted with blue petals; and a tailored suit covered in silvery crystals.
MISSONI FALL 2024
BURMA 2024
LABRUM LONDON FALL 2024
Labrum London, the brand founded by Foday Dumbuya, won the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design last year.
He summoned London’s fashion crowd to the Tate Britain for a show that started 40 minutes late accompanied by a slow hypnotic soundtrack that seemed stuck in time. It didn’t help he was the last to show on Saturday evening. Continue reading
KIM SHUI NY 2024
THOM BROWNE NEW YORK 2024
ALTUZARRA NY FASHION WEEK
LAQUAN SMITH 2024 NEW YORK
WILLY CHAVARRIA NY 2024
Willy Chavarria the CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year Award winner showed in a primo time slot on the first night of New York Fashion Week in the same building where his design studio is housed in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
His packed front row included Julia Fox, Becky G, Sam Smith, Susanne Bartsch and former club kid Amanda Lepore. The room was flooded with sexy red lighting, and the wooden chairs were stamped with the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, underscoring the influence of the Catholic church and religious life on the Mexican American designer.
TIFFANY BROWN NYFW
When it comes to fashion, clothes usually do not compromise with the prices; in fact sometimes the more expensive it is, the simpler the design or the pattern would be or the more wanted the item is simply due to the price. TIFFANY BROWN Designs carries her private labeled products that are unique to the global market.
DONNA KARAN FRAGRANCE
The brand just relaunched its fashion business, and now it is launching a new fragrance collection. A quartet of eau de parfums dubbed the Cashmere Collection will be available at Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom, Macy’s and Dillard’s this month. Each scent is priced at $150.
It coincides with the relaunch of Donna Karan New York earlier this week, and is the first pillar introduced by licensee Inter Parfums Inc. The brand was previously under the Estée Lauder Cos.
Despite playing on the success of Cashmere Mist, one of the brand’s bestsellers, Inter Parfums didn’t want to debut the new collection as a flanker.
CHARLES THE APPEAL OF 18 FEV
Charles de Vilmorin is ready for his next act: a ready-to-wear line! showcase hosted by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode.