LVMH, which controls more than 70 brands including Louis Vuitton, Hennessy cognac, and so many others said trading in Europe remained good “with the exception of France which continues to feel the impact of a decline in the number of tourists.” Continue reading
Category Archives: FASHION WEEK PARIS 2016
NINA RICCI PARIS FASHION WEEK
SAINT LAURENT 2017 PARIS
Last night at the Laennec hospital in Paris, it was the birth of Vaccarello designer in suit of ‘ Yves Saint Law rence’. After Slimane everything is possible. Continue reading
VÉRONIQUE LEROY RESORT 2017
AZZEDINE ALAÏA PARIS 2016
AZZEDINE ALAÏA PARIS 2016
HEDI SLIMANE LEAVES ST LAURENT
Hedi Slimane leaves St Laurent. The Kering group and Hedi Slimane did not come to any agreement on his compensation. He will leave the fashion house before the next fashion shows. The current rumors about his imminent arrival at Scaparelli’s has not been yet confirmed.
Hedi Slimane, born in July 5, 1968, is a French photographer and fashion designer. From 2000 to 2007, he held the position of creative director for Dior Homme (the menswear line of Christian Dior).
In 1996, Pierre Bergé installed Slimane in the position of ready-to-wear director of men’s collections at Yves Saint Laurent and later he became artistic director. Continue reading
NINA RICCI BY HENRY
Guillaume Henry born in France in 1978, studied art at Beaux-Arts de Troyes before moving to Paris to enroll in the Ecole Duperré School of Design, Fashion and Creation, and then IFM, the Institut Français de la Mode.
In 2003, he decided to stop his own label and, convinced that he still had much to learn, dedicated himself entirely to studio work at a French couture house.
This was a quiet collection, but with a sexual pulse and an emotional tug a step forward for Henry, now getting into the routine after three seasons at the house.
A variety of glossy textures trying to mind the romantic streets of Paris like the ‘rue St Denis’. It’s everything other than creative Continue reading
ALEXIS MABILLE PARIS 2016
Life is a catwalk!” proclaimed Alexis Mabille. His positive attitude fights the current Winter blues and he explains in the backtage “It’s the parallel between the catwalk and a cat’s prowl, because all women are cats to some degree: seductive, power girl, sporty, masculine-feminine,”. Continue reading
ANTHONY VACCARELLO PARIS
THE FACE OF THE CITY
A few weeks before the International Women’s Day on 8th March, United Colors of Benetton is launching a new global campaign focusing on ethnic diversity called “The Face of the City”.
In english, there is a proverb which says “The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke”. Benetton in focusing on diversity and ethnic is using the codes which made the brand name famous in the 70’s. We are again digging in the history of the brand: Nothing new, nothing creative… Continue reading
BOWIE WONG
Bowie Wong has been travelling all around the world and chose to set up in Australia. He speaks several fluent languages; Continue reading
KRISTEN STEWART
French fashion house Chanel has selected actress Kristen Stewart as the new face of its cosmetics. In the past, Ms. Stewart has worked with Chanel in both print and digital marketing, but for the atelier’s ready-to-wear lines and concepts exploring heritage. Selecting a familiar face for the cosmetics segment maintains brand consistency.
The upcoming campaign will debut next month and is called Collection Eyes 2016. Photographed by Mario Testino, the campaign will feature a serie of portraits that capture different facets of the contemporary woman.
YANINA COUTURE PARIS 2016
Yanina draws her inspiration from bird image and it has always been a landmark for her Couture. This collection is largely devoted to the ballet. Like a swan, the model dances on the catwalk. Fragile princess, pastel silhouette like the balley ‘The sylphidess’.
ANDRE COURREGES DIED YESTERDAY
French fashion designer Andre Courreges, symbol of a style revolution in the 1960s, has died at the age of 92, his company announced on Friday. Courreges, who stopped working in the 1990s, passed away on Thursday after a 30-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, the Courreges company said in a statement.
Courrèges was influenced by modern architecture, technology, new fabrics, and modernism and futurism in art and design. Several designers lay similar claim, including Coco Chanel, who worked with and knew many modern artists, and Mary Quant, whose career parallels those of Courrèges in some ways (both Courrèges and Mary Quant lay claim to the invention of the miniskirt). Continue reading
A LIQUOR OF TOPS
Balmain and the house’s artistic director Olivier Rousteing have unveiled their Spring/ Summer 2016 campaign on the fashion brand’s Instagram account. Balmain and Rousteing chose 1990s icons Naomi Campbell (45), Cindy Crawford (49) and Claudia Schiffer (45) to star in the Continue reading
DELPOZO PRE 2016
KANYE WEST LIKE A FEET
The rapper, who started on a collaboration with Nike, left the brand to sign on with Adidas to take on the role of designer for his Yeezy collections.
He sings, “I ain’t drop an album but the shoes went platinum”, and directly attacks Nike: « Yeezy Yeezy Yeezy, just jumped over Jumpman” and “Nike, Nike treats employees just like slaves/ Gave LeBron a billi’ not to run away”.
Not surprisingly, the media have been abuzz with comments ever since the song dropped on Friday. However, what will have as effect the song, and the buzz, on Adidas?
DISCRIMINATION AT A. MCQUEEN
Christopher Policard and Duana Davis, two African-American employees in New York were falsely accused by the management of theft without evidence in front of the other employees and customers.
The two African-American employees have then sued the British fashion house Alexander McQueen and its owner, Kering Americas Inc., for racial discrimination. They worked at Alexander McQueen on Madison Avenue and say that the company “systematically rejects African-American job applicants who seek positions on the sales floor where they can be seen by customers or positions where they might have authority over white employees, relegating the few African-Americans who are hired to menial positions behind the scenes.”
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ALEXANDER WANG PRE FALL 2016
