Before the Fashion Show in February, designers present a short preview of their collections. Givenchy has presented the Givenchy Resort 2017. Givenchy was known for his glamour dresses weared by Audrey Hepburn. What is going on with the Fashion industry in France!
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KENZO AND HVMH
Ever since the #HMBalmaination hysteria calmed down, H&M has been taking guesses on who will be the next H&M guest designer. And today, finally, H&M is launching its new designer collection with Kenzo. Launching worldwide in selected stores and online on November 3, the collection will feature clothes and accessories for both men and women.
H&M Magazine spoke to Creative Directors Humberto Leon and Carol Lim to find out more about Kenzo x H&M.
WHEN H&M CAME TO YOU WITH THIS IDEA, HOW DID YOU REACT?
Carol Lim: ”We were really excited. Obviously, we’re the latest in a line of a lot of incredible people. We were like, ‘We’re in great company!’” Continue reading
FOCUS ON ARTEM KLIMCHUK
JAMES GALANOS PASSED AWAY
James Galanos died day before yesterday of natural causes at his house in West Hollywood, Californi , he was 92.
Galanos was one of the West Coast contingent of designers along with Adolfo who dressed the Ladies who lunched in California, from Los Angeles to San Francisco, but who suddenly shot to fame when one of their clients, Nancy Reagan, became first lady. Reagan was a loyal supporter of Galanos, often wearing his gowns to state dinners. But shortly after the Reagans left the White House, Galanos left fashion. He spent the last decade or more focusing on art
and photography, only occasionally mingling with the fashion world.
Galanos was born on Sept. 20, 1924 in a Philadelphia, the only son of Greek-born parents. His mother, Helen Gorgoliatos, and his father, Gregory Galanos, ran a restaurant in southern New Jersey, where Galanos first witnessed “ladies who lunch” before it became a term. Continue reading
LAQUAN SMITH SPRING 2017
BURBERRY’S SALES TREND
Burberry’s sales, which were down 3 percent in the first quarter, turned positive in the second quater, just when Britain voted to exit the European Union. According to Carol Fairweather, Burberry’s chief financial officer, U.K. sales climbed 30 percent in the second quarter, generating 40 percent of growth in the three months. She attributed the sales uptick to the post-referendum devaluation of the pound, which drove the retail prices of merchandise down for those paying in dollars, euros and yuan.
According to VisitBritain, the national tourism agency, July saw the most overseas visitors to the U.K., with numbers up 2 percent to 3.8 million compared to the same month last year. Their spend climbed 4 percent to 2.5 billion pounds, or $3.3 billion.
Fairweather said Burberry also saw sales growth among its local customer base, which she said was due to the company’s work around the “newness” of product and work with private clients. As part of its new strategy, laid out earlier this year, Burberry said it would focus on cultivating the local clientele and cater more to local tastes and climates. Continue reading
WHAT HAVE THEY BECOME?
He was running a fashion house in Paris from 1977 to 1995. He was awarded Aiguille d’Or (The Golden Needle) in 1978, and Dé d’Or (The Golden Thimble) in 1993. Born in Oslo, Norway, 1939, he studied at School of Fine Arts, Oslo, and Esmod Paris.
Arrived in Paris in 1957, he joined house of Dior soon afterwards; and worked as freelancer with Yves Saint Laurent and Louis Féraud before opening his own house, 1977;
Spook clothes were instantly applauded for their new, soft shapes and color. He established a hallmark for well-cut clothes that were elegantly understated but upheld the characteristics of quality, individuality, and wearability. Continue reading
LVMH AFTER GHESQUIERE
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
LAMYA ABEDIN 2017 DUBAI
CHANEL FASHION VIRTUAL WEEK
In 1938, Antonin Artaud described the illusory nature of characters and objects in the theatre as “la réalité virtuelle” in a collection of essays, Le Théâtre et son double.
The English translation of this book, published in 1958 as The Theater and its Double, is the earliest published use of the term “virtual reality”. The term “artificial reality”, coined by Myron Krueger, has been in use since the 1970s. The term “virtual reality” was used in The Judas Mandala, a 1982 science fiction novel by Damien Broderick.
We live in a technical world. We’re plugged in, switched on, and everything that Star Trek (sliding doors) and George Orwell (Big Brother is watching you) predicted has more or less come true. The only thing Karl knows about the virtual world around him is nothing, Choupette is more connected than him. Continue reading
HERMES PARIS FASHION WEEK
A cotton drill denim jacket or coat and flat leather fringing like a bassorilievo. Moving through to the bags, there’s the new way, a rigid vanity case with a metal closure as well as mini bags, which were carried in pairs. All had metal chain straps to add a bold touch to the total look.
A simple catwalk exalted the bold colors chosen by Nadege Vanhee-Cibulski for Hermès.
The mood remained very chic, exemplified by all the prints with an invisibly elegant feel, folded within the pleats of a swishing skirt for example.
Issey Miyake look or style, Nadege find her style in the eyes of Japan.
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KARDASHIAN UNDER ARREST IN PARIS
This morning, at the Pourtales Hotel, Kim Kardashian, star of the real TV, was under arrest by fake cops. Two armed, masked men dressed as police held the celebrity inside her hotel room on Sunday.
It is the second aggression of Kim Kardashian in Paris during the Paris Fashion Week: A blogger tried to kiss her ass when she was arriving at the Givenchy show. She could have also been arrested in the streets of Paris as she was almost naked for the Balmain show.
Kanye West, her husband, stopped the concert in New York for personal reasons. Kim Kadashian flies to Paris ‘very light’ with only ten million of jewelry. Continue reading
NINA RICCI PARIS FASHION WEEK
LIU LISI PARIS 2017
Is a sensible fashion still fashionable? Lisi Liu has unveiled its new couture collection for the official start of Paris Fashion Week. Graduated from ESMOD International, Lisi Liu has dressed supermodel Adriana Karembeu and actress Aurelia Khazan at the Cannes festival in 2014. A fashion just like Saint Laurent or Dior, a moment for us to forget this world so unfair.
Ready to conquer Paris and the world of luxury, the creator has already opened his first boutique Rue Saint Honoré. We had already Guo Pei in Paris and I had always said that we had not inherited the best one, but with Lisi Liu it is another story!
A Chinese in Paris and, in addition he has talent. He is a promising designer as in the past were Yamamoto and Kenzo when they came for the first time to present their collections at the Fashion Week and now they are is the “Must” of the Japanese fashion. Continue reading
DRIE VON NOTEN PARIS 2017
In 1989, he quit his modest boutique for a five-storey former department store in the Nationalestraat, then a down-at-heel district with little promise. Ironically, this listed historical building had once housed his grandfather’s greatest competitor.
The company expanding quickly, In January 2007, Dries Van Noten opened a boutique in Paris. Here, Dries Van Noten set out to preserve the soul and history of the listed 17th century building in the very heart of Paris. 7, Quai Malaquais is an old bookshop which stands between rue Bonaparte and rue de Seine, close to the Académie Française, the Institut, and the Académie des Beaux-Arts de Paris.
Dries Van Noten has been entirely self-financed since the beginning of his career and now sells his Men’s, Women’s and Accessories collections all over the world. In addition to his boutiques in Antwerp, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo, Dries Van Noten works in partnership with some four hundred boutiques in cities such as New York, London, Milan, Berlin, Moscow…
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
TOME AND FAIRY
“We always talk about our woman feeling empowered and strong, and as a young brand you get pushed around a lot through a system that’s very specific about what it wants you to do and how it wants you to do it,”
Based in New York, TOME sees Martin & Lobo’s collective experience expressed in a range that is practical and straightforward clear cut, essential dressing.
Purity is the cornerstone of this ‘every woman’ brand. Form follows function and every piece in the collection is infinitely wearable.
Gispy and burberryan, for exclusive women who want to be chic. Continue reading
CHRISTIAN SIRIANO SPRING SUMMER N.Y 2017
INTERPARFUMS PAS DE CARTIER
Interparfums reported on Wednesday that its net income is down 7% in the first six months of the fiscal year, at €13 million, due to a €1.8 million tax provision following a tax audit on the 2012/-2015 fiscal years.
The company, specialised in the design and distribution of licensed fragrances, did not provide any explanation about this tax adjustment in its press release. EBIT has actually improved by 1%, up to €21.6 million in the first six months, while operating margin reached 13.3%, compared to 14.6% a year earlier.
In the first six months of 2015, this margin had reached “a remarkably high level, owing to the dollar’s robust appreciation and limited launch costs, in the absence of major marketing initiatives,” stated the group in the press release. Continue reading
LEA SEYDOUX AND VUITTON
Léa Seydoux is the official face of Louis Vuitton’s new perfume collection. I feel extremely proud at the thought of representing such a strong symbol of French elegance, an iconic brand whose initials are known all over the world. I deeply admire Nicolas’ work, especially his newness. His incessant search for novelty is also highly impressive“. Léa Seydoux
The campaign — shot in the natural surrounds of South Africa by Patrick Demarchelier — will be launched globally in September 15.
“Louis Vuitton is a house I feel good with, it being French, and me being French … It’s not just fashion,” said Sedoux, in a statement.
“Les Parfums”, the new collection is the first foray into fragrance for the French Maison in nearly a century. It boasts seven women’s scents created by in-house master perfumer Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud. Continue reading