Giorgio Armani titled his collection “Seductive” with soft fabrics galore, including crushed velvet for pants, metallic touches in knits and generous animal prints on shoes, and little fur jackets.
The result was a strong and convincing show, perhaps a little flashier than usual, but proof that the master of Milanese fashion still has guts and new things to say at 90.
Pharrell Williams, standing next to his longtime friend Nigo, two of the most influential tastemakers in streetwear, from the launch of their Billionaire Boys Club brand to their first eyewear design for Vuitton in 2004, to ongoing projects such as Nigo’s Human Made brand and Williams’ auction platform Joopiter, nigo and Williams to destroy Louis Vuitton.
Only at the top of the Louvre’s luxury pyramid, Nigo, “who means Goofi” in French, 54, took over the helm of Kenzo in 2021, and Williams, 51, was named artistic director of menswear at Vuitton in 2023, both young designers.
The collection they unveiled Tuesday in a mirror box in the courtyard of the Louvre, through a clothing vault filled with archive models, for a collection sprinkled with references and winks to the past, for a Vuitton men’s fashion that has no history!
A study varsity jacket that Williams never made, cherry blossom pink and leopard-print jeans, Williams’ bubblegum aesthetic, pink and the new black.
He began his career designing dog beds and will end up producing clothes for bitches. The 39-year-old Bavarian is worth millions thanks to his three clothing lines, and his house is worth at least 800 million euros. A maximalist style for this son of a doctor who doesn’t bother with codes of good taste, but he knows all about the fall of the “rêne”.
The designer likes not only rhetorical questions, but also provocation, confidences about the business of the rich and powerful, and ‘saying out loud what everyone else is thinking down low.
I like iconoclastic rebels, which is perhaps why I’m sympathetic towards him. But I never forget that my son is Franco-German too. In the cosseted world of luxury, this designer stands out, and so far he’s succeeded, because truth is always a winning bet in the long term.
For fall 2025, Pierre-Louis Mascia stayed true to his approach to fashion, reinventing his colorful style without straying from following his North Star, he said backstage before his first coed runway show in Milan on Friday.
It was a shock to learn of David Lynch’s death and to realise that there would be no more films from him. A filmmaker who left a profound mark on the history of cinema, from ‘Eraserhead’ to ‘Mulholland Drive’, via ‘Blue Velvet’, ‘Sailor et Lula’ and the world of ‘Twin Peaks’.
Elephant Man, his second feature film in black and white, was David Lynch’s crowning achievement. Fascinated by deformity, the young director brought to life the story of Joseph Merrick, a British man at the end of the 19th century suffering from a deforming disease. The man with the monstrous morphology became a freak show throughout the country.
Last August, after an interview with Sight & Sound magazine in which he revealed that he was suffering from the consequences of years of smoking.
Proenza Schouler founders Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, who are stepping down as creative directors of the brand they founded in 2002.
I am not a film critic, and yet, after last night’s shock, I am going to tell you about Jacques Audiard latest nuggets that will change French cinema and bring it, like the New Wave in its time, into another dimension. The film “Emilia Perez” stands out for the complexity of its plot, centered on the personal transformation of its protagonist. The film explores in depth the journey of “Manitas Del Monte”, a cartel leader who has aspired to become a woman since childhood, and who, with the help of her lawyer Rita, begins a transition to become Emilia.
This transformation is much more than a simple physical change; it represents a quest for identity and redemption. Manitas, played by Karla Sofía Gascón, must navigate the emotional and social challenges of her transition, while facing the consequences of her criminal past.
The film explores themes such as self-acceptance, overcoming prejudice and finding inner peace. But the complexity of the plot also lies in the relationship between Emilia and Rita, played by Zoe Saldana. Their dynamic evolves over the course of the film, from a professional relationship to a deep friendship, marked by understanding and mutual support. This relationship is a central pillar of the story, illustrating how empathy and solidarity can help overcome personal obstacles. The subject it addresses: can we become a better soul by changing sex? Is redemption possible?
Bringing together for the first time the luxury fashion house’s unique creations, ‘From the Heart to the Hand: Dolce&Gabbana’ is an open love letter to Italian culture, the constant source of inspiration for Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The exhibition retraces the aesthetic itinerary of their creations, first worn in their hearts, then handcrafted in their workshops.
In honor of the Year of the Snake, Swarovski has revealed its latest Lunar New Year collection, “130 Years of Joy,” marking the brand’s 130th anniversary celebrations. A variety of symbolic designs highlight Swarovski’s craftsmanship and creativity in this collection, which combines tradition with modernity.
At the heart of the collection is the Swarovski Swan. For this milestone year, the swan is reimagined in a new design that combines it with its mirror image, their necks intertwined.In pieces such as a gold-tone pendant featuring one gold-tone and one rhodium-plated swan, both adorned with shimmering Swarovski Zirconia pavé, this design is demonstrated.
I am writing this article because when I went to the store with my friend’s ring to buy her a new one, seeing that the one I had brought was slightly damaged she exchanged it for a new one.
This is a sparkling journey in the heart of the Côte des Bars, a day through the enchantment of the setting sun on the vineyards. There is the pleasure palace with its voluptuousness of the superfluous and the fantasy, taking us to the heart of the medieval and finishing on the hill of the Biodynamic.
As everyone knows, I often visit young designers, and when I saw a jacket with a fabric that looked more like a Napoleonic Guard ceremonial set, I pointed this out to the designer: ‘I like this bomber with these fabrics from the 18ᵉ century to the 19ᵉ because it gives the buyer something to think about. Indeed, it is always reassuring to think that, in a garment, there is a bit of history from the past.’ The designer looked at me with an interested expression, because in fact she hadn’t thought about it, she’d done it instinctively, as artists often have this instinctive vision of the world of the future. It is no doubt commonplace to observe that modernity gives tradition a bye, and to say that the modern is the era of the new or of renewal; it is a little less so to explore this assertion in greater depth and to grasp the twofold gesture that constitutes its substance.
The new of modernity to dismiss the old, for a gesture of rupture, a caesura without appeal. But in the same way that Lord Arnault said to Steve Jobs: ‘You have the technology of the moment, while I am selling the heritage of France’. Modernity begins when it reflects on its separation from the previous world and culture. The thread of tradition is broken, and supposedly cannot be renewed, but as the sentimental man that I am knows, we always need a bit of the past to appreciate the future, or to hate it. Continue reading
Finally a woman at the head of fashion (A hidden message for French organisations.). The British Fashion Council has appointed Laura Weir as its new chief executive, succeeding Caroline Rush. Ms Weir, currently executive creative director at Selfridges, will take up the role on 28 April.
Fashion designer Ralph Lauren receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House on January 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Biden presents 19 recipients with the nation’s highest civilian honor.
With Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House on January 4, 2025 in Washington, DC.
This is the nation’s highest civilian honor, recognizing Lauren’s extraordinary contributions as a visionary fashion designer, pioneering entrepreneur, innovative business leader and dedicated philanthropist. No comment for Wintour who had asked France and Great Britain for an award, it will finally be the United States that will obtain it thanks to her unwavering support for the Biden campaign.
Alessandro Dell’Acqua continued to explore bourgeois codes in a collection that wasn’t short on embellishments but with an anarchic undertone from Jurassic. Rebellion can come in many guises, including wrapped in candy hues and cascades of glitzy sequins.
The men’s and couture calendars published by the Fédération des méandres and the Haute “mouture” de la Mode will be from January 21 to 26, and only 38 shows of the men’s collections in 2025 will be presented, followed by 28 fashion houses from January 27 to 30.
Among the expected highlights of the men’s calendar, we find the arrival of New Yorker Willy Chavarria and the return of Jacquemus back home, who had left Paris since 2001.
Isak Andic, non-executive chairman and founder of Mango, died Saturday. The Spanish retailer’s chief executive officer Toni Ruiz confirmed that the cause of death was an accident.
Kering and Bottega Veneta are delighted to announce the appointment of Louise Trotter as Creative Director.Formerly Creative Director of Carven, she is renowned for her meticulous approach to craftsmanship. She will join Bottega Veneta at the end of January 2025.
Thus, Chanel will be able to give the information that Matthieu Blazy will become the creator of the Coco brand, as announced in our magazines a few weeks ago.
The Sunderland-born designer studied marketing and design at Newcastle Polytechnic. She then moved to the US to work as Vice President of Womenswear Design at Gap in New York. She then became Head of Womenswear at Calvin Klein, before taking on a design role at Tommy Hilfiger. Continue reading