Paris Menswear SS15: Valentino
In Paris this menswear season Valentino was a little bit of this and a little bit of that. This was free-spirited and that was evocative of calmer days gone by. Well, as it goes, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpao...
Paris Menswear SS15: Carven
Menswear à la française kick-started in Paris today, and it was all suitably Parisian. Carven’s lauded Guillaume Henry charmed with a lovably apathetic somewhat sterile spread of boyish clothing. The simplifie...
Making a splash in Paris – The Molitor Hotel
The nautically themed MGallery Molitor hotel Paris, located in the 16th Arrondissement, has recently opened with much excitement and anticipation. In its former life, the Piscine Molitor occupied the site – an ...
The art of travel
Following from the success of their Carnets de Voyage, in which four contemporary artists were invited to illustrate cities they visited for the first time, Louis Vuitton will be launching two new travel titl...
Stylish renovations for Pullman Paris Montparnasse
Pullman Paris Montparnasse is proud to unveil its new look after 18 months of renovations. The hotel, ideally located on the Rive Gauche and just a stone’s throw away from Montparnasse train station, offers gue...
PFW AW14: John Galliano
Fashion house John Galliano hosted a catwalk show to feature their upcoming AW14 collection at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris during Paris Fashion Week. The collection was a mixture of masculine and feminine loo...
PFW AW14: Iris Van Herpen
Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen wowed her audience at Paris Fashion Week with her latest AW14 collection runway show. In addition to the traditional models walking on the catwalk, Van Herpen added an artistic a...
PFW AW14: Miu Miu
Miuccia Prada hosted her AW14 catwalk show for Miu Miu in PFW, this season, at the grand Palais d'Iéna venue. Scaffolding and clear plastic material was placed inside the venue and three tiers of guests watched...
PFW AW14: Valentino
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have been at the helm of the Valentino label for five years now, with admirable success. The rejuvenation of the brand, their meticulously researched and executed coll...
PFW AW14: Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier’s AW14 catwalk show during Paris Fashion Week took as its theme the grand adventure of fashion, which is what the industry has grown to expect from the designer’s spectacular showcases.
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PFW AW14: Chanel
For PFW14 Karl Lagerfeld transformed what was already destined to be a high profile catwalk show into an experience guests could only describe as sensory overload.
The mighty Paris Grand Pa...
PFW AW14: Issey Miyake
The Issey Miyake AW14 catwalk show held at Jardin de Tuileries during Paris Fashion Week was inspired by the majestic forest and was a beautiful piece of art as well at catwalk show. Live music on a special sp...
PFW AW14: Yohji Yamamoto
Yohji Yamamoto showcased for AW14 at Paris’ Theatre National de Chaillot alongside the Eiffel Tower during Paris Fashion Week. The 70-year-old Japanese designer showed no signs of slowing down as his compellin...
PFW AW14: Dior
Raf Simons hosted Dior’s AW14 high profile catwalk show at the Musée Rodin during Paris Fashion Week. His collection followed the theme of City Lights which showcased strong and determined women living a fast ...
PFW AW14: Balenciaga
Balenciaga kicked off another day for Paris Fashion Week with a bright and early 9am catwalk show. This is the third year Alexander Wang has worked as Creative Director for this prestigious fashion house.
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The Future of Fashion is getting closer
The Future of Fashion Program, a collaboration between WHO’S NEXT and NOT JUST A LABEL, to showcase and help new designers establish themselves, has now entered its second stage. From the first twenty designers...
Jean Paul Gaultier’s Butterfly Couture Spring 2014
French couture designer Jean Paul Gaultier revealed his couture collection via a runway full of burlesque models in Paris yesterday. Â The collection was every bit a theatrical production as it was catwalk show....
Black dominates Hermes Menswear A/W 14/15 Collection
French designer for over 25 years, Veronique Nichanian is the artistic director of Hermes luxury menswear.  She wanted her autumn 2014/15 collection's jackets to be inspired by the jockey, and describes the jac...
Human Nature – Zuhair Murad Haute Couture Spring 2014
On Thursday for Lebanese-born Zuhair Murad, the treasured tour de force of the most A-list acclaimed red carpet offerings, the grace of flora and the zest of a fairy-tale fauna colour palette, reigned supreme.
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Frank Sorbier SS14 Haute Couture – Voyages
Frank Sorbier once again proves that he is the artisan poète of haute couture, a showman. With a backdrop of a towering mechanical straw figure, his seasonal reflection begins with Gulliver’s Travels – beyond t...
Valentino SS14 Haute Couture
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaola Piccioli truly know how to thrill and win over the cognoscenti. The duo has yet again created a fantastical collection, yet this time with an unexpected turn in direction. Ever...