Alber Elbaz leaves Lanvin

Livia Feltham
Fashion, News
In a week that’s also seen another major designer, Raf Simons, parting ways with a major fashion brand, Dior, Alber Elbaz has left Lanvin. Talk that Elbaz is in the process of moving to Dior is now rife foll...

Raf Simons leaves Dior

Livia Feltham
Fashion, News
Raf Simons has stepped down as creative director of Dior. With the recent SS16 collection being his last during his three and a half years at the maison, Simons, 47, decision not to renew his contract comes as ...

The Glass library

Nicola Kavanagh
Books, Feature
“When we arrived in Paris, Rei Kawakubo and I, we weren’t completely aware of what we were doing” – Yohji Yamamoto. And so it started: yet another remarkable chapter in the life of this humblest of...

Fall 2015 Haute Couture: Christian Dior

Emma Walsh
News
Dior’s grand summer haze set brought to life the very essence of luxury couture, as spectrums of colour decorated the stage through magnificent stain glass windows. This playful theme of wonderland trickled dow...

Paris Menswear SS16: Raf Simons

Anna Coughlan
News
Raf Simons was inspired by the 1970’s for SS16 – tartan patterns, extra wide flared trousers, even head scarves made an appearance on the catwalk for this collection. Throughout the show any of the model...

Paris Menswear AW15: Raf Simons

Anna Coughlan
News
So what is it that Raf Simons has to offer us this season? Something unusual perhaps? Of course. Sticking with the classic sort of punk aesthetic that the Raf Simons line usually has, there are a few pieces tha...

PFW SS15: Dior

Nicola Kavanagh
News
If you’re ever running late to a Dior show and are not sure where to go, just look for the enormous crowd clogging up Rue de Rivoli and listen for the angry horns of drivers who can’t move for all the high-heel...

Dior Cruise Collection 2015 unveiled

Livia Feltham
News
Dior’s 2015 cruise cohort modelled a 66-piece collection earlier this week, and in what seemed to come and go in a New York minute. But time flies when you’re having fun, and Dior delivered, commencing the sens...

Artistic transgressor

Peter Yeoh
Avant Art, Feature
The polymorphous art of Sterling Ruby embraces paradox, confounds expectations, and defies easy categorisation. Yet at the same time his creative output partakes of and helps establish new paradigms for definin...

Raf Simons Spring 2014 Show at

Emily Rae Pellerin
News
Raf Simons’ Spring 2014 collection catwalk presentation at Paris Fashion Week was headily women’s wear and children’s wear inspired, with models donning the likes of shorts jumpers with modest, kiddie-like U-ne...

Christian Dior Couture SS13

Marie-Louise von Haselberg
News
The second couture offering by Raf Simons for the house of Dior was a charming bouquet containing the tight buds of spring and the beautiful, full flowers of early summer. This collection was a far cry from ...