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Le t-shirt féministe de Maria Grazia Chiuri chez Dior, les épaules XXL et la surprenante collection Fenty Puma de Rihanna… Après un mois de défilés printemps-été 2017, le Fashion Month tire sa révérence. Et voici ce que Paris a offert de plus excitant.

He just received the Legion of Honour in Paris and is one of the most beloved designers in Fashion. In an exclusive interview, Alber Elbaz, one of fashion’s most beloved designers, opens up about his exit from Lanvin, what he has learned from his almost twelve months away from the fashion grind and what he would like the next chapter in his life to look like.

Le front row millénaire de Dolce & Gabbana, les soeurs Hadid et les Teva Versace… Avant de voler en direction de Paris pour débuter la dernière étape du marathon de la mode printemps-été 2017, résumé de la Fashion Week de Milan en 10 points essentiels.

Royals trend, Christopher Kane’s Crocs and Faustine Steinmetz… Here are the 5 take away moments of London Spring-Summer 2017 Fashion Week.

For ten years this Austian artist has traveled the world with his ephemeral art installations. Willi Dorner creates urban artwork where the human form interacts with its urban surroundings in highly unexpected ways. This Fall he teamed up with Jacquemus for one of the most daring and innovating campaigns of the season.

À la fois auteur, photographe et docteur en génétique cellulaire, Matthieu Ricard porte depuis près de 40 ans la kasaya, cette robe couleur safran uniforme des moines bouddhistes. Fidèle à sa vision pacifiste, altruiste et compassionnelle de la vie sous toutes ses formes, il milite corps et âme pour la protection de la nature et des animaux. Nous nous sommes assis avec celui qui réside désormais au monastère de Schéchèn au Népal pour discuter de cette liberté essentielle. Entre raisonnement scientifique et spiritualité, son discours est sans appel.

The career of this Spanish star and Instagram sensation has gone supernova ever since she was spotted by Rihanna, who asked her to become the singer’s partner in crime of the video of her hit « Bitch Better Have My Money. » This season Sita tried her hand at designing. Creating a collection for the young polish brand MISBHV that caused quite a buzz at New York Fashion Week. Portrait of a hybrid muse.

The Marc Jacobs rave party, the conjoined twin cowboy boots from Hood By Air, the retro fabulous fashion of Area, the collaboration Alexander Wang x Adidas… Here are the 10 take away moments of NYFW.

The breakneck pace of the modern fashion industry now has designers sticking with brands rarely longer then a few seasons. But designers like Nicolas Ghesquière or Hedi Slimane have nothing to fear. They have become brand names that today are just as powerful as the houses they represent. They have their own devoted, media savvy clientele who will follow them wherever they go. The world is facing the second coming of the star designer.

The actress and singer Soko is about to conquer the world. This fall she has the lead role in two tent pole French films, she is currently working on her third solo album and she is already the muse for brands like Gucci, Chanel and Miu Miu. During a one-on-one exclusive interview, Soko The Cat, talks about how her view of the world changed after the death of her father, why she decided to stop using antidepressants and how her belief in past lives helped her prepare for one of her film roles.

Erika Cavallini might still be an under the radar fashion designer in France, but over the past few years in Italy she has become something of a household name. Worn by Kendall Jenner, amongst many others, the clothing created by Cavallini, has a unique mix of Italian classicism and refined sportswear. Its a style that has more and more women around the world flocking to her brand. We had an exclusive chat with the designer.

Last night Beyoncé took the title away from Madonna as the person with the most MTV Music Video Awards in the history of the ceremony. For this auspicious occasion she alighted on the red carpet, with her daughter Blue Ivy, in a show stopping dress by the Italian fashion designer Francesco Scognamiglio. The sea foam green gown was hot off the catwalk of Scognamiglio first haute couture collection on the official French couture calendar. Antidote caught up with the designer.

This week Sonia Rykiel passed away at the age of 86. The legacy that she leaves the fashion world, with her positive and empowering designs, is without precedence. Antidote pays homage to this remarkable woman.

For its fall/winter 2016- 2017 issue Antidote Magazine decided to explore the idea of freedom. In his editor’s letter Yann Weber, the magazine’s editorial and creative director, discusses his choice of photographer Ren Hang, the issue’s broad selection of exclusive content and the leading writers who all came together to examine the many facets of freedom.

Rien ne semblait prédestiner Ren Hang à la réalisation de ce nouveau numéro d’Antidote. Son œuvre, qu’il complète au jour le jour à coups de flashs de son boîtier argentique, se compose principalement de photos de nu, souvent brutes, des corps enlacés, sans artifice. Pour The Freedom Issue, ce photographe chinois de 29 ans s’est essayé à l’exercice de la photographie de mode. Avec l’audace qui le caractérise.

On Sunday Pokémon Go final went live in France. Already the rest of the western world has been over run by the augmented reality (AR) game and all its fanciful creatures. Who doesn’t want to get their hands on a Pikachu or Voltali?

John Galliano is one of those designers whose work is a greatindicator of his current state of mind. On Wednesdaymorning, in the halls of the Hotel des Invalides and steps away from where Napoléon is entombed, he presented one of his strongest and most well-rounded collections since his appointment at Masion Margiela. So John must be in a pretty good place right now.

It’s finally official, after 17 years at Valentino and more than 25 years with her creative partner Pierpaolo Piccioli, designer Maria Grazia Chiuri has decided it was time to go solo. It has still not been announced that Chiuri will become the first female fashion designer in the history of Christian Dior, but that is just a formality at this point.

In their final collection together as a creative couple designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli presented a fall/winter 2016 Valentino haute couture collection of Shakespearian proportions.

It was family day at the Chanel Haute Couture show on Tuesday. Will Smith showed up with his daughter Willow, Milla Jovovich brought her daughter Ever and Inès de la Fressange’s two equally stunning daughters Nine and Violette d’Urso were also in the house. And in his own way Karl Lagerfeld also brought his family with him. He transported his entire couture atelier to the Grand Palais and populated it with Chanel’s famous “petites mains”, who bring his fashion visions to life.

Designers Lucie Meier and Serge Ruffieux have been a perfect example of grace under fire since they were first thrown into the spotlight at Christian Dior last October after Raf Simons decided to part ways with the house and they assumed interim. As rumors swirled (and continue to swirl) about who would be named the next designer for one of the most prestigious fashion houses in the world, this pair stepped up and produced collections that proposed, if ever so subtly, a contemporary vision of what the future of this industry should look like.

Change was a-foot on the Versace haute couture catwalk on Sunday. Designer Donatella Versace toned down the shimmer and the sparkle and instead focused her creative energy on shapes, using draping to create undulating, curving lines that really celebrated the female form.

Juicy Couture, Canada Goose and Manolo Blahnik were just some of the brands that took up the challenge of collaborating with Demna Gvasalia on his lasted ready-to-wear collection for Vetements. The show, presented at the Galeries Lafayette yesterday, was on the official French couture calendar. A benchmark move for a brand on the path to fashion world domination.

Antonin Tron has made it onto the short list for the ANDAM first collection prize this year with his nascent brand Atlein. After years spent learning the fashion ropes at Balenciaga the designer has finally set out on his own in hopes of becoming the next Rick Owens or Dries van Noten.

Paris’ menswear week was one filled with upheaval. Aside from the buzz surrounding the possible new designer for Dior womenswear and the shocking result of the Brexit vote, there was also the passing of the iconic fashion photographer Bill Cunningham. His death marks the end of an era for fashion and it reinforces the sense that the industry is in the throws of some fundamental changes.

Change is in the air at Dior. An announcement is expected any day now, revealing the name of the new designer for the brand’s womenswear collections. But on Saturday the only Dior anyone was taking about was the fiery Dior Homme collection that Kris Van Assche presented alongside a massive « Lite-Brite » swirling rollercoaster fun fair set.

Change is in the air at Dior. An announcement is expected any day now, revealing the name of the new designer for the brand’s womenswear collections. But on Saturday the only Dior anyone was taking about was the fiery Dior Homme collection that Kris Van Assche presented alongside a massive « Lite-Brite » swirling rollercoaster fun fair set.

Ricardo Tisci lucked out. Given how much breaking news there was in the world (Brexit) and the fashion universe (the possibility that Dior would soon have its first female designer), his guests had quite a bit to talk about while they waited for over a hour in the hot late afternoon sun for his Givenchy menswear show to start.

Whenever Kim Jones returns to his roots he comes up with a winning collection for Louis Vuitton. So when he combined his memories of the time he spent in Kenya as a child, following his hydro-geologist father around the country, with the equality formative years he spent as a young man in London, the result was a collection chock-a-block with covetable pieces. Outfits that telegraphed a more youthful and rebellious energy, without every losing sight of the luxe factor.

On the rooftop of the catholic school Lycée Saint Louis de Gonzague in Paris, under the watchful eye of God above, designer Demna Gvasalia presented the first ever menswear runway show for the house of Balenciaga.