Dior a enfin remplacé Raf Simons
C’est officiel, après 17 années passées chez Valentino et plus de 25 ans avec son partenaire créatif Pierpaolo Piccioli, la créatrice Maria Grazia Chiuri s’est finalement décidée à voler de ses propres ailes. L’arrivée de Chiuri comme première directrice artistique de l’histoire de Christian Dior vient d’être confirmée par la maison de couture française. Raf Simons est finalement remplacé après près d’un an de latence.
Paris Haute Couture FW16 : Valentino’s Doomed Romance
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.
La romance condamnée de Valentino
Valentino vient d’annoncer le départ de Maria Grazia, moitié du duo qu’elle formait jusqu’alors avec Pierpaolo Piccioli à la tête de la direction artistique de la maison italienne. Ils présentaient hier leur dernière collection haute couture automne-hiver 2016 imaginée ensemble.
Paris Haute Couture FW16 : Chanel’s Family Couture
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.
Paris Haute Couture FW16 : Dior’s Real World Appeal
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.
Paris Haute Couture FW16 : Versace’s Draping Desire
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.
Le calendrier des soirées de la Fashion Week Haute Couture
De l’arrivée de Vetements dans le calendrier à la possible annonce du remplaçant de Raf Simons chez Dior, cette nouvelle Fashion Week haute couture hiver 2016 réserve bien des surprises. Ses nuits aussi. #Itscouturebaby
Le superbe clip Gosh de Jamie XX signé Romain Gavras
Jamie xx vient de dévoiler le clip de l’hymne « Gosh », extrait de son dernier album In Colour. Tournée dans la réplique chinoise fantôme de la ville de Paris avec plus de 400 figurants, la vidéo est sans surprise réalisée par Romain Gavras.
La playlist de la Fashion Week Homme de Paris
Si la musique adoucit les mœurs, les playlists de la Fashion Week parisienne s’efforcent de lutter contre la morosité ambiante qui touche la capitale française. Hit-parade des meilleures playlists qui ont rythmé cette Fashion Week parisienne, entre démonstrations d’amour, notes énergiques et douces rebellions.
8 must-see shows from Paris Mens’ Fashion Week
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.
Paris Fashion Week SS17 : Lanvin’s Creative Freedom
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.
Paris Fashion Week SS17 : Dior Homme’s Anarchy
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.
Paris Fashion Week SS17 : Givenchy’s Money Shot
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.