Israeli fashion designer Alber Elbaz recently passed away due to COVID-19 at the age of 59. Elbaz was the creative director of Lanvin and founder of the Richemont-backed label AZ Factory. He was responsible for several significant contributions to the fashion industry, including works with Geoffrey Beene, Guy Laroche, and Yves Saint Laurent as Creative…
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The last days of January mark fashion Haute Couture week in Paris. Though this year’s shows were presented in different formats due to the pandemic, designers and their collections still managed to impress and to stir up conversation (like any Haute Couture show should). Below are the week’s top shows and their most noteworthy looks. …
The European runways hit the mark on what exquisite fall/winter dressing means: contrasting plaids, oversized men-inspired coats, lace-y little numbers under wool, and statement puffer sleeves that can easily go over warm turtlenecks. These roomy, winter-approved pieces will create a palette of layers - not only for warmth but also for declaring personal style. From…
Photographer: Mari Ka Stylist: Yulia Kislieva Makeup: An Ka Hair: Svetlana Movchanec Model: Ekaterina Zueva Fashion Assist: Alina Serkush
Haute Couture is synonymous with opulence and drama; the utmost form of fashion is not mass-fabricated ready-to-wear - its carefully and uniquely crafted in France. We've rounded up eight trends we saw and loved at the Fall Couture 2019 runway shows, including mini-dresses, loud prints, and statement accessories. CELESTIAL HEADWEAR What's couture without theatrical camp?…
Photographer: Fabio Paparelli Creative Director: Roberto Morelli Stylist: Brit Cato Makeup + hair: Roberto Morelli Model: Snow Dollkinson
The Atelier with Alina Cho: Pierpaolo Piccioli May 21, 2019 6:30 PM The Met Museum NYC Valentino's Creative Director, Pierpaolo Piccioli will join journalist Alina Cho at The Met on May 21st for a conversation about fashion and its narrative power, his humanistic approach to creativity, and his influence that reaches beyond the fashion industry.…
Photography: Christopher Ardell Makeup: Harriet Hadfield Hair: Traci Barrett Wardrobe: Kelly Brown
Couture week came and went - but its fleeting glamour didn't go unnoticed. Design houses are now addressing millennial trends and integrating them into the highest form of fashion: couture. For Spring 2019 the color palette includes canary bright yellows, hot pinks, deep royal blues and look at me colors - but it also played…
Men are more invested in fashion and the overall joy of coming up with the perfect ensemble--from head to toe. Paris Fashion Week Men's 2019 made a point to inform viewers that trends such as cheetah prints, skirts, and fur detailing are not reserved for femmes. Designers are tilting towards a gender-binary outlook for menswear.…
BALENCIAGA Presence and the “right now” were the inspiration behind Balenciaga’s spring show, more explicitly, the exploration of what modern clothing means and how that correlates with all the noise around politics and the overconsumption of media news. The clothes themselves had a futuristic aura, as per Balenciaga usual. Tailoring took a contemporary twist in…
The highly-anticipated Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018-2019 show returned to Paris this July. Many designers were inspired by the past year’s historical advances for women, the royal wedding and other current issues for their latest collections. Check below for highlights from the shows and presentations. MASON MARGIELA Maison Margiela’s John Galliano created an highly conceptual collection…
With design houses' spring 2018 advertising campaigns hitting magazines both in print and online, we've compiled a list of the faces of the upcoming season, from Selena Gomez for Coach to Naomi Campbell for Versace. Read on for the best star-studded spring 2018 campaigns and their photographers. Sasha Pivovarova for Dior Model, mother and artist…
From February 27th through March 7th, fashion’s elite flocked to the city of lights to see the biggest names roll out their FW’17 collections at Paris Fashion Week. At recent fashion weeks in New York, London and Milan, designers put politics on the runway but in France, the main focus was on fashion, fashion, and…
This spring it’s time to wear the trousers! Social awareness groups like Pantsuit Nation have made menswear a style of resistance so put on your favorite pleated trouser. Taking a stand in slouchy slacks is much more comfortable than marching in mini-skirts. Baja East gives fringe some much-needed fierceness on these luxe slacks. Hood by Air…
Is it sacrilegious to say that haute couture is getting….modern? From January 22 - 26 famed fashion houses presented their Spring 2017 high fashion collections. Perhaps its due to the state of world affairs or the waning interest in ball gowns. Either way, designers got their heads out of confectionary clouds and brought things a little…
Paris Fashion Week is coming up soon! From September 27 - October 5, more than 100 designers will present their Spring/Summer 2017 collections in the city of lights. Saint Laurent, Maison Margiela, Balmain, Rick Owens, Valentino, John Galliano, Givenchy, Miu Miu, and Kenzo will be among the labels showing their latest looks on the runway. Get…
When Americans were gearing up for the 4th of July, fashion’s elite were packing for a different kind of fireworks - the show-stopping clothing of Paris Haute Couture week. From July 3rd to 7th, thanks to designers like Givenchy, Chanel, and Valentino, Paris was cloaked in a flurry of ruffles and an avalanche of embellishments.…
Next week, the streets of Paris will radiate luxury and be home to supermodels, fashion editors, and bloggers for Paris Haute Couture Week, which will showcase the Fall Winter 16/17 collections. One of the most elegant weeks of the year will include shows from fashion geniuses Christian Dior, Chanel, Valentino, Giambattista Valli, Alexandre Vauthier, and more. See who stuns the world…
The stars gathered for AmfAR's 7th annual Inspiration Gala New York on Thursday, June 10th, at Skylight at Moynihan Station. Whoopi Goldberg hosted the benefit, which honored Naomi Campbell and Louis Vuitton men's artistic director, Kim Jones, for their longstanding support of amfAR and the fight against AIDS. Attendees included Leonardo DiCaprio, Zayn Malik, Gabrielle Union, Dwayne Wade, Zac Posen,…