The elegant Chanel Spring 2015 Haute Couture set conjured up a retro 1930s nightclub vibe this season. Its cool pearl grey bench seating, glass and chrome finishings and graphic striped walls looking as if it they had been transported directly from the golden era of the Stork Club. And that any minute Jean Harlow in […]
For its Spring 2014 ad campaign, Christian Dior enlists a cast of leading faces including Stella Tennant, Edie Campbell, Elise Crombez and Julia Nobis. Creative director Raf Simons’ colorful prints and sharp tailoring is on full display in the Spring advertisements. Standing proud under an azure sky, her beauty blooms amid a lush backdrop of […]
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the skull scarf, Alexander McQueen presents an exclusive collaboration with Damien Hirst. The iconic skull scarf has been a signature accessory of the house first seen in the 2003 Irere collection. The Damien Hirst and Alexander McQueen scarf collection consists of 30 one-off designs. Each is adapted from […]
For the Viktor & Rolf Pre-Fall 2014 collection, “we started with the idea of gray—gray men’s fabrics,” Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren said at their showroom. “But that’s maybe a little dull. We wanted to make it a little more feminine.” The addition of some of their trademark tricks—a flounce here, an oversize bow there—did […]
Lanvin is marking its 125th anniversary by using new technologies to showcase its rich past: The French fashion house plans to unveil rare archive images and exclusive content on its website and Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram pages. From early February, lanvin.com will host a new section titled Lanvin History, featuring previously unseen photographs, archive video […]
The new Burberry Beauty Spring 2014 collection entitled “English Rose”, features luminescent shades of rose pink and sage green reflect the runway palette, presented in a spectrum of textures. The English Rose collection is made with Wild Rose extract which helps hydrate the skin for a youthful glow. Creative director of the brand Christopher Bailey in collaboration […]
The look of the designer’s clothes has been ladylike from the beginning, but the Giambattista Valli Pre-Fall 2014 collection featured leopard jacquard coat, shirt, and cropped trousers set to a little sequined cocktail dress, and even a long charcoal gray flannel gown. Valli’s new attitude dovetails with what’s happening in other collections this season. Ease is an […]
Creative Director Peter Dundas was inspired by the slopes for the Emilio Pucci Pre-Fall 2014 collection, with its core of sleek winter resortwear. “I like to do things that have that connection,” said the designer. “It’s a kind of legitimacy.” But if the ski jackets in double-faced wool, the white fur-lined parka, and the seventies ski […]
Daria Werbowy, who walked the Balenciaga runway exclusively in Paris last September, also strolled in as the star of the French house’s moody Spring campaign, slated to break in a range of February titles and online. Lensed by Steven Klein in a New York studio, one image shows Werbowy posed against what looks like a […]
For the Kenzo Pre-Fall 2014 collection, they wanted to observe both the ordinary elements of northwestern America and their reflection. They approached the collection with a view of portraying the everyday as distorted, classic as two-faced, the norm as twisted and the familiar as slightly skewed. The silhouette is fluid with feminine draping. They emphasized the obvious through […]
The Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2014 collection married the Cristobal Balenciaga codes with 21st-century performancewear, a language Creative Director Alexander Wang knows intimately from his years at his own label. At its most obvious, the mash-up produced a gabardine cocoon coat accented with waterproof aquazips at the cuffs borrowed from scuba diving and polyurethane patches at the shoulders […]
Beauty entrepreneur Linda Rodin stars in The Row Pre-Fall 2014 collection lookbook alongside Ursula Wallis and Esther de Jong. Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen have long courted a sophisticated shopper where the casting accentuated the elegance of their clothes. Pieces like a faux wrap midi-length skirt in men’s shirting stripes, a trim blazer and matching slim skirt in […]