The catwalks were dripping in moonshine, spangles and international shoppersVideo: The Christian Dior haute couture showCan clothes ever be art? Paris haute couture week seems a good moment to get to the bottom of this one. (The dresses at haute couture start at £20,000, so I can’t pass the time shopping, and am thus forced [...]
Jess Cartner-Morley offers her take on the beautiful creations on display in Paris this weekJess Cartner-Morley
Chaumet’s bees, Van Cleef & Arpels’s butterflies, and wheat at Chanel Joaillerie will be on display, as part of the haute couture calendar.
Lunar inspired fashion from Giorgio Armani’s catwalk show, while at the Alexis Mabille show bold colours ruled
A stunning silver and sorbet collection lives up to the high expectations surrounding Karl Lagerfeld’s couture line
A sterling collection from Karl Lagerfeld will keep Chanel’s couture arm profitable, reports Jess Cartner-MorleyIn pictures: The Chanel haute couture collectionAs the applause finally died down after today’s Chanel haute couture show in Paris, an army of chic young waiters appeared as if by magic, bearing trays crammed with flutes of very good champagne, with [...]
A new decade arrived at Paris haute couture fashion week today. But naturally – this being the self-consciously elite world of fashion’s most exclusive clique – it was not the same one the rest of the world has entered. Instead, in the Avenue Montaigne headquarters of Christian Dior, designer John Galliano heralded the 1900s, and [...]