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
What are the vital looks for the season ahead – and where do you get them?1 A flying jacket makes you instantly fashionablePrimarily because Christopher Bailey of Burberry thinks so, and since the label is doing phenomenally well it’s a safe bet that an army of male shoppers will agree. If you can’t [...]
Chaumet’s bees, Van Cleef & Arpels’s butterflies, and wheat at Chanel Joaillerie will be on display, as part of the haute couture calendar.
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 [...]
Mariel Gamboa is launching MeMy, a gathering of international designers that will be staged at the Ritz Paris from March 5 to 8.
Helen Seamons picks her favourite Parisian collections, from the sublime Raf Simons to the ridiculous Maison Martin MargielaHelen Seamons
As the couture shows get under way in Paris today, executives voiced optimism as they look for new customers in Asia.
Yeti chic is all the rage — that’s if Kanye West’s and Amber Rose’s Paris Fashion Week attire is anything to go by.