Azzedine Alaïa obituary
Fashion designer with a gift for personal couture whose clients included Grace Jones, Madonna and Naomi Campbell
Azzedine Alaïa
Chanel, Dior and Naomi Campbell: highlights from haute couture – photo essay
From Valentino and Rodarte to Kristen Stewart and Celine Dion, the autumn/winter 2018 haute couture shows in Paris were heavy on florals, glamour and star power
Alaïa Paris. Nothing oriental, no identifiable flowers, but freshness and minerals
Fashion and fragrance are a very successful partnership. Azzedine Alaïa’s first fragrance composed by the designer himself and perfumer Marie Salamagne revealed a strong, precise and constructed idea for the fragrance. “Alaïa Paris“, a perfume essence of the timeless Alaïa woman reasserts the designer’s style. And in this case, it is even truer. “Nothing oriental, … Read more
The world’s couture greats for The Masters on Oxford Street
Selfridges invited the world’s couture greats to create an exclusive look or capsule collection and to curate a window display at its flagship location on Oxford Street London. Each of the 12 of The Masters who shape the fashion landscape is designated as “The Master” of a specific domain: Marc Jacobs is The Master of … Read more
Dolce & Gabbana versus Victoria Beckham: a great fashion comic-spat
From Karl Lagerfeld to Roberto Cavalli, fashion is an industry packed with outlandish characters who revel in playfully picking fights
The art of imagination: Artist Walter Chin for Spring 2013 Art of Fashion campaign
Artist Walter Chin is the photographer of Neiman Marcus’ The Art of Fashion campaign for Spring 2013. Other notable photographers of the Art of Fashion campaign have included Richard Avedon , Arthur Elgort , Helmut Newton , Annie Leibovitz , Lillian Bassman and Paolo Roversi. Debuting nearly 20 years ago, The Art of Fashion was … Read more