In the trenches: how the belted coat became our all-season jacket
Trench coats have come a long way since Burberry and Kramer vs Kramer. Thanks to some bespoke catwalk reworks, they are experiencing a style renaissance
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#womenfashionpower: How influential women have used fashion to define and enhance their position in the world
Women Fashion Power – Look at what the woman next to you is saying. Confidence is very powerful. From Elizabeth I to Margaret Thatcher, Coco Chanel to Lady Gaga, the clothes women wear have always been a powerful form of self-expression and part of a sophisticated visual language. WOMEN FASHION POWER exhibition opened at Design … Read more
Jean Paul Gaultier – therapist, journalist and a private detective for Diet Coke
Jean Paul Gaultier is the latest designer to collaborate with Diet Coke. The French designer has been named the beverage’s European creative director and is appearing in a series of short films for the brand. Gaultier is a therapist, a journalist and a private detective solving a puppet’s wardrobe dilemmas. Gaultier follows in the footsteps … Read more
Jil Sander: I am very happy and excited to be back
Jil Sander, a prolific German designer known for her innovative looks in the 70s, is returning to the label she created 40 years ago, fuelling industry speculation about the possibility that outgoing creative director Raf Simons could wind up at Dior. Japanese fashion conglomerate Onward Holdings, who owns Jil Sander fashion brand since 2008, said … Read more
Books: Dior Joaillerie
Dior Haute Joaillerie book The jewelry is timeless, unlike those who wear them. “We are mortal, but jewelry remain,” says Victoire de Castellane, one of the most creative and fearless jewelry designers in the world and creative designer at Dior Haute Joaillerie. Since launching Dior Fine Jewelry in 1998, Victoire de Castellane has been celebrated … Read more
Speaking about luxury with Pascal Morabito – creator Morabito
Artist-designer, explorer, dreamer, collector, inventor and an inspiring personality, Pascal Morabito (b. 3 May 1945), is an inexhaustible source of ideas in areas such as jewelery, watches, perfumes, cosmetics, leather goods, fashion, design, sculpture, architecture, furnishing, hospitality, wellness and luxury lifestyle. He was 19 or 20 years old when he met César, Dali, Arman thanks … Read more