Tag: French fashion
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Palais Galliera – Paris City Fashion Museum honours Vogue Paris with a must-see exhibition
Since 2014, the Vogue Paris Foundation gala has contributed to the enrichment of the Palais Galliera Paris City Fashion Museum collections by nearly 500 pieces. Major figures in contemporary fashion, from Comme des Garçons to Martin Margiela to Rick Owens, make up this selection. A mirror of its time and a champion of…
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Givenchy announced the end of Clare Waight Keller’s creative leadership
Givenchy and British stylist Clare Waight Keller end their creative collaboration The House of Givenchy and Clare Waight Keller announced the end of their collaboration. After three years at the helm of the French luxury house, British fashion designer Clare Waight Keller is looking towards new creative challenges. “I want to warmly…
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Institut Français de la Mode and Global Fashion Agenda to accelerate sustainability in the fashion industry
French fashion makes an important step towards sustainable fashion on a global scale. A memorandum of understanding focusing on sustainable fashion to be signed by Global Fashion Agenda, a leadership forum on fashion sustainability, and Institut Français de la Mode on the occasion of French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Denmark. Global Fashion…
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Can fashion change the world?
So often dismissed as superficial, fashion has the power to change behaviour and attitudes. And that’s something that’s needed now more than ever, says Laura Craik.
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Governmental garçons: how politics turned French style on its head
A new book celebrating French style is coming out, just as France is changing its view on fashion. Blame Nicolas Sarkozy, blame the recent burkini ban, but French fashion is now all about boyishness
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Sonia Rykiel: the pioneering knitwear designer who couldn’t knit
Sonia Rykiel, who died yesterday aged 86, liberated women with her provocative designs, modern approach to colour and sense of humour