Tag: Haute Couture
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The view from the front row: a history of the fashion show – photo essay
Once, photographers were banned from fashion shows, with designers suspecting they were spies. Today, fashion shows are a multimillion-dollar global business. As London fashion week begins, we cart the evolution of the fashion show, from secret salons to the snap-happy Instagram era
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What do fashion insiders think of Phantom Thread?
The film paints a wistful picture of the rarified world inside Reynolds Woodcock’s 50s London townhouse atelier. Four industry experts give their verdicts on its authenticity, from the Belgian princesses to Daniel Day-Lewis’s pin-pricked fingers
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Christian Louboutin faces setback in fight to trademark red sole
ECJ advocate general says combination of colour and shape may be refused trademark protection
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Night visions: Mystères d’un Jardin de Nuit by Clare Waight Keller for her first Givenchy Haute Couture show
First haute couture collection by Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy. The gleam of moonlight on a garden in spring, its flowers bathed in the silvery glow. Designed by Clare Waight Keller, the Givenchy Haute Couture Spring Summer 2018 collection invoked conversations between structure and motion. Ultra-fine and crystalline, a modern approach to what is precious melts grandiosity…
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Ralph & Russo unveils a fairytale for Paris fashion week
London fashion house is the sole heir to a grand British couture tradition
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Lagerfeld still top of his game with blooming 2018 Chanel collection
Flowers were ever-present at summer 2018 Paris show, where designer revealed a new look