Tag: Haute Couture
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Met Gala 2016: couture and technology meet in cutting-edge fashion
Gala celebrates the opening of the Manus x Machina exhibition and provides an answer for a debate that has simmered for decades – is fashion art?
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Lanvin has tapped Bouchra Jarrar as its new artistic director
Paris designer Bouchra Jarrar named Lanvin’s new artistic director. French-Moroccan fashion designer Bouchra Jarrar will replace Alber Elbaz at the helm of Lanvin luxury fashion house. Alber Elbaz left the luxury fashion label in October. The Paris designer will make her debut for Lanvin with a collection for Spring/Summer 2017. Bouchra Jarra‘s 15 years high-fashion…
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Christian Lacroix – A brilliance of Branding in Unexpected Places
An article and video interview By Philippe Mihailovich. One of the greatest critical success factors for a brand, whether it be a mass market brand or a luxury, is the element of surprise. Of course, we all prefer pleasant surprises to shocks. Apple tends to surprise whilst Benetton chooses to shock. I must admit my…
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A flight towards spring: Chopard’s 2016 Haute Joaillerie creations
New creations bloom in Chopard’s mysterious gardens… Haute Couture and Haute Joaillerie share the fundamental values of creativity, excellence and expertise. A year after joining the Fédération Française de la Couture in January 2015 as a Jewellery member, Chopard showcased its latest Haute Joaillerie creations as part of the Paris Haute Couture week. “In becoming…
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From the joy of capes to the great tights uprising: seven style lessons from couture
This season’s high-fashion shows have schooled us on hosiery, eggs and what the industry is determinedly calling ‘athevening’. Here’s everything we learned from the Paris catwalks
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Rags and riches: John Galliano’s Martin Margiela collection
At this Paris catwalk show, the philosophy of Maison Margiela was clear: to unpick fashion rather than use it to brandish wealth