Paris fashion week: Louis Vuitton show restyles label for digital age
The brand’s creative director, Nicolas Ghesquière, has remodelled the French label’s long-vaunted ideal of ambition for today’s world of iPhones and iPads
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Art Basel, Miami and the beach that went boom
Lady Gaga’s recreating a painting from 1793 and Outkast’s André 3000 is showing off his jumpsuits. As the rich, famous and fabulous steer their jets to Miami, we look at how the art fair transformed the city
Lucid Plains – a psychedelic shoe tree à la Nicholas Kirkwood
Nicholas Kirkwood’s enchanted tree. Nicholas Kirkwood is recognized around the world for offering a modern and innovative approach to shoe design, while preserving the highest standards of traditional luxury and craftsmanship. For the first time, Nicholas Kirkwood fashion House (part of the LVMH luxury giant) presented its creations outside London. The Spring/Summer 2015 women’s footwear … Read more
That’s golden! Alicia Keys is Dahlia Divin
Unveil the goddess within you. After Black, Parfums Givenchy dresses in gold with a new fragrance composed by François Demachy, embodied by Alicia Keys. Gold is the symbol-theme of the season. It is long lasting and unaffected by the passage of time. Just weeks after Charlize Theron’s J’Adore Dior video “The Future is Gold”, … Read more
Danielle Sherman for Edun Spring Summer 2015
Danielle Sherman‘s third collection for LVMH’s Edun once again drew on the cultural melting-pot that has become her signature. The Spring-Summer 2015 creations presented during New York Fashion Week remained faithful to Sherman’s African inspirations, but the shapes and materials were inspired by Japan. Untreated denim, kimono wrap blouses, and wide judo pants in raw, … Read more
Luxury brands in a quandary as China’s wealthy young develop resistance to bling
Gucci and Prada’s financial results are disappointing and there’s a fear that the west can’t provide what sophisticated Chinese shoppers want