Valentino label’s owner, the Qatari investment firm Mayhoola for Investments purchased French fashion house Balmain without revealing how much it was paid for the new luxury acquisition. Financial medias revealed that the Qataris offered 485 million euros ($546 million) for Balmain. The offer was higher than the sale estimates of between 300 to 400 million … Read more
The French aristocrat, socialite and designer has spent six decades as a couture muse – and now her style is being celebrated at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
The trademarks for Poiret fashion house are up for auction this month, which suggests the heritage brand might see a revival. From Carven to Schiaparelli, Lauren Cochrane reports on why labels love to relaunch
In February 1947, the Christian Dior‘s first collection revolutionizes the codes of the fashion and the femininity. A new exhibition at the Parisian Palais Galliera titled “The 50s: Fashion in France, 1947-1957” returns on the great fashion moments of this decade considered the haute couture’s golden age. 100 outfits and accessories from the Palais Galliera- … Read more