Articles by Céline Vautard
The Hervé L. Leroux label reborn
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Since the death of the couturier Hervé Leger in 2017, the house has been mothballed. Today, however, a page turns thanks to his sister who is preparing to present the new collections during Paris Fashion Week. Launched in 2000 by Hervé Leger Leroux and Jocelyne Caudroy (sister of the latter who has been by his side since the launch of his first...
La Caserne: first incubator dedicated to sustainable fashion in Paris
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FashionUnited takes a look behind this mammoth project, La Caserne, currently being created on 4000 square meters right in the heart of Paris. The force behind it is the enterprise L'Exception whose managing director Maeva Bessis talked in an interview with FashionUnited about the sustainable fashion incubator, which wants to be the largest of...
The 5 summer 2020 trends that you need to have in store
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FashionUnited provides an overview of the key trends that will mark the next spring/summer 2020 season. These are the highlights for retailers looking for inspiration or to optimize their sales. Decoding the summer trends! Chloé SS2020 (l), Caroll SS2020 (r) Let's get some shorts! The city bermuda is getting shorter. Still tailored and chic,...
Fashion goes fur free: is France falling behind the times?
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Faced with increasing opposition to fur from the general public, more and more brands are withdrawing it from their collections, the most recent of these being Olivier Rousteing, artistic director at Balmain, who announced the brand was scrapping the animal product. But has France fallen behind its European neighbours on the subject? According...
Trends: What will be in store for fall/winter 2019
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FashionUnited brings you an overview of the key trends that will be in stores this fall / winter 2019 season. A ‘best of’ for retailers in need of a little inspiration, for restocking or for updating their window displays. 1. Neo-bourgeois Jacket over the shoulders, a collar, a hat, a small bag... almost all the details that Hedi Slimane put in...
Sonia Rykiel : Why couldn't the brand be saved?
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Paris - The announcement came on 25 July 2019, the immediate judicial liquidation of the fashion brand Sonia Rykiel left 135 employees in a state of shock as well as a large number of people and lovers of the fashion house both in France and abroad. How did it come to this? There was a crowd at the funeral of Sonia Rykiel on 1 September 2016 at...