Paris Couture Week news and archive

Chanel at fashion week without designer Viard

Awkward! Chanel held its haute couture show on Tuesday just three weeks after the very abrupt departure of creative director Virginie Viard after almost 30 years with the brand. Viard worked alongside the legendary Karl Lagerfeld for years before taking over at the helm after his death in 2019. She oversaw record sales of nearly 20 billion...

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Dior sportswear, Van Herpen's living sculptures at Paris couture week

Sports kit and Greek goddesses from Christian Dior vied for attention with living sculptures from Iris Van Herpen as haute couture went high concept at Paris Fashion Week on Monday. Paying homage to the Olympics a month before the Games in Paris, Dior presented some glamorous if improbable sportswear, including gold-feather swimsuits and a red...

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Thom Browne debuts at Paris Haute Couture Week

American fashion designer Thom Browne unveiled his inaugural women’s and men’s couture collection at Paris Haute Couture Week with a theatrical display at the Palais Garnier in front of 2,000 cardboard cutouts of men in grey suits. The grey theme continued throughout the collection, showcasing elements of Browne’s classic American sportswear...

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Josephine Baker and the Roaring Twenties celebrated by Dior

From cabaret feathers to sleek suits and velvet robes, Dior celebrated Josephine Baker and the wild freedom of the Roaring Twenties in a celeb-packed show on Monday to kickstart haute couture week in Paris. A parade of stars were in the front row, including Anya Taylor-Joy, Kirsten Dunst, Rosamund Pike and K-Pop's Jisoo, to see Chiuru's homage...

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Virginie Viard presents Chanel's Haute Couture collection surrounded by her collective

Experimental and collective. Designed by Virginie Viard, Chanel's haute couture collection unveiled on Tuesday was presented in a show in which the "collective" around her participated: Xavier Veilhan, Sébastien Tellier, Charlotte Casiraghi, Pharrell Williams and Vivienne Rohner. Copyright CHANEL As Friends of the fashion house, this group of...

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Iris Van Herpen celebrates 15th year anniversary during Paris Couture Week

Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen combined the metaverse with haute couture and 8th Century literature to mark the label’s 15th anniversary. Widely known as a transformative force in fashion, Iris Van Herpen once again showcased her innovative talent for combining technology and craftsmanship with a future fashion outlook to present an haute...

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Georges Hobeika unveils couture collection designed with son Jad

Georges Hobeika has unveiled a new chapter at the fashion house with the first official collection designed by the storied couturier and his son Jad Hobeika, who was recently named co-creative director. The autumn/winter 2022-2023 couture collection, entitled ‘Eternal Gifts’ was inspired by the natural world and humanity, capturing waterfalls,...

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Fashion mourns another loss as Haute Couture week begins

The haute couture week in Paris opened under another cloud of mourning on Monday following the death of designer Thierry Mugler, the latest in a string of big-name fashion industry deaths. Last week's menswear shows in the French capital had already seen a highly emotional moment when Louis Vuitton presented the final collection by Virgil Abloh,...

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Pyer Moss Couture show postponed

If you were patiently waiting for Kerby Jean-Raymond to debut Pyer Moss Couture yesterday from New York as part of Paris Couture Week, you will have to wait a little longer as heavy, persistent rain forced the designer to postpone. Jean-Raymond, a guest designer of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture this season, chose to showcase his...

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Paris Couture Week to feature live catwalk shows

Paris Couture Week taking place in July will feature eight catwalk events, with limited guests, according to the provisional calendar published by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode this week. Luxury fashion brands Christian Dior, Chanel, Giorgio Armani Privé, Balenciaga, Jean Paul Gaultier, Azzaro Couture, Zuhair Murad and...

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Couture designers call on arthouse filmmakers to bring life to presentations

With the pandemic forcing Paris Fashion week online, haute couture designers have turned to celebrated arthouse directors to give a little spectacle to their presentations, even if some admit a growing desperation to return to live shows. In these uncertain times, the fashion world needs a touch of magic more than ever and Dior drafted in...

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Ralph and Russo bring avatars to couture

London-based couture house Ralph and Russo presented a unique digital experience for its first virtual couture collection presentation during Paris Haute Couture Week, highlighting craftsmanship through a number of digitised looks on its custom brand avatar as well as real-life designs. What was incredible about Ralph and Russo’s digital...