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Paris Fashion Week: Power plays and designer shake-ups

As Paris Fashion Week draws the curtain on the month-long womenswear season, the collections—ranging from headline-grabbing debuts (Sarah Burton at Givenchy, Haider Ackermann at Tom Ford) to pointed social commentary (Comme des Garcons, Balenciaga)—reflect an industry in flux. Just as the global fashion economy seemed to have regained its...

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Alessandro Michele’s Valentino: A maximalist’s take on Haute Couture

Red words scrolled along a black board, poetic descriptors heralding Alessandro Michele’s first haute couture collection for Valentino. Words like “Vitruvian,” “Queen,” “Flowers,” and “Harlequin” set the tone for what was to come. The latter served as a fitting prelude to the opening look: a harlequin-patterned gown with an exaggerated...

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Constant change and whispers: the creative shifts that defined 2024

Nothing is as constant as change – it may sound like a cliché, but the fashion industry proves it year after year, particularly when it comes to its creative directors. While change has long been a defining feature of the fashion world, the creative upheavals of 2024 have been nothing short of unprecedented in their frequency. FashionUnited...

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Valentino partners with Dover Street Market for global pop-up rollout

Valentino is expanding its retail footprint through a collaboration with concept store Dover Street Market. Beginning this week, the brand will launch a series of Valentino-curated pop-up shops at DSM locations worldwide, including London, Paris, New York, Singapore, Los Angeles and Tokyo, said WWD. The partnership is strategic for Valentino as...

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Fashion's pendulum swings away from quiet luxury

For the past multiple seasons, in what feels like an eternity in the fashion sphere, the quiet luxury trend, which began after the pandemic, has reigned over the catwalks, zeitgeist, and the media. Dressing down was the new dressing up. Even words like "demure" and "mindful", a meme that first embraced good behavior and not standing out in the...

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Alessandro Michele makes bohemian-chic Valentino debut with new it-bag

Alessandro Michele’s debut as creative director of fashion house Valentino was arguably the most anticipated event of the September 2024 Paris Fashion Week. On Sunday, September 29, 2024, at the Porte de Châtillon, the show that everyone had been waiting for during Paris Fashion Week took place. Two legends: the house of Valentino and Alessandro...

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Is Pierpaolo Piccioli heading to Fendi?

In the ever-shifting landscape of designers and fashion houses, whispers of change are once again buzzing along the front rows of Paris fashion week. The latest murmurings suggest a seismic shift may be on the horizon for one of Italy's most revered labels. Industry insiders are speculating that Pierpaolo Piccioli, the visionary who elevated...

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Come summer, luxury brands are turning to experiential partnerships and collaborations

Luxury fashion houses are increasingly venturing beyond traditional retail, embracing pop-up stores and hospitality collaborations to enhance brand visibility and capture affluent consumers during their leisure time. If you are holidaying in Southern Europe this summer, you are likely to come across Loewe, Dior, Chanel and a bevy of other...

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Without Alaia, Valentino and Fendi, there are gaps in the couture calendar

The Parisian haute couture calendar was brought forward this year to accommodate the forthcoming Olympic Games. However, amidst the flurry of high-fashion presentations, the absence of Alaïa, Fendi and Valentino has been duly noted. Also notable is that Chanel showed haute couture without its former artistic director, Virginie Viard, who made an...

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Valentino drops first collection designed by Alessandro Michele

Alessandro Michele, the newly appointed creative director of Valentino, unveiled a surprise pre-spring 2025 collection look book during the penultimate day of Milan men's fashion week, three months before his highly anticipated debut runway show. The collection, consisting of 171 looks and 91 detail shots of accessories, marks the triumphant...

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Dries Van Noten to present final men's collection, as Paris unveils provisional calendar

Paris is poised to become the epicenter of the fashion world this summer, merging two fashion weeks alongside the Olympic Games. Set against the backdrop of this global event, both the Spring/Summer 2025 men's collections and the Autumn/Winter 2024 haute couture presentations will be held in June. A standout moment on the fashion calendar will...