RICK OWENS VEILED WOMEN
It was Owens’ bubble shaped dresses in crumpled leather that mimicked John Chamberlain’s foam sculptures, while his silk gazar jumpsuits were Judd-esque. (Donald Judd). Continue reading
GIVENCHY PARIS 2024
HOW TO MAKE A COLLECTION IN TEN DAYS
If you can create a collection in ten days which usually takes six months, either you are a Picasso or you are a liar, it’s up to you to judge.
CARDIN LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
In a gold jacket and silver buckle, Chinn returned to Paris 50 years after the charity gala that put African American models and American fashion on the map.
MISSONI IN WEIGHTLESSNESS
In its show, tube dresses in white or printed stretch tulle were worn alone or layered over each other, creating a weightless. Shawn Kolodny’s show was staged in a blinding white room dotted with giant inflatable silver orbs. Continue reading
BOTTEGA VENETA 2024
TOM HAWKING AND FORD
Hawkings made his debut on the Tom Ford catwalk on Thursday evening with a collection that could be called my twin pregnancy TomTom and nana.
ROBERTO CAVALLI 2024
Puglisi went wild with the theme of jungle leaves, one has to admire his courage and design skills to find something new to say with the motifs of the African jungle and the nature of hot burning countries.
FENDI PARIS 2024
In his spring collection, Jones blended corset elements from the last Fendi couture collection, which he said sold very well, with things his favorite fashion plates might wear: neat coats with a gentle flare, masculine tailoring, pencil skirts, twin sets and body-skimming tube dresses.
GUCCI AND SABATO
Sabato De Sarno’s High-Stakes Gucci Debut and the designer’s first outing this Friday will be a major test for the Italian megabrand and owner Kering.
Born in Naples, De Sarno started his career with Prada in 2005. He later worked for Dolce & Gabbana and, from 2009, as director of men’s and women’s collections at Valentino.
His appointment with Gucci in 2023 is his first role leading a fashion house. He will debut his first collection in September, 2023 at Milan Women’s Fashion Week.
BURBERRY THE ECCENTRICITY IN CLASSICISM
Last season was the long-awaited start, the big bang of colors, patterns, and new shapes, but spring is a blank slate.
Burberry is under pressure and Lee, known for his golden touch with accessories, has spent the last few months refining his approach and putting his vision forward. A collection of silver and gold accessories, motorcyclist swagger and touches of medieval heraldry with a strong commercial connotation graced the catwalk on Monday.
PARIS FASHION THIEF
Clothes expected for the upcoming Balmain show at Paris Fashion Week have gone missing after a truck transporting the collection was stolen, according to an Instagram post from Olivier Rousteing.
Was the delivery diverted or the truck stolen? Thank goodness the driver is safe,” the creator wrote in a message to his 9.8 million followers. So it would have been more of a truck jacking!
The show scheduled for September 27 near the Eiffel Tower would continue as planned, we are in the process of redoing everything but it’s so disrespectful, he continued, especially for others but he doesn’t know that when we have the patterns it’s easy to redo all in a few days.
A big intellectual scam, for a fictitious theft certainly, welcome to the wonderful world of fashion. Oh by the way, there are always GPS trackers when transporting a collection. The truck from China got lost on the Silk Road!.
LONDON FASHION WEEK
Sarah Burton is stepping down as Artistic Director of Alexander McQueen after 26 years, 14 of which she spent as Creative Director. Her departure marks the end of an era, and raises questions about the future of this legendary British fashion house at the start of London Fashion Week. Continue reading
CHANEL BETWEEN UK AND NAZI
Known to have collaborated with Nazi Germany, documents unveiled by the exhibition “Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion manifesto” exhibition in London suggests that she may have been on both sides.
That’s the theory now put forward by the new exhibition focusing on the French couturier at London’s Victoria and Albert museum. According to documents, Coco Chanel, known for collaborating with Nazi Germany during the Second World War, was also “an occasional agent” in the Resistance.
Gabrielle Chanel, who lived at the Hotel Ritz, partly requisitioned by the Nazi regime to house the Luftwaffe and its chief, Marshal Göring. The fashion designer then had a relationship with a German embassy attaché, Hans Günther von Dincklage, who was undoubtedly a spy.
The Wertheimer brothers rewrote history to support the idea that Chanel might be British, and to make the world forget the French company’s move to the United Kingdom. Gabrielle Chanel “occasional agent” in the Resistance according to British documents! A big joke.