Here we are again! Last week, Raf Simons announced that he was leaving the Dior fashion house. Today, it is Alber Elbaz’s turn who leaves the house of Lanvin.
The fashion world is on the move. Raf Simons, Alexander Wang, Alber Elbaz… Who’s next? One thing is sure, Alber Elbaz will not replace Raf Simons : he is too old (54 years old), not fit enough and especially not in adequation with the young international clients.
Apparently, he left Lanvin further to disagreements between him and the company principals: owner Shaw-Lan Wang and chief executive officer Michèle Huiban. However Elbaz owns part of Lanvin.
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In November 2015 will be held the second edition of “MES CREATEURS JOAILLIERS”. Despite the uncertainty economic recovery climate and recent events in Paris, the latest session was sucessful and even the Prince of Luxury, Bernard Arnault, came and visited the exhibition. The show attracted many purchasing decision-makers, with independent retail, department store and concept store buyers.
Companies do not stop looking for talents or “high potentials” as they call them. They have even developped a new fonction to identify the talents in the companies and in schools. However the question is what do we consider as talent today? What does having a talent entail? Maybe the difference between having it or not is just about non-existent. The two things coincide and must coexist.
This week-end, the “Vintage des Collectionneurs d’Hermès” will be held at the Hotel du Louvre. The “Hermès collectors” have now their own trade show. which will feature a multitude of iconic pieces from the luxury house.
After New York, London, Milan, Paris and now Dubai, the Emirates have finally been officially added to the international fashion week calendar. The Arab Fashion Week will run from October 31 to November 2.
China’s slowdown hit sales at Britain’s luxury fashion group Burberry, the company revealed on Thursday, sending its share price plunging more than 12 percent..
First iconic outfit, she launched the trend of capri pants, of colored tights, of black catsuits and ballerina flats. In 1961, in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, she sported the garment she is best remembered for. The little black dress designed by Hubert de Givenchy. This last look is the one we all remember the most. The one that best represents Audrey, the icon. Audrey, the style icon. Audrey, the Hollywood star.
It is routines for Karl Lagerfeld! A Visual Journey explores the wide-ranging motifs, approaches and media that define Karl Lagerfeld’s astute and intensely personal interpretation of photography, from the 16th October 2015 at the Pinacotheque of Paris. Your choupette is not required.
UK fashion designer Stella McCartney sued American footwear and accessories company Steve Madden for copying her Falabella bag. McCartney filed a complaint with the Southern district of New York against Steve Madden. McCartney said that Steve Madden has copied one of her most “well-known and enormously popular” handbag styles. McCartney’s lawyers want Madden to discontinue its knock-off “BTotally” handbag and “an accounting of Defendant’s profits.”
There were rumors on potential successors of Alexander Wang who presented his last show for Balenciaga on October 2. Seven hours before the Nicolas Ghesquière show, the name of Demma Gvasalia was revealed as successor of Alexander. His name may be strictly unknown by the public, but not by influencers of webzines.
Nicolas Ghesquière opened his show on a serie of urban biker-chic, with a zest mixture of Gothic, accented with pink to illustrate barbies he met in Japan that will be called more easily: Manga look Barbie rockabilly (platform shoes, lace skirts, asymmetrical hem and mesh).
Has Karl Lagerfeld been watching too much ‘Pan Am’ ? As flights of fantasy go, it didn’t come more kitsch – or gimmicky – than boarding Chanel’s jumbo jet, he created for his Spring/Summer couture collection in Paris cavernous Grand Palais.
In March 1999, Fátima Lopes became the first Portuguese Fashion Designer to present in “Paris Fashion Week” alongside with the most talented and recognized international fashion designers. Since then, Fátima Lopes collections are presented in Paris twice a year. 
For the past few seasons, designer Sarah Burton has been giving fashion goers a womenswear proposition that favored a harder, more protective approach. Women who are not easily wooed or in need of rescue. The collection that looked like an antique fairytale picture book. 
The important thing to remember is to grieve in the way that honors who you are. That is why Alexander Wang choose color palette restricted to creamy whites. In liquid silk dresses, textual short dressing robe jackets, and bra tops, the models paraded.