Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy was a French fashion designer who founded The House of Givenchy in 1952. He was famous for having designed much of the personal and professional wardrobe of Audrey Hepburn and clothing for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
With his perfect manners and old-school discipline, Givenchy had a distinguished presence that colored the fashion industry for over fifty years. A consummate collector with an perfect eye for objects as well as for interior decoration of houses, he leaves behind a fashion house that defined the very notions of refinement and elegance.
Under the ownership of luxury conglomerate LVMH since 1988, the house of Givenchy issued a statement paying homage to its founder, “a major personality of the world of French haute couture and a gentleman who symbolised Parisian chic and elegance for more than half a century.” Continue reading
It could seem that one of the key achievement of Dior’s revolution would be a more unified brand with men’s and women’s, Christian Dior Couture and Perfume could be fully integrated under the creative director, Maria Chiuri or others.
Vuitton in the Louvre make sence ! Nicolas Ghesquière attended at the Chloe show, next to Wintour ! Maybe Nicolas will leave to the Richmont group who knows ? For this collection Women were at the core of his fall display, which explored quintessentially French notions of elegance. The cropped jacket on a gray buttonless skirt suit was trimmed with spiky metal medallions and chains fine strands sprouting from its embroidered collar, or thick links decorating faux pockets.
Tisci will replace Christopher Bailey, graduate of Central Saint Martins in London, will direct all Burberry collections and present his first for the brand in September. When Bailey stepped down in October, he said February was to be his last collection, with an in-house team likely working on the September outing.
For the second season, Anthony Vaccarello showed his Saint Laurent collection across from the Eiffel Tower. As written on the invitation and follow-up email, the show started on time at precisely 8p.m. However Kering managed to delay the twinkles for 15 minutes. It was spectacular.
Karl Lagerfeld has again an outstanding Fendi collection. It proves that the 80s Karl Lagerfeld still has plenty of novel designer ideas hidden up his sleeves.
Benjamin Cercio has been promoted Louis Vuitton as director of press, influencers and entertainment relations. He reports to Jenny Galimberti, Vuitton’s senior vice president of communications.
Matty Bovan, a former Fashion East alumni and championed by industry heavyweight Katie Grand, has some serious powers of persuasion and this was a stunning collection.
Goodbye Burberry – On Saturday night guests entered the west London venue to the chants and screeches of fur protesters who came out in even larger numbers than last season and entered a vast and largely vacant brick venue where the designer’s guests and friends were gathering to watch his last show for the brand.
This is an exclusive breaking news on canal-luxe.org. The brand Chanel and Aurélie Dupont, the french choregrapher, works on an exclusive collection. After photographies, designs and the many other activities, Karl Lagerfeld starts working on a new discipline which is “the ballet”. At eighty year old, the Kayser and just before leaving Chanel, explores a new sector
Hemma stone has signed as brand ambassador last October. She posed for photographer Craig McDean for the French luxury brand’s Spirit of Travel series. The “La La Land” actress, who has started wearing Vuitton clothes on the red carpet, including the one-shouldered black dress she wore at the Golden Globes.
Tourneau is the largest luxury watch retailer in the U.S. Founded in 1900, the company is based in New York. It operates 28 stores across 10 states, as well as a web site.
Bulgari has announced the sale of the jewelery-fragrance “Opera Prima”, the most expensive perfume in the history of high perfumery like the publicity of Jean Patou for Joy fragance in 1950. The precious bottle, decorated with diamonds, was bought by a private customer, who paid more than 200 000 euros.
When the show started, I immediately thought : “Live as a man, but remain a woman”. Right in the trend, the poet of fashion, Franck Sorbier is listening to our time, and it is precisely what the Haute Couture should be.
The designer John Galliano added his dose of cinematic fantasy plastic overlayers and matching aviators figured among the styling tricks to the Maison Margiela men’s wardrobe. Introducing Artisanal pieces to the line, he put his own stamp on the relaxed suit, reinterpreted in a bias cut.
Face to allegations of sexual exploitation and harassment, Fashion brands and magazine titles quickly decided to stop working with famed photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Weber.
Spring 2018 Ad Campaigns: Calvin Klein Jeans, Kaia Gerber, 16 and Presley Gerber, 18, children of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber.
The $1.5 trillion overhaul of the U.S. tax system that President Trump signed into law just before Christmas has put retailers and fashion brands into an unfamiliar situation with some extra cash coming and incentives to put it to work.