The history of fashion is studded with a host of iconic inventions: rhinegraves, the robe volante, the robe chemise, the chemise à la grecque, women’s trousers, skirts for men, the female tuxedo, the miniskirt, the “baggy” look and jeans, to list only a few.

From Jeanne d’Arc to Marlene Dietrich take center stage in a new exhibition at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Three years preparing the show, with loans from a range of institutions and private collections including the Royal Collection, La Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent, the Cinémathèque allemande, and Paris’ Archives nationales.

At once entertaining and informative, the show also touches on the consequences of transgressing rules of dress imposed by law and society across the centuries. Continue reading →

Born December 3, 1985, she is an American actress. She began her career as a model when she was 11, then her acting career at 15 with recurring parts on the soap operas “As the World Turns” and “All My Children”.

Amanda Seyfried had two big reveals on Tuesday night: She unveiled the new Givenchy Very Irresistible fragrance that she is the face of and a teeny baby bump.

The fourth scent in the Very Irresistible collection is encased in a hot pink package and comes with a corresponding heavy-on-the-pink ad campaign. But it still has that signature Givenchy feel, Seyfried said, pointing to the geometric spikes infused into the glass bottle. Continue reading →

The pre-seasons have become about two things: the clothes themselves and, in this age of Instagram, insta-access, insta-everything, how and when designers sanction their unveiling. Continue reading →

He launched his eponymous collection, Naeem Khan, in 2003 and began selling at Bergdorf Goodman, Harrods, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. Since then the collection has grown to be sold at more than 100 specialty stores across the world. His presentations are among the most anticipated events of New York fashion week. Continue reading →

“I wanted to create the image of a very feminine and free woman who is free to choose her own way of moving through life, susceptible to change but also still staying true to herself, and free to use romanticism to reflect her own feelings all seasons”

How many times have you heard a designer name-check Brigitte Bardot? Countless, probably. Serafini likes clothes that look like they had a previous life. Since he arrived at Philosophy, he has mined Brooke Shields’s ’80s and Jeanne Mas’80s.

This season he dialed the time machine back a decade and a half or so further. Bardot’s St-Tropez is beloved ground in fashion, so this collection felt familiar, but that didn’t stop it from looking sweet.

Serafini’s got a thing for Liberty print–style micro florals, and they turned up on many dresses here, the best of which was patchworked with fringes of lace and descended below the knee. Continue reading →

Vera Wang will not be presenting her collection at the New York Fashion Week next season ?

Vera Wang will be debuting her Autumn/Winter 2017 collection via a film instead. It would seem that the designer would prefer to unveil her collection online on February 28.

One potential reason for the change of strategy could be the fact that Wang is set to be awarded the French National Order of the Legion of Honour on the same date, which also happens to be the opening day of Paris Fashion Week.

On 6th December, the first Fashion Forum will be held at La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris.

Both the Minister of Culture and Communication and the Minister of Economy and Finance sponsor this Forum which will be opened to the professionals of this sector. The themes of the conference will be finance, know-how, production, retails and also the creators. The speakers will be soon confirmed.

This objective of this forum is meant to harmonise and share the experience of this sector to help the new generation of creators and entrepreneurs. Generation Z has significant influence over household purchases. Continue reading →

Today a photographer is an Artist. Christer Strömholm is one of the great personalities of Swedish photography. Born in Stockholm, he discovered photography via graphic art in the late 1940s. His photographs from this period are hard black-and-white compositions featuring walls, shadows and minimalist settings.

During his sejourns in Paris in the 1950s and 60s, he developed a style reminiscent of street photography, and this is also where he produced his famous portraits of transsexuals at Place Blanche. Strömholm also went on numerous photographic expeditions around the globe in the early 1960s, including Spain, Japan, India and the USA. Early in his career, he began teaching at Kursverksamheten in Stockholm, and his classes eventually became the legendary Fotoskolan, from which some 1,200 students graduated between 1962 and 1974. Continue reading →

Stella McCartney invited to talk at London College of Fashion. The designer, who last week unveiled her first men’s range at Abbey Road Studios, spoke at a talk hosted by Kering and the Centre for Sustainable Fashion on Monday.

She talked about sustainability, fast fashion and the use of viscose fabrics to a crowd of students and industry figures including Kering chief executive officer François-Henri Pinault, Salma Hayek, Twiggy and McCartney’s sister, Mary McCartney, and her husband Alasdhair Willis.

“People want to be more conscious in the way that they consume,” the designer said. “I feel that people are less intimidated by it, so that’s what’s changed, people have learned more and become more open. That comes into how you eat, what your lifestyle is, how you get from A to Z. Continue reading →

George Shaghahsvili established his own company and brand in both Georgia and Denmark. The brand has very fast established George Shaghashvili as one of Georgia’s best known and most distinctive contemporary Georgian Fashion Designers.

George Shaghashvili holds a BA and an MA degree from the State Academy of Arts, Tbilisi, both degrees with high distinctions as well as he finished Tbilisi Medical University as a Medical Doctor in Preventive Medicine.

Previously, in 1999, before his formal design education, George Shaghashvili won a price at the International Advantage Fashion Assembly in Tbilisi for the best avantgarde idea and realization of a 17 costume collection. In 2000, George Shaghashvili was nominated as the best avantgarde designer of the year at the Tbilisi Fashion Festival (same collection as above). Continue reading →