DGENA THE BLACK WIDOW OF A THOUSAND RIVERS

This morning, the painless day drags, and I move towards the Faubourg du Temple, to measure the dichotomy between the city of Kiev that I left only 25 hours ago, and the cries of aficionados when Nabilla appears. Dgena, as for her, draws her seam in the veil of the clairvoyance and the paradox of this profession. Outside among the smoke and talent, while the others are well engulfed in a temple that has only the name, I see a figure that advances in scouting and jumps the barrier of the worries of youth, the day is beautiful, and yet a black widow appears of only 20 years.

 

The young girls, lined up like birds who have been entrusted with grace in all its splendor, walk towards me. I admire the hands that fill the fabric and the deft fingers that shape each collection, transforming old rolls, into the undeniable flower of sublime. It was yesterday in front of the Valentino show, the beauty made its majestic bed.

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VALENTINO MONOCHROME SHOW

After a heavy week dealing with the news, Zendaya’s bold look, which is just one of the elements of the simply joyful fashion show of Pierpaolo Piccioli, offered a glimmer of hope. The Spider-Man star posed for the Valentino fall-winter collection of the Italian house yesterday at the “careau du temple” during fashion week, and she looked simply stunning. Continue reading

BALENCIAGA FOREVER REFUGEE

After water on the ground a snowstorm in a cup of water. Guests arriving at the giant exhibition hall on the fringes of Paris discovered oversized T-shirts the colors of the Ukrainian flag on every seat, and a note card from Demna, whose family fled the civil war in Georgia in 1993. “And I became a forever refugee.

His title for the show, “360 Degrees,” appropriates the language of VR technology, which he subverted by recreating the same effect in real life behind a giant glass screen. It was something of a thumb in the eye to the metaverse, the latest comet hurtling toward planet fashion. The designer lives outside of Zurich and described “shock” at visiting familiar peaks at 3,500 meters and finding no snow.

He views this show as “chapter two” of his last IRL runway extravaganza pre-pandemic, which had models splashing through water in a dark, flooded arena as a metaphor for global warming. Before the lights went up, Demna’s voice could be heard reading a poem in Ukrainian by Oleksandr Oles, whose message, he said backstage afterwards, tells Ukraine “to be strong, to focus on love.”

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BRITISH FASHION CONDEMNING THE WAR

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the British Fashion Council is encouraging all those in its network to show support for the global campaign of condemnation. In a statement released Thursday, the non-profit organization referred to the British government’s position and the sanctions it imposed on Russia:

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LUXURY BRANDS AND PUTIN WAR

As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a raft of new sanctions and travel restrictions have forced European brands to walk a tightrope balancing their moral obligation to help the suffering with their responsibilities to run their businesses.
As a result, a number of companies, including Kering, OTB, Gucci, Acne Studios, Burberry and LVMH Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton, have pledged their support to organizations such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, and the Red Cross to aid war victims and those fleeing the Ukraine.
The brand community has reacted differently to the crisis: many have engaged in virtue signaling and posturing, while others have made grand declarations about boycotting Russia without doing any significant business in the country.
Apparently, Russia is no longer a hot market for European luxury brands. According to a Morgan Stanley report earlier this week, the importance of Russia for the luxury goods sector has diminished over the years, and is now essentially immaterial.

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In last season’s Saint Laurent Collection, Anthony Vaccarello drew inspiration from Paloma Picasso, whose theatrical sense of dress was said to have inspired Yves Saint Laurent and nudged his creativity out of bourgeois codes. Continue reading

DIOR REQUIEM FOR A FOOL

D-Air Lab, a start-up that produces items such as the Antarctica Suit, which allows scientists to work at temperatures as low as minus-128 degrees Fahrenheit, collaborated with the designer. As well as the suit’s electronic control unit, the start-up also displayed variations of its airbag vests.

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DRIES VAN NOTEN FRAGRANCE

The designer approached fragrance and lipstick the same way he approaches his design work: with clashing concepts, a riot of colors, prints, and textures. When he joined Puig in 2018, he knew right away that he wanted to dive into the luxury beauty sector.

For Van Notens beauty collection, sustainability was paramount. The perfume bottles are re-usable and refillableThe pouches are made from unused fabric from the fashion line. And there is no plastic foil covering the outer boxes, made from paper pulp.

Starting March 2, Dries Van Noten boutiques and its website will sell the new fragrances and makeup lineSelect retailers will carry them starting at the end of April or early May.

FENDI 2022 BY JONES

Kim Jones opens the show for Fendi in a steamy chiffon dress trimmed with small ruffles and a sheepskin cape. It isn’t my choice of what to wear at the show, but it is part of the brand’s warm up tour. “the Ferrari of fashion,” unveiling a collection that is similar to Karl’s, sexy for a Fall that will be tight around the waist.

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LVMH VENDÔME

In 1371, after the death of Count Bouchard VII and his daughter Jeanne de Vendôme, Catherine de Vendôme, their sister and aunt, inherited the county of Vendôme. Her marriage to Jean VII Count of Vendôme gave birth to the House of Bourbon-Vendôme, this is why the lord chose this city

Le Maire spent four hours touring the workshops in Azé and Vendôme for LVMH who  spent between 15 million euros and 20 million euros to buy and restore the historic Abbaye building in Vendôme, which dates back to the 11th century and variously housed a Benedictine monastery and a cavalry regiment. The four-story structure has been open since September 2020, but its inauguration was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Against the backdrop of the French presidential election campaign and the deepening crisis over Russia’s troop movements in Ukraine, a sizable media contingent turned out for the ceremony, attended by Bernard Arnault, chairman and chief executive officer of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Louis Vuitton chairman and CEO Michael Burke and French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire.
The Oratoire workshop in neighboring Azé, meanwhile, is being touted as the first industrial building of its type in France, with an eco-design that cuts energy consumption by half compared with a classic Vuitton leather goods workshop.

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HERMES FOLLOW NOBODY

We don’t follow what others are doing,” executive chairman Alex Dumas said Friday after reporting “exceptional” growth in 2021 that pushed the company close to 9 billion euros in revenues.

 

“We do not intend to use prices as a way of ratcheting up further growth,” he told a webcast with analysts. “Our price is the genuine price.It is true that a bag Birking has 25 000 euro in crocro it can leave the prices at a very low level. Dumas ultimately concluded: “Margin is the result of work well done.”

Still, investors were spooked by a 5.4 percent dip in fourth-quarter revenues in leather goods and saddlery, which Hermès blamed on production constraints and depleted inventories, but who knows if it’s the right reason? But no one can know, because the journalists are held far from the factories, only the dumb bimbo its their news agency, to report on their factory. That the way it is.

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SIMONE ROCHA 2022 LONDON

In the soft gloom of this late day, the sunset is reflected on the Thames. Fashion girl with “street” and tender who make shiver the skin of her aficionados tingle, magician of the soul, and magnificent of softness at the threshold of the Brexit paradise He had said to us, lays her tulle on the London romance of the night.

QUINN SADO MASO OF FLOWERS

Pink curtains and bouquets of flowers, a chamber orchestra in evening wear played under a giant Baccarat crystal chandelier. Then, two golden doors opened silently, revealing a fashion show reminiscent of mid-century couture, with Laura Ashley-type flowers, and spectacular headdresses masking the faces.

 

A fashion that begins as a joyful and subversive “fact” tale, ending with a latex suit, a female mistress holding a submissive on a leash, who is going to have a bad time, or maybe the best time of his life.

Born in London and raised in southeast London, Quinn attended Central Saint Martins and graduated in 2014. Quinn is the youngest of five children. He had won the Stella McCartney scholarship in 2016 to release this Vowels song to us. Welcome to London Fashion Week.
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HEARST IN BLACK PANTHER

Driven by an intellectual curiosity around gender, which was influenced in part by her own 14-year-old daughters, Gabriela Hearst tapped a Stanford professor of art history who specializes in gender and politics to design two teaching sessions for herself and her staff. I hope this one told him the story of Patty Hearst, former terrorist of a black panther.
To our mind she should go back to a fashion school it will be more efficient. She also revisited her crystal obsession with a black coat with precious stones for button it that will probably cost the same price as a motorcycle, a bad compromise, in terms of carbon emissions, but that will be for the next session of learning with the new teacher.

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SUPER BLOW JOB

The Super Bowl is America’s biggest sporting event. Watched by over one hundred million people, the mini-concerts that occupy the space between the intervals have become the place where artists unveil their wackiest and most innovative performances. Even Tiffany & Co signe le trophée du Super Bowl 2022

Dundas is already a Super Bowl MVP, and in 2020 he created the slinky sequin mini-dresses and lamé short-shorts worn by Shakira during her electrifying set with Jennifer Lopez.
The final look alludes with its snow leopard pattern vibe alludes to the past, but its introduction is entirely modern; after Blige steps onstage at the game, versions of her outfit and those worn by her dancers will be available as an NFT, a partnership with Dress X. “This is the next step in technology, and I want my fashion to be a part of that,” he says.
Fly sexy and hot but comfortable,” shared Blige before the show. “It means so much to perform at the Super Bowl.

VALENTINO 2022

Valentino is a fine example of designer Pierpaolo Piccioli’s in a good mood and is reflected the times that we are in.
In the fashion world, black is a colour or not ! And that was the line taken for this Valentino show. Pierpaolo’s darkness was lit occasionally by a scarlet handbag, long red gloves, by the sheen on the surface of a leather dress or even by different colours of flesh showing through dark chiffon.

MONCLER CHINESE STYLE

As part of its Genius project, Moncler has teamed up with Chinese designer, DingYun Zhang. The result of this collaboration is a capsule collection of a dozen voluminous down jackets resembling strange and fascinating sculptures, which will be launched in stores to day

The Beijing-based designer set his sights on fashion early on in his life; he first started to design sneakers while still in high school. Inspired by the painters Robert Rauschenberg and David Hockney, Ding moved to England to study fine art. He eventually went on to attend Central Saint Martins in London, where he studied Fashion Design and graduated in 2020.

During his studies, he was spotted by Kayne West’s brand, Yeezy, who recruited him to design for its shoe department. We know now that Kayne West is not a designer. He contributed to the success of a serie of the streetwear brand’s cult models, including the Yeezy 700 Wave Runner. This exposure gave him the opportunity to extend his projects into other fields through clothing collaborations, such as with Moncler.

VALENTINE’S DAY IDEA

There are only two types of people in the world: Those who revel in all things Valentine’s Day and those who could not care less whether the holiday comes or goes. If you happen to fall in the latter camp, it may be time to rethink your initial thoughts on Cupid’s day, because according to experts in the lingerie industry, the premise goes beyond romance. In short: You can pick up a new piece for your top drawer whether you have a significant other or not.

It’s one more opportunity to think about the person, how you can surprise them or make them laugh and feel seen. I think this is definitely something to cherish.

From lace bras and teddies to satin boxers and body harnesses, there are countless options on the market to choose from, regardless of your plans on February 14. Ahead, six lingerie designers share their Valentine’s Day plans, their ultimate looks for the occasion, and tricks and tips for finding quality pieces . Click here to find some addresses.

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METAVERSE AND EU

Europe could be looking at a Facebook- and Instagram-free future, according to parent company Meta’s latest annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The tech giant took issue with European privacy regulations that, it said, complicate its platforms’ functionality and ad products. Specifically, the rules prohibit cross-border transfers of user data, so Meta can’t process Europeans’ information in its U.S.-based servers.

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DIOR THE ECSTASY OF GOLD

The Paris Mint, or Monnaie de Paris, worked with the house of Dior last year on a unique 4.4-pound gold coin featuring the shape of the first perfume bottle created by Christian Dior for his first fragrance, Miss Dior.
This is the first coin the mint has made weighing 4.4 pounds and the first one it has ever presented at auction. The coin’s pre-sale estimate runs between 200,000 euros and 300,000 euros. Some of the auction’s proceeds are to go the association Fleurs d’Exception de Pays de Grasse, which sets out to protect, promote and bring the southern French city’s crops of flowers to their full potential.
“It supports young farmers, fosters the transmission of traditional expertise, advocates for local heritage and works to safeguard the environment and biodiversity,” The Miss Dior coin will go under the block during a live auction at Sotheby’s Paris scheduled to take place on March 2 at 9 a.m. The sale is part of the auction house’s first Luxury Week of 2022, known as Re(LUX).