The severe, linear, monochromatic collection that Bill Gaytten showed for John Galliano today felt like a very deliberate repudiation of the label's legacy of languid glamour and heady romance. "I'm not a soft, romantic person," Gaytten said dismissively.
full story >>It's hard to go terribly wrong when Françoise Hardy is your reference. But Lydia Maurer went a lot further than channeling the French star's soigné style. She delivered a sharp, tightly edited collection that connected the early years of Paco Raban
Continue reading >>On the second to last day of the Paris shows, with four weeks of fashion in the rearview mirror, we thought we'd uttered all there was to say about boy-for-girl clothes. But then Paul & Joe's Sophie Albou-Mechaly went and put on a show about androgyny.
Continue reading >>The collection's theme was "uptown, downtown," which might initially seem been-there-done-that. In Paris, however, there isn't a geographical equivalent, and the style nuances aren't defined as such. So, really, what we are dealing with here is an America
Continue reading >>For Zadig & Voltaire's first-ever runway show, artistic director Cecilia Bönström selected David Bowie as the collection's muse.
Continue reading >>Russia is verrry cold. Valentin Yudashkin wants you to know that. And because the Russian designer experiences this cold firsthand, it allowed him to interpret it in a myriad of ways: spirit, look, fabric, llama-hair stiletto boots…The white earring puffs
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