
PARIS, July 2, 2008 – First steps on a couture runway are daunting for any young designer, especially if she's following a master like Valentino. Alessandra Facchinetti carried it off with quiet gr..
2008年07月08日
PARIS, July 2, 2008 – Haute couture—the supreme arena of fashion's art—isn't the place where you expect to see great designers trotting out old ideas, unless that is, something fabulously unfores..
2008年07月08日
PARIS, July 1, 2008 – Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy has moved up to the point where he's hitting the tricky balance that couture demands: developing recognizable signatures, on the one hand, and spinn..
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PARIS, July 2, 2008 – There's quite a debate about what "haute couture" means these days, but if it can be reduced to a synonym for "occasionwear," then Elie Saab is the go-to designer, one who can..
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PARIS, July 1, 2008 – Who were the women Christian Lacroix sent out for Fall? Some sort of squadron of Ruritanian drum majorettes, marching along with their corseted, bejeweled jackets; leg-of-mutt..
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PARIS, July 1, 2008 – When showing in the Grand Palais—a soaring dome of a space capable of dwarfing an enormous audience and miniaturizing any runway—Karl Lagerfeld needs to exaggerate to make h..
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PARIS, June 30, 2008 – In a way, it was a classic: combining the indelible fifties inspiration of Lisa Fonssagrives, Dior mannequin and wife of Irving Penn, and that of the new model of French cons..
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PARIS, June 30, 2008 – After seven years as a designer, Anne Valérie Hash feels she's "turned a corner with couture." With a few real clients to dress (young Saudi Arabian customers), she's aiming..
2008年07月08日
PARIS, June 30, 2008 – After entering the Paris couture season as an Italian outsider a few years ago, Giorgio Armani has relaxed into his stride. Dispensing with hats and other distracting accoutr..
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PARIS, June 30, 2008 – Alexis Mabille is the new boy in Paris, stepping onto the runway during the couture season for the second time with a buzz and a glamorous audience (including the grand Itali..
2008年07月08日