Robert Wun Spring 2026 Couture: Fashion as Armor
It’s been an extremely diverse spring couture season, ranging from featherlight chiffon Chanel suits of perhaps a few ounces to Robert Wun’s bulging white bridal gown embroidered with…
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Matthieu Blazy on Lightening Up and Stripping Down for His Couture Debut at Chanel
PARIS – For most designers, getting handed the reins of an haute couture workshop is like being a kid in a candy store. But when Matthieu Blazy visited Chanel’s craftsmanship hub Le19M for…
EXCLUSIVE: Mouna Ayoub Is Auctioning Off Her Dior Couture
After John Galliano paraded a Christian Dior haute couture show inspired by Paris‘ homeless population back in 2000, riot police were called in to fend off a small but vocal group of…
Rahul Mishra Opens Mumbai ‘Maison’ Flagship
PARIS — Rahul Mishra has opened a luxurious new flagship at Horniman Circle in Mumbai. It reflects the designer’s ongoing efforts to expand his footprint beyond the runway and into…
The Extravagant Eye of Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Frederick Worth, the nineteenth-century designer widely credited as the inventor of haute couture, was not a modest man. “Madame, on whose recommendation have you come to me?” he…
Julie de Libran Couture Fall 2025: The Personal Touch
Julie de Libran’s fashion shows feel less like industry events than family gatherings. Every six months a coterie of her chic friends gathers at the designer’s Left Bank home to take in…
Chanel Couture Fall 2025: Walk on the Wild Side
The invitation for Chanel’s haute couture show this season came with a hefty add-on: an advance edition of “Chanel Haute Couture,” a gold-covered coffee table book edited by Sofia Coppola…
Paris Exhibition Celebrates the Gilded Age Glamour of the Founder of Haute Couture
PARIS — Today’s Met Gala stars have nothing on the grandes dames of the Gilded Age. A new exhibition in Paris revives the glittering balls of the 19th century, which marked the birth of…
EXCLUSIVE: Giambattista Valli to Receive Award During Couture Week
COUTURE DOUBLE-HEADER: It’s shaping up to be a memorable Paris Couture Week for Giambattista Valli this July, when he will be elevated from Knight to Officer of the Order of Arts and…
Dream Weavers
We all need to dream — especially these days — and for fans of fashion, there is no greater dream than the couture. Those three or four days in Paris of fantastical designs are the…
Best Dressed of the Week: Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii and More Celebrity Style
As the Grammys come to an end and fashion month has unofficially kicked off in New York City, these celebrities presented some showstopping looks that surely satisfy. Here are the…
Metallics Offer Opulence and Escapism for Spring 2025 Haute Couture
Rise and shine: It’s a new year and couturiers are hoping for brighter things ahead in 2025, offering a celebration of opulence and the promise of escapism with spring collections that…