How Valentino Garavani Became 'Keeper of the Couture Flame'

The following is an exclusive excerpt from “Valentino. A Grand Italian Epic,” out June 10, 2025 and available for purchase here. Reprinted by permission of Taschen. © 2024 TASCHEN GmbH. In their…

The Fall 2025 Haute Couture Calendar is Here

With the confirmation of Jonathan Anderson’s appointment as the sole creative director of Dior menswear, ready-to-wear, and haute couture collections, the announcements about designer-comings and -goings may have finally come…

Balenciaga, Maison Margiela Among Highlights of Paris Couture Schedule

PARIS – Demna’s final haute couture collection for Balenciaga and Glenn Martens’ debut for Maison Margiela will be among the highlights of a thinned-out Paris Couture Week, the provisional calendar…

Christian Dior Fall 2025 Couture Collection

“I want to show what I love, what I really love.” So declared Maria Grazia Chiuri before she sent out a heart-felt, nearly all-white celebration of Rome, her birthplace. The…

Giorgio Armani Marks 20 Years of Haute Couture Collections With Exhibition at Armani/Silos

MILAN — Giorgio Armani is opening the golden gates of haute couture to the public by way of a dazzling exhibition staged at the Armani/Silos space here. Inaugurated with an event…

Privé View: Inside Giorgio Armani’s Couture Retrospective in Milan

The atmosphere suddenly shifted after around 20 minutes of exploring Giorgio Armani’s jaw-dropping new exhibition dedicated to his 20 years of couture. It was just after noon this Monday in…

Viva Balenciaga Couture! 31 Masterworks by the House Founder

The so-called “Balenciaga Mystique” was compelling, not least because of the way the designer reconciled opposites. In Balenciaga’s case those extremes were asceticism, expressed both through his use of “Spanish…

Francesco Scognamiglio Buys Back Namesake Brand, Plans Couture Show

MILAN — Designer Francesco Scognamiglio — known for his romantic concoctions worn by the likes of Madonna, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Rihanna, among others — has bought back his namesake…

Must Read: Glenn Martens to Debut With Maison Margiela Haute Couture, Shiseido and Drunk Elephant Report Sales Decline

Photo: Jacopo Raule/Getty Images These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Monday. Glenn Martens to debut with Maison Margiela Haute Couture Maison Margiela’s new creative director, Glenn Martens,…

Glenn Martens Will Make His Debut at Maison Margiela at July Couture

Glenn Martens will make his debut as the new creative director of Maison Margiela with a couture show in July, WWD has learned. The Paris fashion house confirmed that the…