This Couture Bride’s Custom Gown Featured Hundreds of Mother-of-Pearl Buttons Belonging to Her Grandmother and Parents

As a creative consultant for the likes of Harrods, Shiseido, Omorovicza, Christian Louboutin, and De Beers, Iona Judd is, in the crudest terms, paid for having vision, taste, and style.…

Roger Vivier and Vogue100 Close Out Couture Week In Style

Unlike gowns, hats, or diamonds, cinema has produced relatively few truly iconic shoes. Dorothy Gale’s ruby slippers—dreamed up by MGM’s legendary Adrian—remain the obvious exception. Decades later came Marty McFly’s…

Live at the Forum! Dolce & Gabbana Bring Alta Moda to Rome

The Roman Forum at dusk—that was the monumental setting for Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda show tonight. The collection, which paraded down the Via Sacra, the first street in Ancient…

Drawing Conclusions: Illustrators Jacky Marshall and Blue Farrier Spill the Ink on the Couture Collections

Blue Farrier and Jacky Marshall drawing the couture for Vogue Runway At the couture, fashion’s ultimate—and most expensive—expression, haute is usually synonymous with perfection. And, for the most part, that…

Fashion Designer B Michael Toasted at Smithsonian for Donating Couture Worn by Cicely Tyson

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture honored B Michael and his husband Mark-Anthony Edwards on July 9 for their gift of couture pieces that were worn…

Kevin Germanier and Vogue100 Hosted a Couture Week Cocktail at the Ritz

Most of the 21 million viewers who watched the Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony likely didn’t recognize the name Kevin Germanier. Yet it was his shimmering creation, The Golden Voyager, that…

Can Couture Be Modern? A Look at the Fall 2025 Season

At his Maison Margiela debut, the highlight of the season, Glenn Martens arrived at relevance from the opposite direction. Whereas van Herpen grew algae, Martens played with the veneer of…

Germanier Fall 2025 Haute Couture Runway, Fashion Show & Collection Review: She’s Like a Rainbow

In a season when couture has sometimes taken a dystopian turn, leave it to Kevin Germanier to restore a sense of childlike wonder. Guests arriving at his show in a…

The 10 Best Dressed Stars From Couture Week

In Paris these past few days, the fall 2025 shows at couture week took over the City of Light. As luxury fashion houses showcased the finest craftsmanship they can offer,…

Lever Couture Fall 2025 Couture Runway, Fashion Show & Collection Review

Ukrainian-born, Los Angeles-based Lessja Verlingieri, the designer behind red carpet darling Lever Couture, was a newbie in Paris this season, showing at the Palais de Tokyo off-schedule on Wednesday. With…