Iris Van Herpen Fall 2025 Couture Runway, Fashion Show & Collection Review
Iris Van Herpen has taken her haute couture R&D to another astonishing frontier, creating a “living look” incorporating 125 million bioluminescent algae that she said require eight hours of rest,…
How Paris Agency 1889 Helps Luxury Brands Woo Ultra-Wealthy VICs
PARIS — The luxury sector is grappling with its first slowdown in 15 years, but one segment is thriving: the VIC. An acronym for “very important customer,” the term designates…
Couture Designer Norman Mabire-Larguier Shares Christian Dior’s Birthplace
For Paris-based Norman Mabire-Larguier, couture isn’t about grand displays and endless catwalks — it’s about the intimacy of a relationship forged through conversations and cloth. Hence a quiet off-schedule cocktail…
Nouvel Héritage Launches High Jewelry To Mark 10th Anniversary
PARIS — While most companies would mark a milestone with a blow-out bash, for Nouvel Héritage, celebrating its 10th anniversary meant spending even more time at the workbench. The French…
Celebrities Converge on Paris for Summer Ball at Les Arts Décoratifs
Before guests stepped into the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris on Sunday night for the inaugural Bal d’Été, stickers were affixed to the lenses of their smartphone cameras so…
Everything to Know About Paris Couture Week
PARIS — The luxury sector is in flux, and haute couture is no exception. The sector is gearing up for its biggest creative upheaval in recent memory, with new creative…
Celine Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear Runway, Fashion Show & Collection Review
The ivory-and-black silk scarves artfully wrapped around Celine’s runway invitations were out in force on Sunday, guests winding them around their necks, threading them through belt loops, or dangling them…
Patou Spring 2026 Ready-to-wear Runway, Fashion Show & Collection Review
“Joy always has a plan B,” said Patou’s artistic director Guillaume Henry, describing his fictional character of the season as an “outdoor woman” who is equally comfortable indoors. That was…
Rene Caovilla Launches Couture Capsule Collection of Sparkly, Fuchsia Shoes
MILAN — Rene Caovilla is upping the ante of its distinctive craftsmanship and flamboyant creativity by introducing a couture capsule collection. A first for the Italian footwear company, the project intends…
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…