Author: creative
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Designers show latest luxury creations at Paris haute couture
By Hortense de Roffignac PARIS (Reuters) – With smart outfits and sweeping evening gowns, designers showcase their luxury creations at the Paris haute couture fashion shows this week. From France's Chanel to Italy's Versace, more than 20 fashion houses will show their spring-summer 2016 haute couture collections, their target some of the world's wealthiest women.…
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Christian Dior puts on a dreamy display for first couture collection without Raf Simons
When Raf Simons announced in October that he would be leaving Christian Dior after more than three years as creative director, it was left to the luxury French house's creative team to pick up the pieces and stitch them into a Spring 2016 Haute Couture collection that would live up to its famous name. Presented…
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Jean Paul Gaultier set to make cameo in new ‘Ab Fab’ movie
Fashion icon Jean Paul Gaultier will make a cameo appearance in the new “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie”, reports WWD.
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Taiwan students present creations at Berlin Fashion Week
BERLIN – Students of Taiwan’s Shih Chien university showcased their creative work at Berlin Fashion Week, presenting a range of colorful clothing. The various designs were combined under the name “Praxes” for the Friday fashion show and models strutted down the catwalk in printed silk jackets, studded corsets, ponchos as well as head pieces that…
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Dior creates millionaire skateboarders’ perfect wardrobe
When Kris Van Assche was designing the new Dior menswear collection, he had a very specific person in mind, he told AFP Saturday as it debuted on the Paris catwalk. “I have never found that black was about darkness.
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Candice Swanepoel and Behati Prinsloo are the new faces of Juicy Couture
Juicy Couture has announced that Victoria's Secret Angels Candice Swanepoel and Behati Prinsloo are the faces of their new SS16 campaign. Juicy Couture released the news on their official Instagram page with images from the campaign, as well as a video shot by directors Inez and Vindoodh. Both Swanepoel and Prinsloo also posted the video…
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Dress du Jour: Lily James Is a Vision in Alexander McQueen
Spring has arrived early, courtesy of the actress’ latest red-carpet look.
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Big luxury watchmakers leave boldness to smaller rivals
By Silke Koltrowitz and Astrid Wendlandt GENEVA (Reuters) – Big luxury watchmakers at the Geneva fair this week displayed little risk and extravagance in terms of style, focusing on classics and neo-vintage models and leaving it to smaller rivals to stand out with original and bold designs. With demand falling from Chinese, Russians and Middle…
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British director Andrew Haigh to produce Alexander McQueen biopic
Production for a picture about legendary fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been scheduled to begin by the end of the yea. Entertainment news site Deadline revealed that the film will depict both the rise and fall of the talented fashion icon, from his beginnings in London's Savile Row to leading his own fashion label and…
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Trousers go baggy as Paris men’s fashion gets supersized
As stock markets tumble and economists talk of more tightening of belts, fashion has gone supersized, with Paris catwalks overflowing Wednesday with outsized overcoats and baggy trousers. If the first day of the menswear catwalks shows is anything to go by, men will be flapping around in too-long trousers and enormous ankle-length coats when the…