Tag: france
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Indian designers feel the love at Paris fashion week
Paris fashion week is more Indian than ever, with two designers from the subcontinent cementing their place at style's top table. Rahul Mishra confirmed his reputation as one of fashion's rising stars with an autumn winter womenswear collection of great restraint and purity. In contrast, the never less-than-spectacular Manish Arora bathed in the glory of…
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Paris fashion rediscovers its rebel heart
Paris fashion has rediscovered its taste for rebellion with designers playing fast and loose not just with the old rules of couture but also with France's ban on the full-face veil. The mould-breaking French label Vetements — the new darling of the fashion press — staged a show full of teenage revolt and defiance in…
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Catwalk calendar row overshadows Paris ready-to-wear shows
The fashion circus hits Paris Tuesday as the women's autumn-winter ready-to-wear shows come to town, with the industry deeply divided over the catwalk calendar and three major houses still without designers. Many are curious to see how the 34-year-old one-time refugee, who made his name with gritty oversized streetwear, will shake up the venerable label,…
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Africa’s top fashion event called off over terror fears
Africa's prime fashion event, the two-yearly FIMA festival in Niger, was called off Tuesday on the eve of its launch over fears of terror attacks, Niger designer Alphadi announced. “The Niger government has decided to postpone this 10th edition of FIMA due to events in Diffa (southeast Niger), Mali, Chad, Cameroon, France,” said Alphadi, a…