Tag: haute-couture
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French Haute Couture association names Fashion Week’s guest labels
The Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris has named the five fashion houses invited to display their work as guests at the Autumn / Winter fashion week in July 2016.
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Elie Saab Bridal Is Unveiled (And, Duh, It’s Beautiful)
The Lebanese fashion designer, who is famous for his red carpet-worthy haute couture and ready-to-wear creations, has revealed a line-up of 25 daring and feminine gowns and trouser suits for brides to be. Bridal gowns are not the only new project underway at the house at the moment – an eyewear collection is also set…
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A sneak peek at the MET Costume Institute’s fashion exhibition ‘Manus x Machina’
The exhibition, which opens on May 5, explores the link between the handmade and the machine-made in the worlds of haute couture and ready-to-wear. “Traditionally, the distinction between the haute couture and prêt-à-porter was based on the handmade and the machine-made, but recently this distinction has become increasingly blurred as both disciplines have embraced the…
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New York Fashion Week: 2016 show schedule
After a round of menswear shows then Haute Couture Week in Paris, fashion is heading off on its annual tour of the four catwalk capitals. The first of the autumn/winter 2016-2017 previews will be held in New York, with around 60 catwalk shows scheduled for this year's fashion week, which opens February 11.
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Second men’s fashion week kicks off in New York
Men's fashion week kicked off in New York on Monday for a second season, playing catch up after chic shows in London, Milan and Paris. It will also whet appetites for the style explosion and buyers' bonanza that is New York fashion week for women — the main event — due to begin February 11.…
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Fashion meets architecture: the biggest looks from Paris haute couture
Architectural fashion was the name of the game at the Spring 2016 Haute Couture shows in Paris this week, where bold structures and exaggerated silhouettes dominated the runways. Stephane Rolland mastered the look with a show-stopping postbox red layered dress that fanned outwards in a choppy, sculpted fashion. Elsewhere on the catwalks, Giambattista Valli sent…
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Hips don’t lie: Zuhair Murad showcases romance while Sergeenko goes back to the 1980s at haute couture week
Fashion designer Zuhair Murad put on a romantic show in Paris on Wednesday as he debuted his Spring 2016 Haute Couture collection. The Lebanese creative put the focus on female sensuality with a collection of structured dresses that protruded bell-like at the hips, sculpting exaggeratedly womanly curves.
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From Classical to Cubist, haute couture gets an artistic makeover from Valentino and Viktor & Rolf
The house of Valentino provided a fashionable history of art lesson in Paris on Wednesday night, as it showcased its Spring 2016 haute couture collection. Under the creative direction of designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, the Italian label whipped up a classical collection of show-stopping gowns that felt both timeless and modern.
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From Bowie-mania to enchanted fairytales: Maison Margiela, Franck Sorbier and Elie Saab shine on the couture runways
If there's one thing Maison Margiela specializes in, it's putting on a show, and the couture house didn't disappoint in Paris Wednesday. Under the guidance of star designer John Galliano, the Spring 2016 collection was a riot of influences, each bolder and brighter than the last. The makeup, which included lipstick prints all over the…
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Uniqlo and Lemaire final collaborative collection goes on sale March 4
Japanese brand Uniqlo will release its new spring/summer collection created in collaboration with French designer Christophe Lemaire on March 4. This will be their final collaborative project. Following a successful fall collection last year, Lemaire and Uniqlo teamed up again for a 2016 spring/summer collection.