9 years, 5 months ago

Paris Fashion Week review: Dries Van Noten and Maison Margiela

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Backstage, Dries Van Noten cited the former as a better way of describing the collection he sent out to kick-start the spring/summer 2016 Paris show on Wednesday. Wing and bird motifs were an homage to Elsa Schiaparelli, mistress of Surrealism, while Van Noten also credited the original material girl Madonna whose ra-ra skirts were re interpreted as fine slip dresses with frothy inserts of pleated tulle. That sci-fi element came through in the fabrics too - sheer wisps were layered over something altogether more foam-like, a floral print was cut in to so each petal quivered as if in a summer breeze, while abstract mirrored tiles joined together to create a hand-crafted version of Paco Rabanne's famous Sixties designs.

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

New Dries Van Noten designer blends the archive with a new voice in Paris

Associated Press

PARIS — Julian Klausner presented his first womenswear collection as creative director of Dries Van Noten Wednesday at the Opéra Garnier in Paris, a setting that reflected the historical influences woven throughout his designs. The fall Paris Fashion Week show marked a new chapter for the Belgian house following Van Noten’s departure last year after three decades at the helm. …

2 months ago

Paris Fashion Week: Hermes menswear speeds ahead with bold colours, sleek tailoring for Fall collection

Hindustan Times

Hermes illuminated a gloomy Paris afternoon with its fall men’s collection Saturday, as Veronique Nichanian turned to the racetrack for inspiration. Fuzzy mohair coats, velvet varsity jackets and plush sheepskin outerwear wrapped models in an embrace that seemed designed to counter winter’s chill. Even grey pinstripe suits — pared back to essentials — eschewed bulk, echoing Nichanian’s vision of men …

9 months ago

Paris Fashion Week 2024 highlights: Loewe's mythic collection, Dries Van Noten's last show and more

Hindustan Times

The curtain fell and the disco ball was raised celebrating 38 years and 150 collections of Dries Van Noten, who staged his final fashion show Saturday at Paris Fashion Week. Models present creations by designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Menswear ready-to-wear Spring Summer 2025 collection show during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France. To the sound of …

9 months ago

Paris Fashion Week 2024: Hermes goes light on leather, Loewe's star-studded minimalism and Dries Van Noten's last show

Hindustan Times

There was a surprising lack of leather at Hermes, a restrained but celeb-packed Loewe show, and a farewell for fashion great Dries Van Noten at Paris Fashion Week on Saturday. Hermes and Loewe Dazzle, Dries Van Noten bids adieu at Paris Fashion Week. ‘Too intense’ Meanwhile, fashion fans were awaiting the last-ever show by Dries Van Noten later Saturday as …

9 months ago

Iconic designer Dries Van Noten stages his swan song show in Paris, retiring from fashion

Associated Press

PARIS — The curtain fell and the disco ball was raised celebrating 38 years and 150 collections of Dries Van Noten, who staged his final fashion show Saturday at Paris Fashion Week. Here are some highlights of Saturday’s spring 2025 menswear shows: Dries Van Noten’s final show His departure marks the end of an era. To the sound of Donna …

1 year ago

Dries Van Noten’s most memorable looks, as the Belgian fashion designer steps down

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy After 38 years, Belgian designer …

1 year ago

A fusion of eras, cultures and styles hits Paris Fashion Week runways

Associated Press

PARIS — On a rain-soaked Saturday at Paris Fashion Week, the luxury world saw a spectacle of contrasts, where the audacious spirit of punk melded with quiet luxury and historical elegance. Here are some highlights of Saturday’s fall-winter 2024 shows: HERMES UNDER THE STARS: DARK EXPLORATION OF QUIET LUXURY Explorations of “quiet luxury” — a phrase intimately tied to Nadege …

1 year ago

Paris Fashion Week: Naomi Campbell closes Balmain's ready-to-wear Fall show; shaggy coats rule at Dries Van Noten

Hindustan Times

Paris Fashion Week’s fall shows, headlining with Balmain, traversed an encyclopedic range from history to the future, blending tradition with cutting-edge innovation. Naomi Campbell closes the show for Balmain; A model presents a collection by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten. He said his collection blended Pierre Balmain’s iconic “New French Style,” characterized by its bold architectural lines and precise tailoring, …

1 year ago

Paris Fashion Week blends history with the future in fall ready-to-wear collections

Associated Press

PARIS — Paris Fashion Week’s fall shows, headlining with Balmain, traversed an encyclopedic range from history to the future, blending tradition with cutting-edge innovation. Here are some highlights of fall-winter 2024 ready-to-wear collections: BALMAIN’S NOSTALGIC TRIP TO BORDEAUX Cher led the VIP pack at Balmain’s latest fall show, as Olivier Rousteing embarked on a personal journey back to his roots. …

1 year, 2 months ago

Paris Men's Fashion Week draws to a close, matching subtle elegance with bursts of color

The Independent

1 year, 2 months ago

Paris Fashion Week: Dior's fall-winter men's collection blends traditional tailoring with theatrical glamour

Hindustan Times

Dior's menswear maestro Kim Jones transformed a sunny afternoon in Paris into a starlit evening of balletic grandeur at Paris Fashion Week, in a display of fashion theatrics. Models present creations by designer Kim Jones as part of his Menswear ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2024/2025 collection show for fashion house Dior Homme during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, January 19, 2024. …

1 year, 6 months ago

Following theft, Balmain shows defiance with flowers in rose-filled Paris Fashion Week show

Associated Press

PARIS — At Paris Fashion Week, designer Olivier Rousteing, the creative mastermind behind Balmain, put on a defiant runway display Wednesday, just days after garments from his collection were stolen from a truck loaded at Charles de Gaulle airport. Here are some highlights of spring summer 2024 shows: FROM STEIN TO STEM: BALMAIN’S NOD TO AN ICONIC FRIENDSHIP When Gertrude …

1 year, 6 months ago

At Paris Fashion Week '70s nostalgia meets futuristic flair amid dramatic twists

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While elongated silhouettes and intentional mismatched styles at Dries …

1 year, 9 months ago

Paris Fashion Week: Taeyang at Givenchy's Menswear show; fashion, star power and a martial aura fuse during the PFW

Hindustan Times

History, fashion, and star power came together at Givenchy’s latest menswear show at Les Invalides in Paris. Here are some highlights of Thursday’s spring-summer 2024 menswear collections, including an interview with designer Matthew M. Williams: GIVENCHY GETS CONFIDENT In recent seasons, the creative heat at Givenchy under Williams had seemed somewhat tepid. “My kids go to school in England,” he …

2 years, 8 months ago

Paris Fashion Week's Haute Couture features weird, wacky and wonderful designer clothing

ABC

Four days of the fashion world's top designers displaying their most extravagant designs have come to an end, with flowers, balloons and live horses featured on the Haute Couture runways. Some described Iris van Herpen's collection as "futuristic" and like out of a "Marvel Movie": They were not wrong. This couture season, the Italian fashion legend wanted to “give new …

3 years ago

Balmain calls for peace and truth in Paris Fashion Week show

Associated Press

PARIS — Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing capped the second day of Paris Fashion Week Wednesday with provocation — and a thought for Ukraine. Here are some highlights of fall-winter 2022 shows: BALMAIN HOPES FOR PEACE Rousteing linked the display, which featured warlike drum music, to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, even penning a note in which he said collection was a …

6 years, 6 months ago

Paris Fashion Week: A mutinous Maison Margiela breaks with the binary ‘for a defiant new generation’

LA Times

Waiting for the Maison Margiela spring and summer 2019 runway show to begin Wednesday, I ran across a TED Talk a friend had posted to her Facebook feed. Titled “How Your Language Shapes the Way You Think,” the talk featured cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky explaining how the Kuuk Thaayorre people of Australia don’t use the words “left” or “right” but …

7 years, 10 months ago

Why museums around the world are celebrating fashion’s great rebels

CNN

Editor’s Note: Kaat Debo is director and chief curator of Antwerp’s MoMu fashion museum. Read: Burberry’s latest collection sculpts new designs from art history At MoMu, Antwerp’s fashion museum, we currently have an exhibition covering the Belgian designer Martin Margiela’s period as creative director of women’s ready-to-wear at the French fashion house Hermès, from 1997-2003. Next year, Palais Galliera, one …

8 years, 8 months ago

Fashion peaks in three major shows[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily

Models present creations for Maison Margiela during the 20162017 fall/winter Haute Couture collection fashion show in Paris. Paris couture week reached a creative climax Wednesday with strong showings from Maison Margiela, Valentino and Elie Saab. In Wednesday's ever-creative show, the Gibraltar-born Briton went one step further in stamping the unique brand of Galliano Romanticism on the once-minimalist house. Judging by …

9 years ago

Paris Fashion Week 2016: Old French brands have hired new French hands

The Independent

9 years, 2 months ago

Clothes to remember, from John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaulter and Valentino, to close the haute couture season

The Independent

9 years, 5 months ago

Fashion's greatest showman and his tin-foil Big Top: in Paris, John Galliano makes Margiela his Maison

The Independent

10 years, 2 months ago

Galliano missing at Margiela, with Paris tense after terror

Associated Press

PARIS — Friday’s Paris fashion shows seemed less about who attended — like F1 racer Lewis Hamilton at Givenchy or singer Bryan Ferry at Berluti — as who did not attend. GIVENCHY’S VOODOO LATINO From the red sequin-infested catwalk — that looked like Dorothy’s ruby slippers had mated with the Yellow Brick Road — to frightening skeleton voodoo face paints, …

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