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Karl Lagerfeld dead at 85, according to French media

February 19, 2019/12.26

Top: The most recent photo we have on file of Karl Lagerfeld, with model Adut Akech Bior (photo courtesy Chanel). Above: Karl Lagerfeld in 2015. Left: Karl Lagerfeld and the closing bridal gown at the Chanel autumn–winter 2012–13 haute couture presentation at the Grand Palais. Reports are emerging from France that Chanel and Fendi creative […]

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Hervé L. Leroux, creator of the Hervé Léger label, passes away aged 60

October 7, 2017/23.14

Hervé L. Leroux, via Instagram Above: Hervé L. Leroux (right) photographed with fashion designer Dodo Bar Or. Fashion designer Hervé L. Leroux (born Hervé Peugnet), who created the bandage wrap dress in the 1990s and the label Hervé Léger, has passed away, aged 60, with Vogue breaking the news.    Born in Bapaume, France, Peugnet […]

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Karl Lagerfeld to be awarded Outstanding Achievement Award at 2015 British Fashion Awards

November 3, 2015/11.34

As with previous years, the British Fashion Council has announced its Outstanding Achievement Award winner at the British Fashion Awards before the big night: Karl Lagerfeld will receive the award on November 23 at the Coliseum in London.    The Council notes that Lagerfeld’s contribution is ‘unrivalled’: ‘For over fifty years Karl Lagerfeld has remained […]

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The Instagrams of the top fashion labels: showing seven ways they reach us

June 14, 2015/13.18

With social media being such a big part of the world we now live in, fashion houses no longer have just magazines to sell their products. These Instagram accounts give fans an insiders’ look to the brand and what’s going on. We have chosen seven of the top fashion labels to give the different ways […]

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AmFAR Gala raises $35 million: Sharon Stone, Heidi Klum, Barbara Palvin, Aishwarya Rai, Milla Jovovich work magic

May 23, 2014/9.47

Tim P. Whitby/AmFAR Dominique Charriau Pascal Le Segretain/AmFAR We had posted our video from the arrivals at the Cinema Against Aids gala from the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc at Antibes earlier, but this morning, hosts AmFAR, the Foundation for Aids Research has announced the total raised last night: a whopping, record-breaking US$35 million.    The money, […]

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Lucire TV: fashion’s significant moments and trends of 2013

December 28, 2013/11.57

While we had our newsmakers, what else summed up 2013 in the fashion business?    In a nutshell: Marc Jacobs’ departure from Louis Vuitton after 16 years and his last show at Paris Fashion Week, the return of Tom Ford and a big show to London, the revival of Schiaparelli under Christian Lacroix, the return […]

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Videos at Paris’s autumn–winter ’13–14 couture: Chanel, Lancôme and Lanvin, Fendi, Elie Saab, Giorgio Armani Privé

July 5, 2013/23.44

As Paris continues to show its haute couture collections with Lucire’s Lola Saab in attendance, we have more videos from the event.    Milla Jovovich, Rose Byrne, Clémence Poésy, Vanessa Paradis, Kristen Stewart, Michael Pitt, Olivier Assayas, Rihanna and Bobby Cannavale were among the celebrities invited to the autumn–winter 2013–14 presentations (yes, in the plural) […]

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