Iris Mittenaere, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais, wins Miss France 2016
Bertrand Noël/SIPA courtesy Endemol and TF1 Iris Mittenaere, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais, has been crowned Miss France 2016. Mittenaere, 22, is a dental student in her fifth year of studies. 20minutes earlier revealed that she scored the most highly in a general knowledge quiz (17·5 out of 20, above the average of 13·5). She succeeds […]
Jean Paul Gaultier reveals criteria for his ideal Miss France 2016
Franziska Krug/Getty Images Above Jean Paul Gaultier earlier this year at Installations by Designer Jean Paul Gaultier at the Swarovski Kristallwelten Store in Wien. Miss France 2016, which will be decided Saturday night in Lille with a televised final on TF1, has a very different judging line-up, with fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier chairing the […]
Art and fashion, fashion and art
Above Designs from Olga Lomaka’s look book. Above Olga Lomaka with Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Fashion, much like contemporary art, is often misunderstood by society. Unwearable, kitsch and simply bizarre are just some of the words used to describe that wedding dress from last month’s Jean Paul Gaultier show. A lot of fashion statements over the last […]
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition opens at Grand Palais in Paris
Top Andreja Pejić in a design from the Confession of a Child of the Century haute couture collection, autumn–winter 2012–13. Photograph copyright Alix Malka. Centre Barbarella body-corset from the Les actrices haute couture collection, autumn–winter 2009–10. Photograph copyright Patrice Stable for Jean Paul Gaultier. Above Kylie Minogue in the Immaculata gown, a net lace dress […]
Paris shows solidarity in Sunday’s March for Unity
Lola Cristall The March for Unity that took place today in Paris was announced as the largest demonstration in the history of France, with an estimated 1·5 million to 2 million on the capital’s streets. The interior ministry believes that there had not been so many since the liberation of Paris in August 1944. A […]
Retrospectives: great moments in Parisian fashion history, with YSL, McQueen, Galliano, Gaultier
What are some of the great fashion moments in recent history? You’ll have seen these videos run on Lucire TV, and we’ve singled them out for an additional focus. In French and English. 1. The departure of Yves Saint Laurent In January 2001, Yves Saint Laurent retired from the house that bears his name, with […]
Cannes day four: Freida Pinto, Jennifer Lawrence, Eva Longoria, Isabeli Fontana, Natasha Poly
Gisela Schober Tim P. Whitby Venturelli Fashionistas closely followed one of Saturday’s films at the Festival de Cannes: the second bio-pic on the late French fashion design legend Yves Saint Laurent. The first, simply titled YSL and directed by Jalil Lespert, was released in January to largely positive reviews, particularly from the former partner […]
Lucire TV: fashion’s significant moments and trends of 2013
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 […]
Jean Paul Gaultier unveils his specially designed train, as part of Kunsthal exhibition in Rotterdam
In addition to haute couture and costumes, Jean Paul Gaultier has already designed a Coca-Cola bottle and recycling bags. And now he turns his attention to trains. Thalys, the ticketing organization run jointly by the French, Belgian, Dutch and German railways, teamed up with Gaultier for this latest venture. As an official partner […]
Jean Paul Gaultier kicks off World Luxury Fashion Week in Abu Dhabi
World Luxury Fashion Week opened yesterday at Jumeirah at Etihad Tower, Abu Dhabi, with Jean Paul Gaultier kicking the event off. The two Gaultier collections were followed by a Garrard jewellery show on the first night, dubbed Haute Couture 2012 presented by BMW. MC Mona Ibellini wore an Amato Couture evening dress with Garrard […]
