Miranda Kerr, Jessica Alba among celebrities at H&M Studio's Paris show at Grand Palais

Miranda Kerr, Jessica Alba among celebrities at H&M Studio’s Paris show at Grand Palais

February 27, 2014/10.35

H&M Hennes & Mauritz’s Paris shows are becoming a regular occurrence on the circuit. Last night’s H&M Studio autumn–winter 2014–15 catwalk show during fashion week, with guests including Miranda Kerr, Jessica Alba, Jourdan Dunn, Emmanuelle Alt, Troian Bellisario and Solange Knowles, showed designs that mixed masculine and feminine, including slip dresses, aviator jackets and men’s […]

Paris Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2013–14: Collette Dinnigan, Lanvin, Issey Miyake, Viktor & Rolf, John Galliano

March 4, 2013/23.08

Kristy Sparow/Getty Images Paris editor Lola Saab will have a full report from the ready-to-wear shows during Paris Fashion Week later, but, for now, it’s Collette Dinnigan who has provided us with a comprehensive look at her autumn–winter 2013–14 range. Called The Incredible Darkness of Being, Dinnigan tells a story of a woman who […]

Anna Dello Russo at H&M launches with Paris Fashion Week celebrity party

September 28, 2012/11.55

Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz played its part at Paris Fashion Week this year, launching its Anna Della Russo at H&M collection at the Paradis Latin cabaret club. The star-studded guest list included Poppy Delevingne, Olivier Theyskens, Rachel Zoe, Jefferson Hack, Peter Dundas, Toni Garrn, Karlie Kloss, Constance Jablonski, Liya Kebede and Isabeli Fontana. The […]

Behind the scenes at Vivienne Westwood Gold Label

March 11, 2012/11.40

Stanley Moss Top Vivienne Westwood being interviewed at the after-party in Paris. Typical reports on the runway shows in Paris focus on fashion fashion fashion. We need to be reminded that months of preparation precede this 20-minute walk in the sun, an atmospheric explosion of sound and light and motion. Lucire was invited by […]

Paris Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2012–13: Collette Dinnigan, Akris, Anthony Vaccarello, Elie Saab

March 8, 2012/2.41

Piero Biasion/BIA As Paris Fashion Week begins drawing to a close, we show off photographs from Collette Dinnigan, and videos from Akris, Anthony Vaccarello, and Elie Saab. Collette Dinnigan showed a romantic collection in the ballroom of Le Meurice Hotel, but it was tinged with a darker feel. The collection, entitled Highlander, took inspiration […]

Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton triumphs at Paris Fashion Week with autumn–winter 2012–13

March 7, 2012/3.44

Sarah Burton triumphed in Paris in her fourth collection for Alexander McQueen. The McQueen brand has been about blending the fantastic with elegance, taking fashion beyond its accepted boundaries without losing mainstream appeal. It’s meant to be a challenge to our expectations, and the autumn–winter 2012–13 collection was no exception, with Burton building on […]

Paris Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2012–13: Giambattista Valli, Chloé, Pedro Lourenço

March 6, 2012/7.31

Our latest Paris Fashion Week autumn–winter 2012–13 videos feature Giambattista Valli, Chloé and Pedro Lourenço, as well as a new highlight reel. Giambattista Valli also took a geometric approach for autumn–winter 2012–13, with prints for dresses, tops and trousers. He also adopted plaid and a tweed look, and wasn’t afraid of injecting colour—red, usually […]

Paris Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2012–13: Costume National, Issey Miyake

March 5, 2012/22.13

Above Issey Miyake began his show by demonstrating the innovative steam-stretch fabric on the catwalk. Both Costume National and Issey Miyake pushed envelopes at Paris Fashion Week: one stylistically, the other technologically. Costume National’s New Wave, No Wave, Dark Wave collection for autumn–winter 2012–13 was explained in Ennio Capasa’s show notes: ‘My women have […]

Paris Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2012–13: Haider Ackermann, Viktor & Rolf, Vivienne Westwood Gold Label

March 4, 2012/9.19

Our latest three videos from Paris Fashion Week’s autumn–winter 2012–13 shows are from Haider Ackermann, Viktor & Rolf and Vivienne Westwood Gold Label. Haider Ackermann showed one of the best collections at Paris this season: a dramatic, stylish affair with an ingenious use of folds and ﬂaps in his jackets, high-waisted trousers, curved panelled […]

Paris Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2012–13: Carven, Balmain, Nina Ricci

March 2, 2012/7.23

On day two of Paris Fashion Week, we feature videos from Carven, Balmain and Nina Ricci, plus our ﬁrst highlight reel from la semaine de la mode. Guillaume Henry at Carven continued to make the house more chic by the season. Once nearly dormant, in six seasons, Henry has made Carven the darling of […]