Behind the scenes at Vivienne Westwood Gold Label
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
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
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
We have two more videos from Paris Fashion Week—Isabel Marant and Sonia Rykiel—and one from Christian Louboutin’s show at the Crazy Horse cabaret. Isabel Marant’s cowboy shirts and bright jeans made the American frontier very feminine, complemented by suede trousers, satin shirts, lace blouses and cowboy boots. Pink, red, navy and gold kept the […]
Paris Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2012–13: Carven, Balmain, Nina Ricci
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 […]
Behind the scenes with Louise Gray at her London Fashion Week autumn–winter 2012–13 show
Our colleagues at Independent Media News caught up with fashion designer Louise Gray during London Fashion Week autumn–winter 2012–13. In the video, Gray talks about her key influences and how she was inspired by the memories of when she first moved to London and its history. It is the fourth season where Cotton […]
Paris Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2012–13: Gareth Pugh, Rochas, Mugler
We begin our Paris Fashion Week coverage with Gareth Pugh, Rochas and Mugler. London transplant Gareth Pugh showed his collection on the rue de Turenne at the semaine de mode in Paris, with plenty of leather and exaggerated lapels and collars. This was a tough-looking, almost geometrically rigid collection, with plenty of drama. […]
