If you weren’t a Karl Lagerfeld fan, chances are your heart melted just a little with the “Chanel Shopping Center” runway show last week for the fall 2014 collections at Paris Fashion Week.  Not only did Mr. Lagerfeld capitalize on his statement to French Elle magazine in its April 2013 issue that he had never […]

Is there any doubt how fabulous Rihanna really is? The Barbadian beauty has been blazing trails and leaving celebs in the dust in the fashion department while sitting front row at several shows during Paris Fashion Week last week. Whether cloaked in fur, clad in leather or grocery shopping in Chanel, Rihanna is a pro […]

In the most beautiful setting imaginable in Paris, Palais Garnier, models displayed Stella McCartney’s RTW Fall collection based on loungewear and sporty styles with attention to the rubber-soled shoes. The most loungy of them all, the chunky knit pajama-style pants are one of fall’s key trends evidently. Piece after piece, she enforced the ease and […]

The thirties were on Phoebe Philo’s mind while creating this collection, while looking to women like Hannah Hoch and Lee Miller who were key figures in the Dada and surrealist art worlds, expressing radical measures like wearing men’s clothing. The show featured sleek, thirties-styled tailoring and double-breasted coats. The first pieces displayed were a series […]

The intimate setting at Givenchy’s runway show in Paris gave way to Riccardo Tisci’s new direction, away from designer sweatshirts, towards a womanly and very French collection. A trio of dresses opening the show set the new mood. Each piece got progressively more bold and colorful, beginning with sheer pieces moving towards some animal prints. […]

Founder Jonny Johansson was thinking a lot about the sea when developing the collection with an attempt to make a bolder, more memorable collection than recent seasons. He was inspired from his past summer during which he learned how to surf and visited L.A. where he had opened a new store. Inspired by the movement […]

Pop was the central theme in Saint Laurent’s Fall 2014 RTW Collection displayed in Paris this week, with outfits expressing the mid-sixties moment when pop was at its prime. Since his arrival at Saint Laurent, Creative Director, Hedi Slimane has focused his attention on the Rock and Roll stage. This collection took Rock ‘n Roll […]

  Out were Spring’s pretty pink ruffles and in came green everything! Isabel Marant brought belted jackets, oversize sweaters, sparkly minis, and cool-looking slouchy pants. Marant managed to avoid grunge until now with plaid shirts and pants. The extravagantly folded and peaked shoulders of a couple of tweed jackets weren’t our favorite but it was […]

Olivier Rousteing declared his look as a fearless mash-up of safari chic and hip-hop style, his most personal collection ever. Balmain showed cargo jackets and pants, leopard spots and zebra stripes, oversize motorcycle jackets, and pops of red and yellow lamb fur. Skin showing has been a big thing at Balmain but Rousteing made a […]

Rick Owens showed croc-printed shifts, motocross leather pants, and armlets like superpower bracelets. Rick displayed his “relatives,” the women who played a part in his life over the years as his friends, employees and as his models. It was a peculiar vision of matriarchy, but it illuminated the future world that his great-grandchildren will eventually […]

Alexander Wang, now in his third runway season at Balenciaga is feeling more confident. “I go back to pieces that feel familiar—it’s a sweater, it’s a wrap dress, it’s a raincoat—and ask myself, ‘How do I make it feel special?’” Cabled knits were paired with leather, rugby-stripe dresses were knit from thin strips of polyester […]

Valentino’s Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear show in Paris displayed a gorgeous collection with some of the most beautiful dresses and coats available on the market. Creative Directors, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccoli drew inspiration from the Italian Opera, while looking at Italian Pop art from the sixties and seventies. They were influenced by the work […]