The fashion world loves a debut — and 2025 promises to be a bumper year. Here, a roundup of the shows that are sure to garner substantial attention at upcoming fashion weeks: January Lanvin is getting a jump on Peter Copping’s debut as artistic director, positioning his Paris show at the tail end of the … Read more
PARIS — Will GenAI replace fashion designers? The debate has heated up since French contemporary brand The Kooples partnered with French start-up Imki last year on a 100 percent AI-generated capsule collection, cementing machine learning’s growing influence on design. As high street and e-commerce players embrace the powerful technology, luxury brands remain cautious about allowing … Read more
LONDON — Chanel’s global chief executive officer Leena Nair, celebrity makeup artist Lisa Eldridge, Marks & Spencer’s managing director Richard Price, Supreme Creations’s CEO Smruti Sriram and Glenisla’s managing director John Culbert have been named in the annual New Year Honors list, which is compiled and issued by the British government. The awards are handed … Read more
French luxury brand Chanel has named former Bottega Veneta creative boss Matthieu Blazy as its new artistic director, one of the biggest jobs in fashion, where he will be tasked with finally turning the page on the Karl Lagerfeld era. Blazy, 40, will be replaced at Bottega Veneta by British designer Louise Trotter, currently director … Read more
French luxury brand Chanel has opted for 40-year-old Matthieu Blazy as its new creative director instead of one of the industry’s established celebrity designers. The Franco-Belgian Blazy may be low-key but is hardly an unknown, having headed Italian brand Bottega Veneta for the last three years and being long talked about within the industry as … Read more
Ever a step ahead of trends, Karl Lagerfeld understood the power of celebrity early on, creating a universe of stars that wore Chanel on the red carpet and sat front row at his shows during his 36-year tenure as creative director. The late designer pulled in new faces that inspired him, and veterans that embodied … Read more
PARIS — At a time when luxury brands are cycling through designers at increasing speed, Chanel hopes to have found a long-term match in Matthieu Blazy. The French house said on Thursday it has selected the former Bottega Veneta creative director as its new artistic director of fashion activities, putting an end to months of … Read more
BUNKER STYLE: As part of its ongoing support for the film industry, Chanel has designed costumes for a musical about the end of the world. “The End” marks the feature film debut of Joshua Oppenheimer, known for his Oscar-nominated documentaries “The Act of Killing” and “The Look of Silence” about the Indonesian mass killings of … Read more
TURNING TO TROTTER?: Could Bottega Veneta have found its new creative director? While eyes have been trained on Chanel, with Bottega Veneta’s Matthieu Blazy emerging as the lead candidate to succeed Virginie Viard at the helm of the French house, the Italian luxury house appears to have secured its next in line. Market sources say … Read more
LONDON — Bonhams is marking the end of an era with the sale in January of vintage specialist Didier Ludot’s final pieces of couture following his decision to shut his boutique at the Palais-Royal in Paris after 50 years. The sale is called “The Last Passage” and will take place on Jan. 30. Hubert Felbacq, … Read more
