ASVOFF Fashion Film Festival Taps Michèle Lamy As Jury President

ASVOFF Fashion Film Festival Taps Michèle Lamy As Jury President

THROWBACK THURSDAY: The annual fashion film festival A Shaded View on Fashion Film, or ASVOFF, has announced the jury and program of its 16th edition, which will run Nov. 7 to 10 at Dover Street Market Paris. “It’s a look back as we look forward,” said festival founder Diane Pernet. Last year, ASVOFF was awarded … Read more

Former Paris Fashion Week Executive Pens Book on His Stroke Recovery

Former Paris Fashion Week Executive Pens Book on His Stroke Recovery

STEP BY STEP: The evening of Dec. 11, 2021, was one like any other for fashion and culture executive Guillaume Robic, bar for a hideous migraine. But the 42-year-old, at the time director of development, communication and events at the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, was having a stroke. What happens … Read more

British Designer Hanan Tantush Wins Third Edition of Grand Prix Inclusive Design

British Designer Hanan Tantush Wins Third Edition of Grand Prix Inclusive Design

PARIS – British designer Hanan Tantush has won the 2024 edition of the Grand Prix Inclusive Design with a collection designed for wheelchair users. The founder of adaptive clothing range Intotum accepted the prize remotely at a ceremony on Thursday night at the Institut Français de la Mode, or IFM, with the nine-member jury praising … Read more

Dries Van Noten’s Mens Finale, Thom Browne’s Couture And More On Paris Provisional Calendars

Dries Van Noten’s Mens Finale, Thom Browne’s Couture And More On Paris Provisional Calendars

PARIS — The fashion industry had better start warming up, as it will need to be in Olympic shape come June 18, when 10 days of fashion will kick off. During that period, some 72 men’s labels will show their spring 2025 collections, followed by 30 couture houses with their fall 2024 designs, according to … Read more

Paris Fashion Weeks on Track as Olympics Near, Organizers Say

Paris Fashion Weeks on Track as Olympics Near, Organizers Say

PARIS — The Paris men’s and haute couture shows in June are on track despite preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games that are set to paralyze sections of the French capital from April, organizers said. In a joint interview, Bruno Pavlovsky, president of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, or … Read more

French Designer Claude Montana Dead at 76

French Designer Claude Montana Dead at 76

PARIS — Claude Montana, the French designer who defined power-woman dressing in the ’80s, has died at the age of 76, the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode confirmed on Friday. The news was first reported by French news agency AFP. Though he is mainly remembered for the exaggerated silhouettes that earned … Read more

Charles de Vilmorin Launches Ready-to-wear for Fall 2024

Charles de Vilmorin Launches Ready-to-wear for Fall 2024

PARIS — Charles de Vilmorin is ready for his next act: a ready-to-wear line.  His eponymous label will make its debut for fall 2024 at the upcoming Sphère showroom, the emerging designer showcase run by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. “I may give the impression of preferring couture and crazy … Read more

French Luxury Brands Worry Paris Olympics Will Be Bad for Business – WWD

French Luxury Brands Worry Paris Olympics Will Be Bad for Business – WWD

PARIS — Never has luxury played such a central role in the Olympics. Ever since LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton signed on in July to become a premium partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the brands in its stable have ramped up their communications efforts for what is set to be a … Read more

Maison Margiela, Chanel and More – WWD

Maison Margiela, Chanel and More – WWD

PARIS — Capping off a busy January will be the spring 2024 couture season, whose provisional calendar was also released Monday by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. There will be 30 shows on the four-day schedule slated to run between Jan. 22 and 25, with Schiaparelli opening proceedings on the … Read more

Valentino and Balmain Are Back on Paris Men’s Provisional Schedule – WWD

Valentino and Balmain Are Back on Paris Men’s Provisional Schedule – WWD

PARIS — There will be no time for Blue Monday this January if the provisional men’s schedule released by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode is anything to go by. A total of 74 houses are slated to unveil their fall 2024 collections through 42 shows and 32 presentations. The season … Read more