SELFRIDGES SHOWER: Troye Sivan, who has turned his “Something to Give Each Other” tour into a fashion show by donning bold looks from Seán McGirr’s McQueen, Craig Green and Av Vattev, popped into Selfridges’ Oxford street flagship this week for a Christmas confetti spectacle. The “Rush” singer, who was wearing a sparkly gold sequin shirt under … Read more
Growing up in a fishing village on the Brittany coast left Julien Dossena with a lifelong affinity for nautical styles like sailor-stripe shirts and pea coats. Those outdoor-friendly wardrobe staples permeated his pre-fall collection for Rabanne, though he sidestepped pastiche by mixing them with his own ‘70s-tinged bohemia and grunge signatures. After all, who else … Read more
METAL WORKS: Julien Dossena is the latest fashion designer to dip into curating. Sotheby’s has asked the creative director of French fashion house Rabanne to bring his eye to its “Important Design” sale of exceptional masterpieces of 20th-century design, set to take place on Nov. 14 at its new Paris headquarters. Dossena has selected iconic … Read more
As the last stop during fashion month, Paris is always the best place to gauge the direction in which fashion is headed, and for spring 2025, those in the French capital swung back toward what has historically been their strong suit: opulence. From Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo to Jessica Crawley at the Al Tayer Group, … Read more
NUMBER-ONE FAN: Camila Cabello was having a fan-girl moment. Hot off a prime-time interview on French television the day before, the singer and actress, taking in the Rabanne show in a silver chainmail halter dress, confirmed she would love to collaborate on a song with French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura. “I love her song; ever since … Read more
PARIS — Indie musician and artist Moses Sumney has been named the ambassador of Million Gold Eau de Parfum Intense, the new masculine fragrance for Rabanne, due out in August. Sumney — who is known for fearless self-expression — has had albums topping New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork, The Guardian and Rolling Stone critics’ lists. He … Read more
French pop star and style icon Françoise Hardy has died at the age of 80, her son Thomas Dutronc announced on Instagram. “Mom is gone,” wrote Dutronc under a photo of himself as a baby cradled by Hardy. Sympathies poured in on social networks. “How do I say goodbye? The eternal Françoise Hardy, legend of … Read more
Do we ever get over our teenage obsessions? Rabanne creative director Julien Dossena still remembers when he first discovered old issues of British magazines like The Face and Dazed & Confused from the early ‘90s. It was in his mid-teens, around the time he started going to raves, and one passion fed into another. Fast-forward … Read more
PARIS — With the Cannes Film Festival in full swing, Paco Rabanne is celebrating summer with the launch of a capsule collection with Net-a-porter inspired by the French Riviera. The line, which launches on Friday, consists of 21 items of ready-to-wear and seven accessories spanning from day to evening, with looks ranging from nautical knitwear … Read more
The viral mob wife aesthetic, which takes its cues from the ostentatious style of fictional mafia characters in television and film, is fueling a demand for furry textures, and designers and retailers have taken note. “You couldn’t escape the importance of texture,” this season, said Linda Fargo, director of women’s fashion at Bergdorf Goodman, highlighting … Read more
