Is Lemaire the opposite of Louis Vuitton? While the latter’s western inspiration was unmissable, even in-your-face at its mega show on Tuesday night, the next morning design duo Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Linh Tran paraded dark shirts with fancy embroidered collars, bolo ties that were abstracted versions of ring-on-chain jewelry and hand-drawn thistle prints dotted on … Read more
At Givenchy’s historic George V couture salons on Wednesday, Ruinart Champagne in fancy crystal coupes was ferried on silver trays as piano music tinkled. Tables were laden with madeleines and mini lobster sandwiches from the Ritz hotel, and small black serviettes with 4G logos were proffered with silver tongs. Less than three weeks after creative … Read more
It’s time to face reality head on. That’s what the Botter fall show telegraphed on Wednesday, with a lineup of smartly tailored looks livened up with handcraft and their eye for repurposing. “We felt this is not a time for fantasy and we felt like we need to be grounded on Earth,” said Lisi Herrebrugh … Read more
Designer Sayori Tanaka and creative director Akira Kuboshita want to become Japan’s answer to Acne Studios, and they staged their first Paris presentation for Tanaka to prove it. “Many people love Japanese denim, but there is not a strong Japanese denim label yet,” explained Tanaka at their showroom. Prior to launching the brand in 2017, … Read more
If you’ve ever attended a coed fashion show and felt that the womenswear overshadowed the menswear, you’re not alone. That’s one reason Olivier Rousteing is giving back Balmain‘s men’s collection its own spotlight with a dedicated show on Saturday during Men’s Fashion Week in Paris. “Also, sometimes the men’s buyers are not coming during women’s … Read more
Wang is looking chic-casual in a navy brocade top, shorts and white sneakers from her own line. She is the consummate workaholic: her daily routine includes getting up at 6.30am; exercising; classes (English among other subjects); spending the day at work; and more exercise at night. She goes to a few social events, but one … Read more
PARIS — “That’s it, I’m taking a holiday.” After 28 years, 80-something collections, more than 10,000 designs and his first retrospective, Andrew Gn is bidding the fashion world au-revoir, he told WWD exclusively. “It is a very long time and I think that I’m at the really high point of my career, having done a … Read more
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
X MARKS THE SPOT: Japanese rock star Yoshiki Hayashi swept into Paris Wednesday night to host a holiday dinner at the Mandarin Oriental, which boasts more decorated trees than many of the city’s Christmas markets. Best known as the cofounder, drummer and pianist of Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, Yoshiki keeps expanding his brand … Read more
