3 days ago | By WWD

Alexandre Vauthier always embraces unabashed glamour, and this season he carried forth his vision with confrontationally sharp shoulders, gigantic faux furs, and everything sparkle.
The show opened with strong black looks, including an oversized faux fur hoodie, sequined bomber and a suit sharply cinched at the waist. Strategically cut-out gowns bared the belly but were balanced with high collars, while other looks included mirror-shard gowns that were slashed so high on the backside they left little to the imagination. One could make a very memorable exit.
A tulip skirt upturned to show a...
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Stéphane Rolland Couture Spring 2023

3 days ago | By WWD

Stéphane Rolland showed a strong, sculptural collection for spring, which was rooted in Brazil.
He long had loved Marcel Camus' film “Black Orpheus,” from 1959, which riffs on the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice.
“I started to build the story in three parts. The first is Rio in the '70s - architecture, the modernity of the structure,” said Rolland, explaining the second section refers to Brazil's Amazonian roots, and the Indigenous people from the rainforest. “There are sculptures on the dresses in lacquered form, in solid form, and there are many new techniques. Everything is 3D, and...
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Miss Sohee Brings Its Art of Embellishment to Haute Couture for Spring 2023

3 days ago | By Fashionista

Sohee Park, the London-based South Korean Central Saint Martins alum has garnered worldwide recognition for her brand, Miss Sohee, and its designs, which often involve intricate, meticulous embroidery in vibrant colors on sharp silhouettes. Season after season, the results are as...
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Animals Are Trending on the Spring 2023 Haute Couture Runways

3 days ago | By Fashionista

Regardless of the season, haute couture promises refined artistry and craftsmanship on its runways. For Spring 2023, Iris Van Herpen debuted otherworldly designs in water as an ode to women's resilience, while Dior's Maria Grazia Chiuri honored Josephine...
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Chanel Does Mini Skirts the Haute Couture Way

3 days ago | By Fashionista

This Spring 2023 haute couture shows have been heavily inspired by animals, myths and surrealism. Chanel is taking a more subtle approach than, say, Schiaparelli's faux-taxidermy, with its latest collection by Virginie Viard. Among large plywood animal sculptures by French...
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Chanel Couture Spring 2023

3 days ago | By WWD

If the past 24 hours have taught anything to luxury brands, it's that featuring animals in a fashion show is a fraught proposition. While Schiaparelli set off a hailstorm of controversy with its eerily realistic depictions of animal heads, the bestiary that artist Xavier Veilhan created for the Chanel couture show was fanciful enough to skirt any accusations of cruelty to animals.
His giant stylized sculptures of creatures including a buffalo, a horse and the fictional “croco-dog” were wheeled out at the start of the show, held in the temporary Grand Palais venue near the Eiffel Tower...
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