Undulating water music and dim chandelier lighting set a deliberate tranquility at the Hotel de Varengeville, as Moon Young Hee…
Fashion Week: Ten Essential Tips for Surviving en Point
The eponymous Daphne Guinness once intoned, “I’m not high-maintenance. When I think my hair needs a bit of help, I…
An Enchanted Forest at Chanel Spring 2013 Haute Couture
Take a walk through the enchanted forest—Karl Lagerfeld had the audience spellbound with his woodland fairytale couture collection. Reminiscent of…
Alexis Mabille’s Spring/Summer 2013 Couture Collection Thinks Pink!
“Think pink! think pink! when you want that quel-que chose” a lyric from one of the opening scenes of Stanley…
Trimming the Hedges: A Blossoming Collection of Dior Couture
Raf Simons pruned his own magnificent spring garden Monday afternoon behind Paris’ Jardin des Tuileries in his second couture show…
Jean Paul Gaultier A/W 2012-13 Haute Couture – “Decadent Dandy”
“Dacadent Dandy”—Inspired by the scandalous French novelist, George Sand, best known for her defiant cross-dressing and smoking in public during…
Elie Saab A/W 2012 Haute Couture – “In Constantinople’s Wake”
‘In Constantinople’s Wake’—drawing inspiration from the Eastern Roman Empire and modern day Istanbul, Elie Saab’s fall 2012 haute couture collection…
Givenchy A/W 2012 Haute Couture – Audrey Hepburn Meets Boho Gypsy
Riccardo Tisci honed in on Hubert Givenchy’s muse back in the sixties, Audrey Hepburn, and fused the sleek 60’s silhouette…
Giorgio Armani Privé – Day-to-Night Couture
From dusk to dawn, Giorgio Armani served up day-to-night couture with his recent fall 2012 couture collection from the Palais Chaillot…
Christian Dior A/W 2012 Haute Couture – A New Beginning
It was the moment the entire fashion industry had patiently waited 18 months for, the debut of Belgian designer Raf…
Bouchra Jarrar A/W 2012 – The Haute Couture Attainable Dream
Haute Couture is all about creating a dream world that emulates beauty and fantasia, where one can be effortlessly swept…
An “Urban Elegance” at Elie Saab A/W 2012
Architectural grey pieces opened the Elie Saab A/W 2012 show evoking a cosmopolitan city vibe. Precise lines, nipped waists and…