SHOWSTOPPER: Since launching her bespoke business in 2022, Claire Sullivan has created custom designs under her Miss Claire Sullivan label for a long list of celebrities; among the most recent, the voluminous, Bo Peep-like bonneted ensemble sported by Lady Gaga on the Mayhem Ball tour. Now, for the first time, customers will be able to...
PARIS — In the era of the Ozempic body, the waist is making a comeback and corsetry, or abstractions of it, were front and centre on the fourth day of Paris Fashion Week. Corsets were the only tie to the past that Miguel Castro Freitas kept as he made his debut at the house of Mugler: no camp, no humour, very...
Published October 2, 2025 On the third day of the women’s ready-to-wear fashion shows in Paris, trends are beginning to crystallise. The collections for spring-summer 2026 are both joyful and energetic, with a strong emphasis on neutral, practical daywear, while eveningwear oscillates between refinement and full-throttle glamour — as Marie Adam-Leenaerdt, Casablanca, Acne Studios and...
DO YOU DARE TO ENTER THE HOUSE OF DIOR? blared the titles on the short that filmmaker Adam Curtis collaged from a thousand telling titbits as an introduction to Jonathan Anderson’s first collection of womenswear for Dior. It skimmed the history of the house with an audacious blend of beauty and horror, depicting women enchanted...
Kylie Jenner made quite an entrance when she arrived at the Tom Ford spring 2026 show on Wednesday during Paris Fashion Week wearing all black, down to her strappy heels. “The Kardashians” star opted for a sultry pair of the designer’s Patent Leather Ankle Strap Sandals, which are characterized by a unique tortoiseshell heel. Kylie...
Published October 2, 2025 All about Latin America on Wednesday evening at Paris Fashion Week, with an authoritative show by the house of Tom Ford and a collection of great charm and commercial sass by Gabriela Hearst. Tom Ford: Haute hauteur chic from Haider The appointment of Haider Ackermann at Tom Ford is beginning to...
Willow Smith cut straight to color at Christian Dior’s spring 2026 show during Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday, stepping into orange satin slingbacks with oversize bows and a sharply drawn heel. The heels played on Dior’s signature slingback codes, cut with a bow at the toe and a sharply angled heel that gave the silhouette...
Published September 30, 2025 Tuesday delivered an intense second day, bringing together new names, stars and established houses. Couturiers unveiled a host of enticing new offerings, propelling Paris Fashion Week into full swing. Among those who stood out were Anrealage, Lanvin and Stella McCartney. See fashion showAnrealage, spring-summer 2026 – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight At Anrealage, the clothes...
The grandiosity of the formula Anthony Vaccarello has developed for Saint Laurent was in full effect on Monday night. The scale of the presentation spanned everything from the set that spelled out YSL in thousands of white hydrangeas (visible only from above, via passing drones or UAPs) to the linebacker shoulders of the black leather jackets...
PARIS — Chanel may be on the brink of a new era, with the highly anticipated debut of new creative director Matthieu Blazy early next week, but it has recommitted to the classical arts with its support of the Paris Opera Ballet. “It was so poetic – the emotions, the set, the costumes, everything felt...