Barbara Bui plays on texture in black and white
"Sometimes simple, sometimes powerful, but always balanced," said Barbara Bui of her restrained fall-winter 2013-14 show. With this mantra, the ...
Balmain draws on the Far East via the 1980s
Balmain focused on the Far East for its fall-winter collection Thursday, using bejeweled couture and Oriental wrapped silks to embellish the Paris ...
Glamorous Diana dresses up for auction
If dresses could talk, this dark navy, figure-hugging velvet number would have the best stories to tell. Princess Diana wore it on state visits, at ...
Mugler, Van Noten, Pugh create tensions in fashion
Opposites and contradictions fuel contemporary fashion, as seen in the second day of Paris ready-to-wear shows. Wednesday saw an abundance of such ...
Guy Laroche shows brash sexuality
"It's the story of women, women who don't need men," says Guy Laroche's designer Marcel Marongiu of his revealing, even kinky, fall-winter 2013-14 ...
Damir Doma shows mature, slouchy elegance in Paris
Croatian designer Damir Doma was back on top form for fall-winter 2013-14 in a show that saw his slouchy style get an unexpectedly elegant makeover.
Breathable nail polish a surprise hit with Muslims
For Zaida Saleh, like for many observant Muslim women, manicures have long posed a religious problem. With prayers five times a day, and a pre-prayer ...
99 shows, 22 countries: Bonjour Paris fashion week
Bye, New York! Ciao, Milan! And bonjour, Paris. The world's largest traveling circus of fashion editors, models, buyers and journalists has descended ...
Cedric Charlier mixes bright prints, architecture
Architecture, the patterns of painting movement "art brut" and the surrealistic colors of Dutch Master Brueghel were all inspirations behind Cedric ...
Branquinho mixes cowgirl with bohemian never m
It was the modern bohemian woman on parade in Belgian designer Veronique Branquinho's ready-to-wear. Fall-winter 2013-14 saw a mix and match of ...
Le Moine Tricote opens Paris fashion week
Fall-winter 2013-14 sees bright-eyed designer Alice Lemoine brimming with ideas. First of all, in the unique presentation of her Le Moine Tricote ...
Milan designers propose assertive winter looks
Milan designers have proposed assertive and even aggressive looks for next year, as if to fill a power vacuum felt keenly in Italy in the face of ...
Ferre shows a bold but feminine winter style
The Ferre winter woman is bold and yet feminine. She endorses the structured look so popular for this round of preview showings, with prominent ...
Giorgio Armani offers boy-girl fall look in Milan
Giorgio Armani had the last word at Milan Fashion Week, and not only where the clothes were concerned. Speaking to reporters between his two shows on ...
Fur dominates many a Milan runway
Fur is dominating many Milan runways this season, which would be handy for this week's unusually persistent snowy weather. From big shaggy coats, ...
Ferragamo show concentrates on shapes
The Salvatore Ferragamo show concentrates on shapes. All in black, white and navy blue, with no prints or bold shades, the clothes have to speak for ...
Missoni offers looks for women to slip into
Missoni gives women something to slip into next winter — and to slip out of. The predominantly casual looks, previewed on Sunday, the fifth day of ...
Dolce&Gabbana's new line recalls sacred, profane
"La Dolce Vita" was the name of the game at Dolce&Gabbana, where the fun-loving designing duo recalled the sacred and profane of mundane Italian life, ...
Emporio Armani mixes geographies and eras
Giorgio Armani mixes geographies and eras in a complex Emporio Armani collection that proposes something of a revolution: fashion with dignity. In the ...
Marni decks out winter looks with fur
The Marni woman is decked out in fur for next winter. And what imaginative uses designer Consuelo Castiglioni has employed in the winter 2014 ...
Milan designers go for structured looks
Milan designers chose structured, architectural looks in their collections for next year. On the runways, the basic silhouette is voluminous, though ...
Pucci Girl spreads 2014 winter cheer
It was a naughty little show, but quite a relief from the Goth fashion prevalent on the current Milan runway. The mood at the Emilio Pucci show for ...
Vionnet honors heritage with show of sketches
The maison Vionnet is honoring its heritage with an exhibit of sketches of founder Madeleine Vionnet's designs as rendered by the futurist artist ...
AquilanoRimondi update Alice's wardrobe
Instead of "Off with her head!," it's "Off with that bow!" Alice in Wonderland finally can ditch that blue dress and white smock once and for all.
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