Category: Fashion on Global Spectrum


  • Spring 1770, the young Marie Antoinette, born 14 years earlier as Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, is on her way from Vienna to Versailles after spending countless hours with dressmakers from Paris. Her marriage with French dauphine is supposed to seal the Franco-Austrian alliance. And it is time for Marie Antoinette to step out of her…

  • In spring of 1952 (April 24) in the Parisian suburb of Arqueil in a completely normal family was born a perfectly normal boy. His parents did not belong to an aristocratic class: his father was an accountant and his mother – a salesperson. Jean Paul spent a lot of time with his grandmother, who later…

  • Following the tradition the “Biennale des antiquaries”, taking place in Paris every two years, shares the exhibition space under glass arches of Grand Palais with the leading jewelry houses of the world. Items, which Place Vendome residents present to avid customers and other lovers of fine jewelry, combine the best pieces from the latest collections…

  • Solidified musical streams penetrate consciousness and fall on tulle in smoky overtones in the haute couture collection of Maria Grazia Cliuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli – designers of the famous fashion house Valentino. Sheer dresses from satin, tulle and lace are enriched with feathers and embroidery. Imperceptible hours of work turned a fabric into a work…