Couture dresses shine on red carpets in Cannes and the next haute couture season is just around the corner: a perfect time to talk to a very unique designer about the past and future of the haute couture and the ways to maintain its traditional exclusivity and independence. What role plays Sorbier Endowment Fund (Fond…
In an interview with Tim Blanks from style.com during the ready-to-wear fashion week in New York the permanent editor in chief of American Vogue Anna Wintour said that the word «trend» for her has become «dirty». Let us decipher straight away the message, which wanted to convey to us the most influential figure of the…
«Au Printemps, tout y est nouveau, frais et joli comme le titre: Au Printemps» – at Printemps everything is new, fresh and beautiful as its name « Spring » is. On 20th March the Printemps department store, well known not only in Paris, celebrates its 150th Anniversary. And to this day, Printemps remains true to its more…
Flower theme that became a favorite of the spring-summer haute couture week did not also bypass the collection of the Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf, who played it with their usual unpredictable originality. Unlike their colleagues, Viktor Horsting’s and Rolf Snoeren’s attitude to the haute couture line lies something between an experimental lab and a…