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Some men may crumble under the weight of a superlative - not Monsieur Alaïa - he flies on them. So much so we run out of them to describe him - the best, the master - there is little that you

And so our Couture adventures come to an end. Not with Couture, per se, but with Fourrure which, as the name suggests, is Couture, with fur. Because nothing quite screams “I’M RICH” like fur, and this wasn’t any fur, but

Pierpaolo Piccioli is on to a good thing at Valentino. Each season he delivers exactly what the Valentino woman wants, namely: exceedingly beautiful clothing. Which is not to say that there aren't new ideas season on season, rather it's about the

Costume DRAMA. There was something of the medieval lady, well a lot of the medieval lady, to this. I want to call it fairytale, and there was enough sparkle, embellishment and shiny bits to suggest as much, but not in

The scene at Jean Paul Gaultier: Garth's fanning away at his sweaty little cheeks. I'm using a glass of champagne to cool my brow. Sounds chic, it's not. And let's not go into my sweat situation. Can you get a

This was, according to the notes, all about glamour. It's couture week, seems apt. Though of course, being Galliano, and being Maison Margiela, this was not any typical understanding of the word, no no - and certainly not the dip

A Chanel Haute Couture show is always one of those pinch-yourself moments, where you really do stop and think “wow, really quite lucky aren’t I?” Because each and every season we are treated to another trip into the infinite recesses of Monsieur

If anyone is to ever question who Couture is for, and who, exactly, buys it - allow us to direct them to the fabulously outfitted ladies who sit front row at Armani Privé. The man has a legion of devoted

There's never a dull moment with Iris is there? Let's start with the basics: this collection was called Aeriform, which has something to do with air and water that we don't entirely understand. We'll take her word for it. On

Those Dior girls don't half get about do they? Ms Chiuri is always flinging them off to exotic lands - figuratively, as she did when she held her Cruise show in the prairie land of Los Angeles earlier this year, or

Nice thing about a Haute Couture show is that it's always a bit of a pick and mix. Yes, the designers cite themes, but there's always a looseness to them that allows for the inevitable stream of fantasy frocks made