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"I like my money right where I can see it," Carrie Bradshaw once said, "hanging in my closet." Think of the above images as a very fancy version of said closet. The kind of closet you might have if you

Images of preraphaelite muses and the turn-of-the century dancer Loie Fuller populated Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli's Valentino mood board for spring. The first outfit was called "Isadorable" in homage to Isadora Duncan, and their models walked barefoot on

You've head of Gaga's ArtPop? Well pop - here's art fashion, courtesy of Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren. They revel in the label frequently attached to them - fashion artists. Last season it was snappy frames and canvas couture; this

Jean Paul Gaultier take the hauteur out of haute couture. He always has. He devoted his spring/summer 2017 show to Le Palace and its legendary demoiselles - Edwidge, Paloma, Pat Cleveland, whose daughter Anna strutted the catwalk. The doors stood

Elie Saab looked to India -  Maharanis and Raj ladies, richly dressed in sumptuous layers of embroideries and lace - for his spring 2016 haute couture collection. That wound up transposing the riches of that subcontinent - embroideries, silks, exuberant

“Our dedication to the creative process transcends the garment, celebrating the anonymity of the lining and the hidden beauty in everyday archetypes. The Artisanal collection becomes an exquisite collage, where mysterious opposites are entwined through haute couture precision.” That's what

Mauve. That was Giorgio Armani's hue of choice for his spring/summer Privé collection. Purple wasn't the only colour - there was plenty of graphic black, used to sketch out the linear, slick silhouette Mr Armani and his clients both love

Bouchra Jarrar doesn't explain the themes of her collection in her haute couture show notes. She tells us what the stuff is made of - handwoven hairy houndstooth tweed for a fabulous oversized coat, or bespoke blue twill for a

Eco couture! What could be more "eco" than Chanel couture? Buy it once, wear it forever. The most ecologically sound clothing on the planet, we reckon. But we're quite biased. We also love Chanel haute couture and think Karl Lagerfeld

Fluff enough? We love fluff here at Ten Towers, and Giambattista Valli is a maestro of couture fluff. I wonder how that's spelled? Fluffé? Like a soufflé, which is as light as a Giamba ball gown, even the gargantuan ones

A new look - and a new start - for Dior. After Raf Simons’ departure, the Dior team tackled the house’s spring/summer 2016 haute couture collection, headed by Serge Ruffieux and Lucie Meier. The theme was Dior - bien sûr!

A delicious feast of haute couture. How does that sound as a kick start to Monday morning? It was Bertrand Guyon's notion for his spring Schiaparelli show - having turned the basement of the Schiap boutique in Place Vendôme into

Has Donatella been watching Spiceworld? Because her Atelier Versace show - kicking off the spring/summer 2016 couture season - was a bit posh, definitely sporty, occasionally scary. Running in heels, anyone?! There was nothing babyish about it though, rather a