Dolce & Gabbana: Alta Sartoria 2024
The second instalment in Dolce and Gabbana’s exquisite Sardinian getaway was a sultry display of Italian savoir faire.
Robert Wun: Couture SS24
In the past few weeks, Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s time honoured hit ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ has been doing the rounds, owed primarily to a phallus-flapping final scene in the love-it-or-hate-it, candy-covered slasher, Saltburn.
Fendi: Couture SS24
“I was thinking about Karl Lagerfeld’s futurism with Fendi,” said Kim Jones of his SS24 Fendi couture collection. He went on to explain the humanism that he imagined at the heart of that future – the body, the handwork, the
Maison Margiela: Artisanal 2024
John was in full Galliano storytelling mode for Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024, giving his epic fashion fantasy an unfettered freedom to roam for the first time since his fall from Dior and second coming at Maison Margiela. It was an
Viktor & Rolf: Couture SS24
Rock, Paper, Scissors. Viktor & Rolf got snippy for its spring/summer 2024 haute couture show, introducing its ‘Viktor & Rolf Scissorhands’ offering to an eager crowd at Paris’ famous La Sorbonne university
Valentino: Couture SS24
True to form, Pierpaolo Piccioli’s latest Valentino couture collection cemented the designer’s place as fashion’s greatest colourist. Sauntering through the maison’s lavish salons in the heart of Paris’s Place Vendôme, models came dressed in a medley of the most glorious
Jean Paul Gaultier X Simone Rocha: Couture SS24
Simone Rocha’s take on a Jean Paul Gautier haute couture collection was like baroque fairytale ravished by romance. It was everything we ever could have asked for… and more.
Chanel: Couture SS24
A ballet theme ran through Chanel’s SS24 couture looks with designer Virginie Viard prescribing “lots of tulle, and legs, and lightness and summer”.
Giorgio Armani Prive: Couture SS24
At 89-years-old, Giorgio Armani is ready to rewrite his own rules. Calling his Privé collection Haute Couture en Jeu – a french turn of phrase meaning “putting couture into play” or “couture is having fun” – he took a risk,
Giambattista Valli: Couture SS24
There are some haute couture collections that really know how to prick your appetite and this season, Giambattista Valli served (and left no crumbs).
Schiaparelli: Couture SS24
Daniel Roseberry’s Schiaparelli opened Paris Haute Couture week with a cosmic bang. One word: Schiaparalien.
Dior: Couture SS24
There’s an undoubted kinship between Maria Grazia Chiuri the couturier whose masterful manipulation of cloth is at the heart of her success at Dior and the 93-year-old artist Isabella Ducrot who works with fabric.