Blackpink’s Rosé, Carla Bruni & More Join ANDAM Fashion Prize Jury

PARIS — The jury of this year’s ANDAM prize will be as glamorous as the front row at a Saint Laurent runway show. Blackpink’s Rosé, model and singer Carla Bruni, and actress and musician Charlotte Gainsbourg are among the 13 guest members selected by the French fashion house’s creative director Anthony Vaccarello, who won the … Read more

Paris Fashion Week program teems with new names, welcome returns and major debuts

Translated by Nicola Mira Published Feb 25, 2024 Paris Fashion Week will take over the baton from New York, London and Milan on Monday February 26, featuring an extremely rich programme. The highlights of the week dedicated to women’s ready-to-wear collections for Fall/Winter 2024-25 will include maiden shows by CFCL and Zomer, grand comebacks by … Read more

A promising line-up for February Fashion Week with the return of Vetements

Translated by Cassidy STEPHENS Published Jan 30, 2024 The Chambre Syndicale de la Mode Féminine is unveiling the line-up of its next Fashion Week. The Fashion Week, dedicated to women’s ready-to-wear collections for autumn/winter 2024/25, will be held from February 26 to March 5, with 71 shows and 38 presentations and a total of 109 … Read more

LGN Louis Gabriel Nouchi Was All About Money and Women for Fall 2024

Show us the green, the dough, the brass. It was all about money at LGN Louis Gabriel Nouchi, from coins on each seat to the gutted former bank where he held his fall show Wednesday. After alighting on male sensuality, savagery and sensitivity in seasons past, the Parisian designer considered social status. The lightning rod … Read more

Andam celebrates its 35th edition with Saint Laurent’s creative director Anthony Vaccarello

Andam is launching its call for entries for 2024. For its 35th anniversary, the fashion competition for young designers has chosen Anthony Vaccarello, Saint Laurent’s creative director, to head the jury. He will also mentor the winners for a year. As last year, the competition is offering 700,000 euros in prize money.  Anthony Vaccarello – … Read more

Kering invests in Italian bio-produced materials specialist Sqim (Mogu)

Translated by Nicola Mira Published Jan 10, 2024 Kering is keenly interested in Italian start-up Sqim, also known as Mogu. Through Kering Ventures, its venture-capital arm, the French luxury group has backed the Italian start-up specialised in materials bio-produced using mycelium (sourced from mushroom roots) in the latter’s first major funding round. Sqim has raised … Read more

Saint Laurent Creative Director to Mentor ANDAM Prize Winners – WWD

PARIS — To mark its 35th anniversary, French fashion competition ANDAM has tapped former winner Anthony Vaccarello as mentor for its 2024 edition, marking the first time that a designer rather than an executive will be providing guidance to the winners. Vaccarello won the award in 2011, going on to become creative director of Saint … Read more