By AFP Translated by Nicola Mira Published Jan 26, 2024 Faced with weakening demand, the luxury goods market is increasingly becoming “a game for the big players,” said Rachid Mohamed Rachid, head of Qatari investment fund Mayhoola and president of Valentino and Balmain, speaking to AFP in Paris on Wednesday, during fashion week. Mohamed Rachid … Read more
“It’s luxury, but it’s definitely not quiet.” That’s how Olivier Rousteing summed up Balmain’s fall men’s collection, with its riot of bright color, figurative prints and polka dots, metallic gleam and couture-caliber embellishments. He opened the display with an overcoat paved in pea-sized crystals that portrayed two eyes, a nose and red lips. Rousteing explained … Read more
The Hollywood awards season red carpet pileup continued Monday night in Los Angeles with the rescheduled 2023 Emmys. Even though the event had a smaller cast of stars (just TV) than others this season, it was still big on fashion, with award winners Ali Wong, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy Allen White, Jennifer Coolidge and more showing … Read more
If you’ve ever attended a coed fashion show and felt that the womenswear overshadowed the menswear, you’re not alone. That’s one reason Olivier Rousteing is giving back Balmain‘s men’s collection its own spotlight with a dedicated show on Saturday during Men’s Fashion Week in Paris. “Also, sometimes the men’s buyers are not coming during women’s … Read more
All eyes were on the Golden Globes Sunday night, where Hollywood’s biggest talents set the tone for awards season, introducing newer names and vintage style to a worldwide audience on the red carpet. While six storied European houses — Dior, Armani, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Schiaparelli and Gucci — held court with the largest number of … Read more
Two legendary fashion designers are in the spotlight on the small screen at the start of 2024. In January, the series Cristóbal Balenciaga, retracing the rise of the Spanish designer, will be released on the Disney+ streaming platform, while in February, The New Look, recounting the epic story of Christian Dior, will be broadcast on … Read more
“I don’t think there are many designers who can go back to a collection they did for their maison 10 years ago and refer to it in a new collection,” said Olivier Rousteing. He’s right: founder-designers like Giorgo Armani, Stella McCartney, or Junya Watanabe apart, Rousteing is indeed in rare company. After Véronique Nichanian at … Read more
By AFP-Relaxnews Published Dec 3, 2023 One has more than 300 million followers on Instagram, the other over 280 million… and their popularity goes well beyond social media. Beyoncé and Rihanna dominated fashion trends in 2023 with Queen Bey pulling out all the stops in a veritable sartorial marathon for her “Renaissance World Tour” with … Read more
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