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Spring-Summer 2016
Feb 23, 16
Chinese city of Suzhou is not without reason called Venice of the East: just one look at a photo of its many picturesque canals is enough to immediately schedule a trip to this fabulous area. Founded in 500 BC, since ancient times Suzhou is famous for its laces, which unique technique of weaving ports the name of the city (Su Xiu)....
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Feb 19, 16
What will remain of the modern woman after the civilization disappears? After the end of the world what a metamorphosis awaits her look? To This question, which has been inspiring for a while the directors of Hollywood blockbusters, answered Yiqing Yin in her new collection ‘’Blooming ashes’’.
First, according to Yiqing, the...
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Feb 17, 16
If I was faced a difficult task to choose from all of modern French haute couture designers just one, I would have no doubt made a bet on Julien Fournié. Among a variety of reasons, including personal ones (I am fond of Julien himself and what he is doing), the main is, perhaps, that the fashion brand Fournié combines all the...
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Feb 16, 16
His new haute couture spring-summer 2016 collection Alexis Mabille presented in gilded decors of Hotel d’Evreux, overlooking the Place Vendome. The top Parisian mannequins of the “old guard”, all longtime friends of the designer, strolled through the halls, demonstrating to a tired, after a whole day of defilé...
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Feb 16, 16
Paris is a moveable feast. And a fashion week in Paris is a part of this vibrant and unique feast. On the streets you meet people of all ages, differing from each over in style, but united by fashion rush and hurrying to the next show. So let’s join them!
With a thrilled and sinking heart I arrived at Jean Paul Gaultier show. The...
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Feb 13, 16
It is no secret that the Russian aristocracy in the tsarist times was fluent in French. No wonder that whole passages in the novels of our great classics – from Pushkin to Leo Tolstov were written in the language of Molière. The history of these two countries intertwined; French were captivated by Nordic beauties while the...
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Feb 11, 16
Maison Margiela has always been noted for its eccentricity, which attracted and continues to attract the public. With the arrival of John Galliano no significant changes followed. Though at the spring-summer 2016 haute couture week in Paris Maison Margiela presented their collection without usual eye masks. Asymmetry, layering and...
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Feb 11, 16
”We are in the middle of nowhere and Fashion House is the only reality”, – said Karl Lagerfeld in an interview of a new Chanel haute couture spring-summer collection. At a time when some gossip about the imminent overthrow of the international groups’ dictates, and others hole up at home, yielding their places in...
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Feb 09, 16
The task of reviewing a collection of the house, whose name became appellative in the world of haute couture, orphaned after the “sudden” departure of its creative director, is, quite frankly, not an easy one. Raf Simons, “fleeing” the Dior in the mid-season and taking with him ‘’his right hand’’ of...
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Feb 07, 16
French haute couture catwalks are reigned by Italians: after the triumphs of Versace and Giambattista Valli and a breathtaking show of the living legend of the world of impeccable taste and style Armani for the Armani Privé, the last day of the haute couture week in Paris is marked by a duo of Maria Grazia Currie and Pierpaolo...
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