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July 5, 2022

Can Fashion Still Shock?

From trompe l’oeil to the metaverse, Schiaparelli, Dior and Iris Van Herpen offer some answers. PARIS — What’s shocking now? There are many possible answers to […]
March 2, 2022

Dior and Saint Laurent Face the Future

With wearable tech and reimagined classics. Vaquera comes to Paris. PARIS — A designer has to have a certain amount of gumption to not only title […]
September 30, 2020

Who’s a Fashion Victim Now?

In a sign of just how upside down and surreal the idea of fashion is at the moment, at the end of the Dior show on […]
January 26, 2018

The Top 10 Moments From Couture Week

Advertisement 1. The Fashion Crowd Honored Alaïa The collections kicked off this season with a different kind of show: a homage to the designer Azzedine Alaïa, […]
May 12, 2017

On the Runway: Dior in the Desert

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY When it comes to shows, fashion loves a venue metaphor: museums, art galleries, palatial chateaus — buildings and exotic destinations of […]
September 7, 2016

Everything You Need to Know About This Crazy, Mixed-Up, (Maybe) Very Good Season

Gather ye memories while ye may: Fashion week as it has been for the last 50-plus years may, finally, be over. This is not crying wolf […]
May 18, 2016

Valentino and Sofia Coppola Make an Opera

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO May 18, 2016 ROME, Italy — With a swing of her hip, the soprano Francesca Dotto swept up a makeshift wooden staircase in a rehearsal […]