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"Magnetic Motion" was the title of Iris van Herpen's show this afternoon, and it was indeed a collection in flux, both in terms of its inspiration and the continuing progression it represented for the designer. The high-concept presentation was a little more subtle this season—away from the boil-...

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"Magnetic Motion" was the title of Iris van Herpen's show this afternoon, and it was indeed a collection in flux, both in terms of its inspiration and the continuing progression it represented for the designer. The high-concept presentation was a little more subtle this season—away from the boil-...

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IT only seems right that with crystal razzle dazzle on sassy little dresses and slits and slashes on uniform black (little skirts, long skirts), that Versace – the most high voltage and high octane of all the Italian labels – show on a Friday night. These are clothes that are made to go out in. They...

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“Intellectual” seems like a big word for a fashion show, but Iris van Herpen’s thought-provoking displays deserve the adjective. For her spring collection, titled “Magnetic Motion,” she showed outfits that spanned the boundaries between clothing, art installation and scientific experiment. “Motion ...

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Today happened to be Sophie Mechaly’s birthday, and by the time her Spring lineup for Paul & Joe arrives in stores, the brand will be celebrating its 20th year. This collection, she said, drew largely from family vacations in Saint-Tropez and her mother’s free-spirited ’70s style. Altogether, th...

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Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton (/ˈluːiː vwiːˈtɒn/; French: ), or shortened to LV, is a French fashion house founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The label’s LV monogram appears on most of its products, ranging from luxury trunks and leather goods to ready-to...

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HISTORICAL fashion references were brought to our attention yesterday when Raf Simons went back in time and rewrote the codes of clothes, but someone who always plunders beyond the contemporary decades when it comes to their collections is Vivienne Westwood. Bodices, bustles and costume drama are h...

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HISTORICAL fashion references were brought to our attention yesterday when Raf Simons went back in time and rewrote the codes of clothes, but someone who always plunders beyond the contemporary decades when it comes to their collections is Vivienne Westwood. Bodices, bustles and costume drama are h...

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IN Paris, you’ll find ideas executed to the extreme. This evening’s Comme des Garcons collection an expression of love, played out to the most vivid and intense effect. Everything was red, and everything came charged with roses and ribbons, scrunchies and rosettes, spliced heart helmets on heads. R...

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PARIS is filled with fashion moments. And tonight came one of the most poignant as Jean Paul Gaultier, enfant terrible, master of theatre and fun, creator of some of fashion’s most provocative and legendary designs, showed his ready-to-wear collection for the last time. The designer announced earlie...

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“We don’t need no education” was spelled out on a chalkboard at the back of Olympia Le-Tan’s runway. The show was held at the Left Bank’s Lycée Carnot. Lycée, for those of you who studied Spanish, is French for “high school.” We knew what we were in for then, more or less—schoolgirls in uniform. A c...

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AT a time when technology and fashion combined are in the limelight, Hussein Chalayan is very much a designer whose name springs to mind – such is his preoccupation with making his clothes more than they first appear or more than one thing at a time. He opened his show today with a series of sungla...

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ROBERTO CAVALLI clothes are those that demand a certain sort of lifestyle. Invariably that includes a yacht and some sun – and that was certainly the case this afternoon as the designer headed out into the ocean for inspiration but stayed above sea level (Armani took the plunge this morning) for a c...

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JUST when you think Sacai’s signature mash-ups can’t possibly still feel new, couldn’t possibly still surprise, Chitose Abe does it again. This morning’s show was standout. The designer is expert at juxtaposing references and fabrics. In her repertoire this morning: bandana paisley prints, florals,...

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“Suggestioni di costumi sardi portate a confrontarsi con la contemporaneità, il vestire delle campagne come ispirazione per uno stile metro-etnico, elementi di grande ricchezza decorativa che si innestano su abiti dalle linee essenziali, mix-match di ricco e povero, maschile e femminile, decorazione...