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Video: Isabel Marant FW23

In this video you can see Isabel Marant’s FW23 collection presented at Paris Fashion Week. Video: FF Channel via Youtube

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Aquazzura targets luxury bag market with debut bag collection

Luxury Italian footwear brand Aquazzura showcased its debut collection of bags during Paris Fashion Week as it targets a slice of the luxury bag market, which according to Euromonitor International is expected to grow to 100 billion US dollars by 2027. Aquazzura said in a statement that the category expansion was in-line with creative director...

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Paris Fashion Week: Luxury bets on safe havens

Steeped in couture touches, Paris Women's Fashion Week AW23 revived a certain idea of Parisian luxury. While very high-end fashion is not experiencing a crisis, its labels did not shun the refuge values represented by the face of the French capital, the myth of the Parisian woman or the creative heritage of a house. There were 106 registered...

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Nina Ricci FW23/24: fashion is ready for inclusivity

While the theme of gender fluidity was to be expected from the new artistic director of the brand Nina Ricci, who appointed himself as the rightful ambassador of the matter, Harris Reed debuted with inclusivity and generous shapes for his first official show at the Paris Fashion Week. This has evoked comments online on the subject of larger...

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Goodbyes and good buys: Paris Fashion Week highlights

The womenswear autumn-winter season finally comes to a halt on Tuesday, having rumbled through New York, London and Milan before ending in the French capital. Here are some of the highlights from the final set of shows in Paris. Paco Rabanne FW23, Credit: Julien De Rosa/AFP Vivienne and Paco, au revoir The fashion crowd said adieu to two titans...

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Eye-light highlight at Louis Vuitton

Futuristic luminous visors were the highlight of Louis Vuitton's womenswear show on Monday at Paris Fashion Week. A front row that included film stars Zendaya, Alicia Vikander and Lea Seydoux, as well as the label's newly minted menswear designer Pharrell Williams, underlined the French brand's current hot streak. Its latest womenswear show from...

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Ludovic de Saint Sernin won over at Ann Demeulemeester

Paris - Ludovic de Saint Sernin's debut with Ann Demeulemeester last weekend in Paris was eagerly awaited. It turned out to be a straightforward tribute, which was perhaps just a little too simple. In recent weeks and months, names have once again been shuffled around fashion's organisational charts. Contracts between labels and designers are...

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Paris makes way for new creative leads

A series of debuts took Paris fashion week by storm, bringing a new energy to brands-in-waiting. Harris Reed at Nina Ricci At Nina Ricci, the French fashion house notorious for its L’Air du Temps fragrance, British designer Harris Reed brought bold glamour and high octane femininity. Mr Reed, who at 26 years old has quickly ascended to the peak...

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Dior and Saint Laurent pay homage to strong women in FW23 presentations

Dior and Saint Laurent both combined nostalgia with homages to strong, independent women as the two French fashion giants presented their latest collections in Paris on Tuesday. Under a giant surreal flower made of fluorescent textiles, Dior offered a softer reworking of its classic New Look from the 1950s. A few hours later, Saint Laurent drew...

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Christian Lacroix and Regatta to preview collaboration at PFW

Regatta Great Outdoors has announced that it is teaming up with French fashion house Christian Lacroix on an outdoorwear collaboration for autumn/winter 2023 that will be revealed during Paris Fashion Week. The Christian Lacroix x Regatta Great Outdoors collection will feature jackets, coats and accessories and will be exclusively previewed in...

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The most anticipated fashion shows of Paris Fashion Week FW23/24

In four weeks' time, Paris Fashion Week will resume its activities, from February 27 to March 7, 2023. After the haute couture and menswear editions, it is time for the women's FW23/24 collections. As usual, the Fédération de la Mode et de la Haute Couture has published the list of new arrivals on the official calendar and its (provisional)...

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Notable debuts and anticipated returns dominate Paris Fashion Week’s AW23 schedule

Not long after Paris closed its doors on the AW23 menswear and couture season, the city is already preparing to welcome a jam packed womenswear line up, as evident in a star-studded provisional schedule newly released by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. The programme is set to run February 27 to March 7, and will include 67...