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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)...

1 Feb 2023

Fashion

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...

31 Jan 2023

Fashion

Trendstop Paris Fashion Week Men’s Fall/Winter 2023-24

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a look at the Fall/Winter 2023-24 men’s collection highlights from Paris Fashion Week. Paris menswear blended the reality of today with a forward look into the future. The climate crisis and the fashion industry’s need to evolve accordingly put sustainability was high on the agenda as collections featured...

27 Jan 2023

Fashion |In Pictures

Rains debuts 3D printed boot with Zellerfeld at PFW

Outerwear lifestyle brand Rains has unveiled a 3D printed boot with Zellerfeld during its autumn/winter 2023 show at Paris Fashion Week. The ‘Puffer Boot’ is the first-of-its-kind silhouette, designed by Rains and produced by Zellerfeld, which develops 3D-printing technology. The intentional sculptural appearance reminiscent of a stone carving...

25 Jan 2023

Fashion

The Mumbai atelier that's the secret workshop of top French fashion

Sitting in a lotus position, four men weave glittering beads through gold thread on an organza sheet, carefully constructing a wedding dress that will soon wow crowds at Paris Fashion Week. For once, the French couturier behind the design, Julien Fournie, is determined to put these craftsmen in the spotlight: his new collection, showing in Paris...

24 Jan 2023

Fashion Featured

Paris brings newness and question marks to Fall 2023 menswear

Paris men’s fashion week took place during another of France’s notorious strikes. This time the protests rallied against the government’s proposal to raise the retirement age from 62, one of the youngest in the world, to 64. The youth-led fashion industry is one of many where older workers struggle to be hired, but some sectors, like France’s...

23 Jan 2023

Fashion

Rosalia, women designers, stark contrasts: Paris menswear highlights

One of the buzziest menswear weeks in recent memory wrapped in Paris on Sunday. Here are some of the highlights: Dior vs Louis Vuitton Two very different approaches from two of the biggest houses, who built giant rival hangars on either end of the Tuileries Gardens that run through central Paris. While Vuitton created an entire apartment full of...

23 Jan 2023

Fashion Featured

Paul Smith debuts Mulberry collaboration at PFW

Two of Britain’s best-known designer labels, Mulberry and Paul Smith, debut their upcoming collaboration of unisex bags for autumn/winter 2023 at Smith’s catwalk showcase at Paris Fashion Week. The Mulberry x Paul Smith collaboration will launch in autumn with a 10-piece capsule collection that reworks Mulberry’s timeless messenger bag, the ‘...

23 Jan 2023

Fashion

Dior in stark contrast to Louis Vuitton at Paris Fashion Week

Dior provided the yin to Louis Vuitton's yang in Paris on Friday, with a serious and elegant response to its rival's flashy fashion week spectacle the day before. Dior and Louis Vuitton have both built giant hangars on either end of the Tuileries gardens that run through central Paris -- akin to the way their billionaire owners have built rival...

23 Jan 2023

Fashion

Bode returns to Paris with fashion inspired by family

Award-winning US designer Emily Bode returned to Paris on Saturday after a pandemic-induced break with a vintage collection inspired by her mother and aunts. One of the most talked-about new designers, and one of several young women making a mark in menswear, the 33-year-old's eponymous label branched out into womenswear for the first time as...

23 Jan 2023

Fashion

All eyes on popstar Rosalia at extravagant Louis Vuitton show

Pop superstar Rosalia grabbed all the attention at the Louis Vuitton show in Paris on Thursday, almost to the point of distracting from the clothes. The French label spared no expense for the most anticipated show of menswear fashion week, with a vast hangar constructed alongside the Louvre, containing a stage made up like an open-plan house for...

20 Jan 2023

Fashion

Designer Mike Amiri supports Iranian women protests at Paris Fashion Week

Los Angeles-based designer Mike Amiri, who is of Iranian descent, wore a T-shirt loudly showing support for women protesting in Iran at a well-received show at Paris Fashion Week on Thursday. Amiri's namesake label has some big-name fans including Harry Styles, The Weeknd and Justin Bieber. His latest collection, presented in Paris, was a...

20 Jan 2023