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Paris Fashion Week to go digital due to Covid-19

The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode has confirmed that Paris Men’s Fashion Week and Haute Couture Week will still go ahead, however, there will be no invited guests this season due to Covid-19 restrictions in the country. In an e-mail to FashionUnited, the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode explained that all shows and...

11 Jan 2021

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The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode announces January fashion week schedules

In less than one month Paris will resume its fashion weeks for both menswear and haute couture. On Thursday France’s Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM) announced the provisional schedules for both fashion weeks. New additions to the official menswear calendar include Wales Bonner, Kolor, and LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi. The...

24 Dec 2020

Fashion

Spotted on the catwalk: Pantone's spring/summer 2021 fashion colours

The fashion weeks for spring/summer 2021 were full of colour. Pantone's colour reports from London Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week were also on the theme of 'the joy of colour' and 'flexibility and innovation'. Pantone presented a series of colours that dominate the season with an overlap between New York and London. FashionUnited...

16 Oct 2020

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Global fashion weeks generated more than 89 million euros of earned media, with Paris and Milan leading.

In a show of solidarity to the industry and its businesses, the major fashion capitals of New York, London, Milan and Paris forged ahead with the show season in September and October. While the pandemic kept the majority of buyers and press at home, social media and digital channels took on a new significance for brands to showcase their visions...

14 Oct 2020

Fashion

PFW: Key shows from the Spring/Summer 2021 edition

At Paris Fashion Week one of the key words summing up SS21 was ‘home made’. A renewed focus of craft, craftsmanship and traditional home making carried through from Milan and into the French capital. The natural world and human’s impact upon it were also talking points addressed by many designers via increased emphasis on sustainable initiatives...

9 Oct 2020

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PFW: Louis Vuitton closes with a political statement and genderless looks

Chanel went back to the timeless glamour of black and white Hollywood movieswhile Louis Vuitton embraced a gender neutral future on the last day of Paris fashion week Tuesday. While Chanel looked back, Nicolas Ghesquiere's Louis Vuitton could not be more resolutely now, with the opening look a sweater emblazoned with "Vote", a rallying call for...

7 Oct 2020

Fashion

Chanel channels old Hollywood glamour for SS21 show

Chanel went back to the timeless glamour of black and white Hollywood movies in its blockbuster show on the last day of Paris fashion week Tuesday. In its biggest catwalk spectacle since designer Virginie Viard took over the fabled French house from Karl Lagerfeld after his death last year, an army of the world's top supermodels walked under a...

6 Oct 2020

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Video: Isabel Marant presents SS21 show

Isabel Marant presented her SS21 collection during Paris Fashion Week. The show was a combination of a runway with dancing and music. Movement was the big element, with something to be seen all over the large area of the show. View the entire presentation in the 16-minute film below. Image: Isabel Marant SS21. Video: Isabel Marant via YouTube

6 Oct 2020

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PFW: Wales Bonner presents SS21 with a digital film

British fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner made her digital debut during Paris Fashion Week with a continued exploration of the diasporic connections between Britain and the Caribbean. ‘Essence’ continues the narrative of Wales Bonner’s autumn/winter 2020 ‘Lovers Rock’ collection, which examined the British Jamaican community in London in the...

6 Oct 2020

Fashion

Givenchy debuts first collection under Matthew Williams

It is no easy feat for a label reboot with a new creative director when the world is in quarantine. But that is precisely what Matthew M. Williams faced for his debut collection at Givenchy. With Paris devoid of press and buyers, Williams’ first outing played to his strengths in streetwear, as shown at the brand’s Paris headquarters and released...

5 Oct 2020

Fashion

Ami to broadcast Paris fashion week show in Times Square, NYC

French fashion brand Ami is to broadcast its Spring Summer 2021 show on a 7,695 square foot screen in Times Square, New York. The catwalk presentation will be held during Paris Fashion Week on October 3rd and will be streamed in Times Square the following day. The label’s founder Alexandre Mattiussi is thought to be mostly street casting models...

1 Oct 2020

Fashion

At Paris Fashion Week, the shows must go on, but expectations are low

The near-empty carriage in the Thalys train arriving via Amsterdam, Antwerp and Brussels into Paris Gare du Nord exemplified the current state of fashion week. Low attendance and low expectations reflect the reality of most brands and designers, who are forging ahead with collections, shows and presentations, but with little or no buyers or...

1 Oct 2020