Record Global Fibre Production Pushes Fashion’s Environmental Footprint Higher
Planet-warming emissions associated with the raw materials used to make fashion, footwear and home textiles have risen 30 percent since 2019, according to a new report.
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Floral Fantasia at Fendi Haute Fourrure
The Fendi ateliers worked their usual fiendish magic so the suffering of a million tiny creatures was transmuted into works of artisanal art.
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Confusion Reigns at Paris Couture
At a disjointed couture week invaded by ready-to-wear brands, Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered the most touching show of the season.
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Alaïa's Return: A Spectacularly Modern Incarnation of Power
Six years after the designer's last couture show, Alaïa's peculiar fashion voodoo was tougher but still as irresistible as ever.
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Piccioli’s Contemporary Couture
The rituals of haute couture tapped into Pierpaolo Piccioli’s innate spirituality, resulting in a collection that was paradoxically stately and casual.
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Infinite Inspirations at Jean Paul Gaultier
From Paris in the 1940s to snow queens, cartoon warriors, draped divas and India, the collection spared no inspiration but was too much and too long to digest.
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Margiela's New Glamour
Galliano has osmosed Margiela’s essence to produce a unique fashion hybrid that is defiant and eerily beautiful.
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Alien Queens at Versace
The sense of occasion that permeated Donatella Versace’s new couture collection transcended the banalities of red carpet cliché.
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A Conceptual Haunting at Armani Privé
Giorgio Armani's nod to the late Franca Sozzani was largely conceptual, present more in the restraint that permeated than in the collection itself.
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Karl's Homage to Paris
Paris is on a post-Macron high, but the chord Lagerfeld struck at Chanel was all things must pass.
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Signposting Schiaparelli
It was the red carpet flou that ultimately carried this collection, with gowns floating in contrasting tiers and ribbons of crèpe or tulle that nodded not only to Elsa’s wicked way with colour but to Guyon’s Valentino past.
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Fragile, Ethereal Beauty at Iris van Herpen
Only colour seems to remain an unconquered territory here. As one of few designers genuinely looking to the future to be inspired, let’s hope Van Herpen will programme the full spectrum into haute couture’s uncertain tomorrow.
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A Personal Quest
In its single-mindedness, Maria Grazia Chiuri's collection scarcely seemed to address her critics. But there was grandeur in her monomania.
The News in Brief
Novo Nordisk Looks to Target Hair Loss in Consumer Push
The maker of Ozempic and Wegovy seeks to expand its direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical business as rival Eli Lilly outpaces in weight-loss drugs.
On Targets High-Teens Growth Through 2029
The Swiss brand revealed its plan to keep up its momentum with new products in sports such as golf and its Mbappé-supported entry into football ahead of its investor day Tuesday.
Reference Festival to Host ‘Freie Kunst’ Event at Art Basel Paris
The event runs from Oct. 22 to 25 and will mix participants from art, fashion, music and technology as part of the festival’s tradition of a ‘radical and unhinged exchange of ideas,’ said Mumi Haiati, founder of the event’s organiser Reference Studios.
Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Agent From Its Retail Site
The e-commerce giant prohibits other companies from deploying automated tools to shop its site and started blocking Meta’s Muse on Sunday night.
Dior to Host Cruise Show in Shanghai
The LVMH-owned megabrand will show its Cruise 2028 line in the Chinese fashion capital on May 14, 2027.
Oura Seeks $2.2 Billion in US IPO
The smart ring maker plans to market 50 million shares for $40 to $44 each, according to filings, which could value the company as high as $14.1 billion.
PR Agency CGC Launches Performance Media Division
Known for its premium beauty clients including Glossier and Hermès Beauty, the agency’s new division combines influencer marketing and AI insights.