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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...

9 Mar 2023

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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...

7 Mar 2023

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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...

7 Mar 2023

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IFM master students open PFW FW23 with sustainable and accessible designs

Paris - They are barely 20 years old, they believe in sustainable and accessible fashion and dream of breaking the 'vicious' circle of overproduction: the master students 2023 of the French Fashion Institute (IFM) kicked off Paris Fashion Week on Monday. Twenty-five of them are celebrating their transition to professional life with a fashion...

1 Mar 2023

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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...

1 Mar 2023

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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...

13 Feb 2023

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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

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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...

31 Jan 2023

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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

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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

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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

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Daniel Roseberry's couture animals for Schiaparelli receive a roaring backlash

The Paris haute couture season got off to a controversial start with Daniel Roseberry’s Schiaparelli’s show on Monday. The collection, inspired by Dante’s Inferno, a work about seeking enlightenment, featured several spectacular animal heads sewn onto garments. They were a representation of Dante's journey to find his way to heaven when he is...

24 Jan 2023