It doesn't matter whether a dress has long sleeves or is more revealing. The important thing for us is that the woman who wears it embodies elegance and grace combined. | | | | | Dior, Hong Kong. (Herry Lawford) | | | | | | “It doesn't matter whether a dress has long sleeves or is more revealing. The important thing for us is that the woman who wears it embodies elegance and grace combined.”
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| | rantnrave:// Looks like DIOR's long search for RAF SIMONS' replacement has come to an end: MARIA GRAZIA CHIURI is said to be succeeding SIMONS as Creative Director, and an official announcement is expected after JULY's couture show. The hire is noteworthy not just in what it means for DIOR, but in what it means for VALENTINO, CHIURI's current employer. CHIURI has be co-Creative Director of VALENTINO with PIERPAOLO PICCIOLI since 2008, and before that appointment they'd spent over a decade working together as accessories designers at both VALENTINO and FENDI. VALENTINO's stock has never been higher -- it passed $1 billion in revenue last year, and is thought to be heading towards an IPO. Given the label's recent trajectory, one would assume that VALENTINO would've preferred to keep the pair together. For DIOR, the hiring makes sense especially given CHIURI's pedigree in accessories design -- CHIURI and PICCIOLI were responsible for FENDI's smash-hit baguette bag and VALENTINO's ROCKSTUD shoes. Worth noting, too, that CHIURI will be the first woman to run the show at DIOR... Never described one of RICK OWENS' menswear collections as glamorous before, but that's what came to mind as I watched the livestream of yesterday's Spring 2017 show. Delicate but not fragile -- there's strength in flexibility. The way he drapes looks less and less intentional with each collection, as though he's letting the material decide where it wants to go. After the show, OWENS chatted with VOGUE reporter LUKE LEITCH, developing a philosophy of criticism before RICK explained his work... Wishing BILL CUNNINGHAM, who suffered a stroke last week, a speedy recovery. | | | - Adam Wray, curator |
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| PARIS - Christian Dior has finalized a contract that will make Valentino's Maria Grazia Chiuri its seventh couturier, a Paris source told WWD. The Italian designer is to show her first collection for the house this fall, for the spring 2017 ready-to-wear season, the same source indicated. Dior declined to comment. | | |
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| The controversial, aborted 1989 Robert Mapplethorpe retrospective at Washington D.C.'s Corcoran Gallery of Art was titled "The Perfect Moment." It proved ironic, as the Mapplethorpe exhibition unleashed a fierce censorship debate and a Cincinnati obscenity trial the following year-the Contemporary Arts Center museum, which was the defendant, was acquitted. | | |
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| The acquisition of Balmain, the Paris fashion house, by Mayhoola for Investments, a Qatar-based fund, is the latest sign of Middle Eastern investors' appetite for luxury goods. The spree makes sense: That region's market is probably the best suited to the industry's business model and culture today. | | |
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| Kate Lanphear had been editor-in-chief of Maxim magazine for only a few weeks in the waning months of 2014, when the discussion finally, and inevitably, turned to sex. There had already been a long string of meetings addressing features, fashion, humor, grooming, celebrities, food, and anything else you might expect to see in a glossy magazine. | | |
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| Brands and retailers are targeting mid-priced formalwear in the hopes of capturing consumers who shudder at the cost of a high-end gown but want something more unique than fast fashion. | | |
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| ON MAY 3, 1968, student protests erupted in Paris in response to the conservative and outmoded system of Charles de Gaulle’s postwar France. Factory workers joined the protest in a move that eventually brought the country to a halt that led to a social upheaval regarding workers’ rights, race and gender issues. | | |
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| Laurent Potdevin, chief executive of Lululemon Athletica, insists his brand is not "athleisure," the style of workout-inspired fashion that the company has been credited with creating. "I think that trend is really lame," he says. "Athleisure will fade like any other trend." | | |
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| Rumour has it that Christian Dior may be about to appoint the first female creative director in its 60-year history. This afternoon, fashion industry website Business of Fashion reported that the storied Parisian fashion house will confirm the appointment of Maria Grazia Chiuri in the coming weeks. | | |
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| 47 years after they first shocked the art world, Lucas Samaras' AutoPolaroids are going on display in a new exhibition, and they're as pioneering and as playful as ever. | | |
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| Ministry of Supply, which makes high-tech menswear, is making the case that it should. | | |
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| Eloquii has recently launched new categories, including on-trend, wide-width shoes. This past spring, the brand partnered with white-hot boho chic bridal company Stone Fox Bride for a plus-size wedding collection. It was covered by "Vogue." | | |
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| Microbeads have recently become the target of extensive bans due to their deleterious environmental impacts, but they may soon have to compete with another tiny pollutant for attention: microfibers. | | |
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| You release a new product into the market and instantly it gets panned. Not just in a subtle, no one seems to want to buy it way, but in an explosion of negative responses all over social media kind of way. What do you do? | | |
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| Soccer kits today are highly regulated. Manufacturers for FIFA World Cup teams, for example, have to adhere to a 92-page style guide when designing uniforms. But that wasn't exactly the case when Argentina won its famed 2-1 victory over England in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup, which took place 30 years ago today (June 22).... | | |
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| Business | Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:09pm BST PARIS Former Yves Saint Laurent star designer Hedi Slimane has launched a lawsuit against his former employer Kering, the company and other sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Kering confirmed the lawsuit in a statement and said it concerned Slimane's non-competition obligation. | | |
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