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Giambattista Valli wins honors, Nina Ricci shows usual suspects
France’s culture ministry honored Giambattista Valli Friday night by awarding the Italian designer with the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. He returned the compliment with a first-rate runway show in Paris.
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Victoria Beckham: A dance to the music of time
Victoria Beckham staged her latest show inside a fashion temple – Karl Lagerfeld’s old home in Saint Germain – and the result was the British designer’s best collection to date.
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Whispering Smith swings to loss as e-tailer customers struggle
Manchester-based fashion wholesale group Whispering Smith has reported declining sales and a loss in its accounts that it had filed for the year to the end of March.
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Disco dilettantes, fur balls and Sam Smith at Christian Cowan’s first Paris show
Christian Cowan showed in Paris for the first time last night at the American Cathedral. Party girl aesthetic was au rendez-vous, and the show included a Sam Smith performance and a giant faux fur ball worn as a dress.
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Schiaparelli: Guest of the nation
A real sense of event at Schiaparelli, as the brand staged its latest collection on Thursday night inside the beautiful Italian embassy on rue de Varenne in Paris.
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Givenchy: Undertaker blues
All sorts of excitement outside Givenchy’s show, as thousands of K Pop fans mille around. But a faintly funereal air inside, with lots of black clothes ideal for a mortuary.
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Rabanne: Acetate and attitude
Rabanne, without the Paco, staged its latest collection amid much excitement Thursday morning at Palais de Tokyo, as the street photographers had a mad feeding frenzy both on the way in and out.
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Balmain shows retro-inspired collection luxuriant with roses
Olivier Rousteing continues to work with Balmain’s heritage, including iconic motifs from the 1940s and 50s, like polka dots and above all roses.
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Wrangler and Barbie launch capsule collection
Global denim brand Wrangler has joined forces with Mattel, Inc.'s Barbie to launch the Wrangler x Barbie collection.
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PFW: Dries Van Noten does unfamiliarities, Undercover does Neo Rauch
Another battered building in mid-renovation as a location for Dries Van Noten and a truly excellent collection whose strength centered on the subtle art of juxtaposition.
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Marni: Baroque exuberance in Karl’s old home
When it comes to generating cool, few designers are more adept than Francesco Risso of Marni. And for the brand’s Paris debut, his location was Karl Lagerfeld’s old apartment on rue de l’Université.
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H&M Q3 profits rise but September sales are dented by late heatwave
H&M’s latest report on Wednesday also came with the news that sales proved weak in September, with “the start of the autumn season delayed because the month has been marked by unusually hot weather”.
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Dior: Sorceress chic between feminism and femininity
Maria Grazia Chiuri’s latest collection for the house of Dior was also her latest meditation on the relationship between feminism, fashion and female rebellion.
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Good London opens railway station resale pop-ups
Retail signings at railway stations went understandably quiet during the pandemic but recent periods have seen more activity with commuters and other travellers making more trips.
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Crown Estate welcomes handful of new names to West End
The Crown Estate — landlord of Regent Street and the local area — continues to be one of the most prominent UK landlords with its key neighbourhoods in high demand. And this week it announced five major openings.
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ASOS sales fall, but CEO says it's on right path
Fashion e-tail giant ASOS reported a sales fall for its latest period on Tuesday, but insisted that it's making progress on its turnaround.
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