The Schiaparelli show traditionally opened the Paris Couture Fashion Week. The house's creative director Daniel Roseberry called the collection "Icarus". Although the story of Icarus, as we know, ends in tragedy, it speaks of the desire to take risks, to prove that you can surpass yourself. "I wanted to challenge the idea that to be modern you…

Valentino creative director Alessandro Michele’s “river of inspiration” flowed in red across the back of the set in the form of a list. Behind each image was a dizzying array of literary, art historical, and cinematic references: Venetian carnivals, Commedia dell’Arte, medieval nuns and Marie Antoinette, Georgian pantaloons and Victorian crinolines, silent film stars and cardinals, poets…

Not just mocha mousse While lovers of calm shades have switched to the color of the year mocha mousse, designers offer us another dessert - mint ice cream. It is recommended to serve it in the form of knitted dresses, like Acne Studios , silk slips, like Versace and Christopher Esber , transparent trench coats, like Del Core , luxurious balloon dresses, like Chloé and…

If there is such a thing as a "Lemaire girl", it is definitely someone who values ​​individuality and wants to look interesting and confident. French brand designers Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Lyn Tran say: "Every time we create a stylization, we try to make it believable, as if it were for a real-life character." For the…

When all the spring-summer shows are behind us, and the main trends have been analyzed more than once, the most interesting thing remains - looking at the collections in search of microtrends that are easy to apply in life. In this review - catch 5 of them! Double belt Two belts at once is a…

For her spring/summer show, Isabel Marant immersed herself in the atmosphere of the early 1980s and created a relaxed collection, masterfully juggling three favorite styles: ethnic, boho and country. Intricate weaves and embroidery on bright silk dresses, leather shorts and skirts with rivets, a multitude of suede items decorated with fringe: all of this, in…

The Sportmax Spring-Summer 2025 show was held at the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan's largest public art gallery, featuring a wide selection of works by Italy's Old Masters. The brand's team continued to implement and polish the ideas of the two previous collections, which turned out to be commercially successful. From the spring-summer collection, they took airy layers of…

At the end of the year, brands showed Pre-Fall 2025 collections  , which are a kind of spoilers for the main collections. They are not shown on the catwalks, they do not feature many clothes and accessories, and the products look a little simpler. But they are practical and set the vector for future trends and key…

The childlike sense of wonder that Bottega Veneta 's Mathieu Blasi spoke of backstage at his spring 2025 show was on full display in this resort collection. "I read a lot of books about elegance, about how to look right. And I realized that there are a lot of parallels between the pleasure of cooking and the…

This is Harris Reed’s fourth season at the helm of Nina Ricci , in which he has moved away from his “bigger is better” agenda and focused on sculptural silhouettes and accessories that add a noticeable punch to the look. Reed has retained his love of statement suits, but has allowed them to breathe and soften: the…