Winter – FVM

DIOR, EMPOWER THE MODERN WOMEN

Posted on March 5, 2023March 5, 2023 by Girish Bajaj. GB

“Whatever you do, for work or play, do it with passion!” – Monsieur Christian Dior Dior presented its Fall-Winter 2023/2024 Women’s ready-to-wear collection at the Paris Fashion Week, with a spectacular installation suggestive of a giant octopus spanned the length and breadth of the runway, its color-rich fabric tentacles gleaming with thousands of tiny lights. It was the work of Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos. The key to this editorial look was the 1950 classic detailing,…

Read

HERMES TARGETS THE FASHION TRAVELLER

Posted on February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 by Girish Bajaj. GB

“Clothes need to feel beautiful against the skin, and they need to be practical, too,” Hermes artistic director, Véronique Nichanian. This was an evening of lightness and glamour at Hermès, a collection combining nostalgia with exceptional quality and timeless design. The Hermès’ Fall/Winter 2023 collection was especially notable for its move away from the house’s classic elegance and toward an edgier, sexier look that displayed subtle futuristic details and bold colors. Véronique Nichanian on the…

Read

Chanel Haute Couture Fall Winter 2021-2022

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Eleonora Genieve de Gray

Painting is at the heart of the Chanel Fall Winter 2021-2022 Haute Couture collection: “It was when I rediscovered these portraits of Gabrielle Chanel dressed up in black or white 1880s-style dresses, that I immediately thought about tableaux,” explains Virginie Viard. “Works by Berthe Morisot, Marie Laurencin and Édouard Manet. There are impressionist-inspired dresses, skirts that look like paintings and a long white satin dress punctuated with black bows like Morisot’s…” It made perfect sense…

Read

Valentino Haute Couture Fall Winter 2021-2022

Posted on August 7, 2021August 7, 2021 by Eleonora Genieve de Gray

Another fabulous fairy-tale of Pierpaolo Piccioli, artistic director of Maison Valentino, unfolded today, as a final firework of Haute Couture fashion week in Paris. Indeed Valentino house presented in Paris, but this time the show took place in Venice. Driven by the need to create a community of artists around Maison Valentino, convinced that painting is to contemporary art what Haute Couture is to fashion, the Artistic Director Pierpaolo Piccioli brings a group to the…

Read